crura ob ovate, oblong, sub-cuneate towards the base, 

 softly velutino-pubescent on both sides : umbels 5-7- 

 flowered: calyx teeth narrow, lanceolate, acute. 



C. tomerUosa (Roxb.), leaves ovate, slightly cor- 

 date, acute, or sub-acuminate; hispid above, tomen- 

 tose beneath: leaflets of the involucre oval, obtuse 

 at both ends, tomentose above, softly pubescent 

 beneath: umbels 7-flowered, calyx teeth short, 



blunt* 



C* velutina (R. W.), leaves ovate, acuminate, glab- 

 rous on both sides, coriaceous, leaflets of the involu- 



acute: tube of the corolla exceeding the calyx, 

 hairy within : anthers dehiscing longitudinally, 

 Mergui. Griffith. 



This character differs in some points from Rox- 

 burgh's description, but the specimens seem to agree 

 so well with his figure that I can scarcely doubt the 

 identity of the two plants. But still they may not 

 be the same as his is a native of Coromandel, while 

 mine is from the Tenasserim Coast. If on compari* 

 son they are found distinct, it must be admitted they 

 are so very nearly allied that the figure of the one 

 mav be taken for that of the other. I am indebted 



ere obovate, spathulate, dilated and cohering at the to the late Mr. Griffith for my specimens. 



base, forming a cup in which the flowers are seated, Roxburgh describes the umbels of his plant as 



having from 6 to 9 flowers, whereas his figure only 



shows seven. 



1479-3 or 1566. Conge a velutina (R. W.), ra- 

 muli terete, glabrous ; inflorescence velvety: leaves 

 broad, ovate, acuminate, glabrous, shining above, 

 shortly pilose on the veins beneath: panicles large, 

 loose, terminal, branches dichotomous at the apex: 

 peduncles about the length of the involucre, slen- 

 der: umbels 5-flowered, leaflets of the involucre 

 obovate, spathulate; tapering below, dilated and 

 cohering at the base, forming a cup, or sometimes 

 4-leaved and then firee : calyx short, velutino-pube- 

 scent, slightly 5-cleft, teeth short, obtuse: corolla 

 much exserted, throat hairy: anthers globosely 2- 

 lobed, dehiscing by a short, longitudinal slit 



Mergui. Griffith. 



I am indebted to the late Mr. Griffith for my 

 specimens of this very distinct species. In one of 

 two specimens nearly all the umbels are 3-phyllous, 

 in the other many of them are 4-phyllous, or in 

 other words the bracteoles have not, as in the others, 

 cohered. Fig. B. of Plate 1479, represents one of 

 the latter, but under the erroneous name of C. vil- 

 losa, an enor which I beg the reader to correct. 

 As regards foliage, my specimens are far from per- 

 fect, this being only one leaf to the two specimens 

 and as it is an old one may not correctly represent 

 the clothing which on it amounts only to a few short 



velvety on both sides; umbels 5-flowered: calyx, 

 teeth very short, obtuse. 



In all these I find indications of the compound 

 nature of the third leaflet of the involucre, but in 

 one specimen of the last, there are several instances 

 of the bracteoles remaining permanently distinct, as 

 shown in Fig. 2. B. Plate 1479, thus clearly explain- 

 ing what might otherwise have remained a con- 

 jectural inference, 



1579. CoNGEA AzuREA (WallA ramuli terete, 

 and like the branches of the inflorescence ferru- 

 gineo-tomentose : leaves short, petioled, ovate, acute 

 or slightly cordate, occasionally sub-cuspidate, short- 

 ly pilose above, pubescent beneath: panicles large, 

 terminal, trichotomous: leaflets of the involucre 

 obovate-cuneate, frequently one of them 2-veined 

 and emarginate, the other 2 with a single costa and 

 entire, all villous on both sides: umbels 5 to 7- 

 flowered, calyx tubular, 5-cleft, segments long, nar- 

 row, lanceolate, acute, thickly clothed with long 

 hair on both sides: tube of the corolla shorter than 

 the calyx, glabrous within, upper lobes of the limb 

 much produced: stamens exserted; anthers trun- 

 cated, dehiscing at the apex. 



The specimens, from which the figure and charac- 

 ter were taken, were received under this name from 

 the Calcutta Botanic Garden. The colour of the 



involucre, if originally azure, has faded, and changed ^^^ scattered over the veins on the under surface, 

 to a pale, rusty colour. Walpers adopts Wamcn's 

 specific name, and quotes Roxburgh's (Villosa) as a 



j___^ ^ ^_ ^ otherwise, 



not understand on what principle the more recent is 

 to take precedence of the older name- It is adopted 

 here, because I know this to be really Wallich's 

 plant, while I am altogether unacquainted with 

 Roxburgh's, whose description does not quite cor- 

 respond witlt my plant, and because I do not think 

 Wallich would have given it a new name, had he 

 not felt sure it differed from Roxburgh's. 



1480. Callicarpa Wallichiana (Walpers), ra- 

 muli, cymes and petiols densely ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tose : leaves coriaceo-membranaceous, broadly ovate, 

 roundish, or nanow, obtuse, or even acuminate at 

 the base, long petioled, attenuato-acuminate, entire, 

 or slightly repand, and minutely denticulate, reticu- 

 lato-rugous; adult ones, except on the veins, glabrous 

 above; densely woolly, whitish tomentose beneath: 

 cymes many-nowered, bipartite, divaricato-dichoto- 

 mous, corymbose, peduncles half the length of the 



Erratum. 



For B. a vUlosa, read C. vdutirui (R. W.) P^ti^l = <^alyx truncate or slightly 4-lobed. 



1479-2 or 1565. Congea tomentosa (Roxb.), ra- 

 muli and inflorescence tomentose: leaves broad, 

 ovate, slightly cordate, acute or sub-acummate, 

 hispid above, tomentose and pubescent beneath: 

 panicles large, axillary and terminal: peduncles 

 thick, pilose, shorter than the leaves of the involu- 

 cre, umbels 7-flowered: leaflets of the involucre 

 broad, oval, obtuse at both ends, tomentose above, 

 densely pubescent beneath; one of them often more 

 or less deeply divided rarely two parted to the base: 

 calyx clothed on both sides with long, slender, joint- 

 ed pubescence, 5-cleft; segments obtuse or scarcely 



Travancore, frequent among low jungles, in arid, 

 ferruginous soil, flowering in February and March- 

 I have met with it in many other places. It is most 

 readily distinguished fi-om C lanata, with which it 

 has usually been confounded, by its entire, not 

 dentato -serrate leaves. It attains the size of a con- 

 siderable shrub, very conspicuous firom the dense 

 clothing of matted, white tomentum with which it 

 is every where, except the upper surface of the 

 leaves, covered, and its large clusters of pinky or 

 pale lylac flowers which adorn its younger brancnes. 

 Leaves, exclusive of the petiol, &-10 inches, and 

 from 3 to 4 broad, ending in a long, tapering acu- 



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