1308- Epigynum Griffithianum. (R. W,) 

 Mergui, GriflBth, 



Glabrous: leaves elliptic sub-obtuse, corymbs axil- 

 lary pubescent: flowers apparently white or pale 

 yellow, coroUa before dehiscence ventricose at the 1312. Cleghornia ctmosa (R. W-), diffuse, glab- 



naked eye. The subsequent addition of the follow- 

 ing species has rendered the specific name less ap- 

 propriate than when first imposed. 



base and apex. 

 1309. 



W 



rous, elliptic, obtuse at both ends, terminating in 

 a short, abrupt, blunt acumen: cymes lateral, long 

 peduncled, trichotoraous : calyx and corolla glabrous, 



rous, branches terete, leaves oblong ovate round- anthers cuspidate, nectarial glands slightly cleft at 



ed at both ends, cuspidately acuminate at the apex, the apex. 



long petioled : panicles axillary, branches cymose : Ceylon, 1836. 



flowers small, calyx lobes lanceolate, all eglandulose. This species is certainly nearly allied to the pre- 



This species seems very nearly allied to A. panicu- 

 lata, but is, I think, distinct. The flowers are much 



ceding, but appears distinct, the difference of the in- 

 florescence is very marked. I collected the speci- 

 mens of both these species in the course of a short 



smaller, the tube of the corolla, as compared with the visit to Ceylon in 1836. I have specimens of what 



lobes, longer, and the free apex of the filament seems 

 peculiar to this species. The follicle and dissections 

 of the seed, given in the plate, are taken from A. 

 paniculatum^ the specimens of this species not be- 

 ing in fruit. 



CliEGHORjyiA. 



Calyx 5-lobed with 5 didymus glands alternate 

 with the lobes. Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-cleft ex- 

 appendiculate sinistrorsely convolute in aestivation. 

 Anthers subsessile attached near the base of the cor- 

 olla, sagittate at the base, cuspidate at the apex, 

 pilose on the back; adhering to the stigma. Necta- 

 ry of 5 glands, cleft at the apex. Ovaries 2, glabrous, 

 ovules numerous. Style short. Stigma large, ob- 

 tusely apiculate, constricted in the middle, not mem- 

 branous at the base. Follicles long, somewhat ven- 

 tricose above, tapering to a point. Seed comose at 

 the apex, oblong, pointed at both ends. Albunien 

 sparing, embryo axile, cotyledons foliaceous, radical 

 superior. Diffuse, glabrous shrubs with opposite, mem- 

 branous, petioled, acuminate, penninerved leaves; 

 axillary panicled corymbs; minute bracts; and small 

 white flowers, slightly hairy in the throat 



In its technical characters this genus seems to ap- 

 proach too near Echites, but the species are very 

 different from the American ones I have seen. In- 

 fluenced by this consideration, as well as by the re- 

 mark of M. Alph. DeCandolle, that all the species of 

 Echites, except doubtful ones, are from America, I 

 have thought it the safer course to keep them dis- 

 tinct from that already overgrown genus, leaving it 

 for those better acquainted with the older genus to 

 decide whether in so doing I have acted judiciously ; 

 the figures, which are correct, supplying the means of 



comparing the two. 



The genus is dedicated to Dr. Hugh Cleghorn of 

 the Ma*S!^s Medical Establishment, a zealous culti- 

 vator of Botany, but more especially directing his 

 attention to Medical Botany. 



1310. C1.EGH0RNIA ACUMENATA (R. W.), ramuli 



appears to be a third species from Mergui, but the 

 flowers are too young for satisfactory determination. 



1313. Gardnera Wai-lichii (R. W. in Wall. 

 pL as. rar. 3 tab. 281), glabrous voluble: leaves oval 

 acuminate at both ends, acute: cymes axillary, pe- 

 duncled, much shorter than the leaves : flowers tet- 

 randrous: berry globose. 



Frequent on Sie Neilgherries, flowering March 



and April. 



It is an extensive climber ascending to the 

 tops of the highest trees and then covering them 

 with its numerous branches and very dark green 

 foliage. Flowers of a dull yellowish colour. 



1314 — 15. Beaumontia Jerdoniana (R. W.), 

 leaves obovate, abruptly acuminate, obtuse at the 

 base, coriaceous, glabrous: cymes terminal many 

 flowered: calyx 5-cleft, with two subulate glands 

 at the bottom of each division ; lobes narrow 

 lanceolate, acute, pubescent on both sides: cor- 

 olla large, infundibuliform, with a short narrow tube. 



Coorg Jungles. T. C. Jerdon, Esq,, Captain F. 

 Cotton, Engineers. 



I am indebted to these gentlemen for the speci- 

 mens from which the accompanying figure was 

 taken ; they were gathered in June. Judging 

 from them, only, this seems indeed to be a mag- 

 nificent plant quite distinct from the Bengal one, 

 B. grandifloray the flowers of which are even 

 smaller than those of this, at least as exhibited 

 in Dr. Wallich's figure in his Tentamen Nepalense. 



An extensively climbing shrub. Leaves obovate, 

 8 — 10 inches long, broadest above the middle and 



acumen 



firm 



Cymes terminal, many of the 

 specimens (which only I know), ebractiolate, but pro- 

 bably the bracts are deciduous and have separated 

 in drying. Calyx deeply 5-cleft with ten linear sub- 

 ulate glands at the base, alternate with the lobes; 

 lobes narrow, lanceolate, acute, pubescent on both 



slender; glabrous: leaves from ovate obtuse, or sub- sides, froin 12 to_ 15 lines long. Corolla large ap 

 cordate It the base to elliptic, shorUy and abrupfly parenUy about 4 mches long, wide above, gradually 



- ^ ' . .i..„xu^ tapermg towards the base where it ends m a snort 



narrow tube. Stamens shorter than the corolla. 

 Filaments slender. Anthers cohering round the 

 stigma, sagittate, with curved spurs at the base. 

 Nectarial glands broad ovate, obtuse, about the 

 length of the blunt hairy ovary. Follicle cylin- 

 drical, somewhat tapering at the apex, 9-10 inches 

 long and about 3 in circumference. Seeds ovate, 



compressed, pilose, comose at the apex Embryo 



acuminate : corymbs axillary cymose, shorter than the 

 leaves: lobes of the calyx and corolla ciUate: an- 

 thers subulate, pointed, nectarial glands distinctly 2 

 lobed at the apex: follicles long, fusiform, acute. 



Ceylon, 1836. r r 



The reticulations, shown on the under surface of 



the leaves in this figure, represent the meshes too 



small, the tertiary veins not being so numerous and 



the quaternary series being scarcely visible to the 



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