1484. Premna glaberima (R. W.), every where 

 glabrous, except a slight vellosity on the inflores- 

 cence: leaves obovate, oblong, abruptly acuminate, 

 acute, rigid, entire, somewhat shining above, pale 

 whitish beneath: panicles terminal, lax, corymbose, 

 ultimate divisions dichotomously cymose: calyx 

 campanulate, obscurely 5-toothed, shortly villous: 

 corolla bilabiate; upper lip emarginate, under 3- 



lobed, middle lobe the largest, throat hairy: stamens hairy, umbellicate. 

 did3mamous, the longer pair exserted: style length "" " 

 of the longer stamens, sub-clavate, 2-cleft at the 



glabrous: flowers corymbose, long, peduncled: pe- 

 duncles bibracteolate near the middle : calyx tubu- 

 lar, pilose, S-toothed, teeth mucronate : corolla 

 tubular, externally pilose; limb about equally 5- 

 lobed; lobes rounded, spreading: stamens didyna- 

 mous; sterile cell of the anthers subulate, about 

 twice the length of the fertile one, style exceeding 

 the stamens, exserted, bent at the apex, stigma large 



apex. 



Courtallum, flowering in August. 



Apparently a large shrub : leaves short, petioled, 

 larger ones from 6 to 8 inches long and about 2| 

 broad, tapering towards the base, very glabrous, 

 rigid or somewhat coriaceous, the younger ones, 

 next the panicles, membranaceous; the floral ones 

 and bracts subulate* 



iNeilgnerries, among long grass by the road side 

 leading from Neddawuttum to Goodaloor, also very 

 abundant in the dense jungles surrounding Mr. 

 Ouchterlony's Coffee Plantations. 



In the foriner station it occurs in patches of a few 

 plants, but in latter in masses, covering several 

 square feet I could not make out the plant on 

 which it grew, or rather I should say it does not 

 limit itself to one species. It rises to the height of 

 6 or 8 inches, the stems, bracts and bracteols of 



In the same paper with the specimen represented a dull, brownish yellow, the calyx deep, reddish 



were others differing greatly in form, but so far orange, tube of the corolla dark yellow, limb bright 



agreeing in habit that I am now uncertain whether yellow within. Altogether it is a very conspicuous 



they ought to be esteemed a distinct species or a plant and one which I have not before met with. 



variety. The leaves are equally glabrous, entire, 

 and acuminate, but in place of being short petioled, 

 oblong-obovate, are long petioled, ovate, rounded 

 at the base or even sub-cordate, with axillary and 

 terminal, long peduncled, lax, corymbose panicles. 

 The bracts also are similar, but the flowers have all 

 fallen off, so that I am unable to carry the compari- 

 son further. It however appears that the main 

 differences are confined to the form of the leaves 



ACANTHACE^, 



This large and eminently tropical order has re- 

 cently been elaborately revised by that highly 

 accomplished Botanist, Professor Nees Von Esen- 

 beck. Ill the course of his investigations he has 

 deemed it necessary to constitute numerous new 

 genera, the limits of which it is not always easy 

 to make out from verbal description. In the hope 



and that they are in fact different form^^ therefore of lightening the labour of acquiring a 



plant, in which case the leaves should be described 



knowledge 



as "varying froin ovate, rounded at the base, to ^hich abound in India, and have hitherto "been but 

 oblong, obovate, tapering towards the short petiol." sparingly illustrated by Botanical writers, I propose, 



1485. Premna Wightiana (Schauer. P. thyr- 

 soidea R- W, Icon.), ramuli, cymes and petiols pu- 

 berulous: leaves petioled, ovate, abruptly acuminate, 

 rounded or slightly produced at the base, entire, or 



in this and the following part, giving figures and 

 analyses of most of the Indian genera. I cannot 

 give all for want of specimens. Some of the gen- 

 era, it appears to me, might well have been spared, 

 but others^ I apprehend, will yet require to be 



shortly toothed anteriorly, sub-bullate, glabrous, niti- divided. This, however, I do not attempt, as such 



dulous on both sides: panicles terminal, thyrsoid: 

 calyx sub-bilabiate, unequally 5-toothed: tube of 

 the bilabiate corolla twice the length of the calyx. — 

 Leaves about 3 inches long, membranaceous, sub- 

 fa ullate between the secondary nerves. Panicles 

 during fructification thyrsoid, elongated. Calyx cu- 

 pola-like, about a line long. Corolla small, throat 

 closed with hairs. Putamen of the drupe pear- 



shaped, verrueoso-tuberculate. 



Courtallum, Dindigul, Serramallay, Travancore, 

 &c. A sm?W tree or large shrub, flowering during very nearly correct, 

 the autumnal rains, maturing its fruit during the 

 cool season. Flowers and bruised leaves exhaling 

 a heavy, disagreeable odour.. 



Before Schauer's Monograph reached me I had 



a proceeding would demand on my part an equally 

 extended and careful revision of the whole, an un- 

 dertaking for which I have neither time nor ade- 

 quate materials. 



I prefer, therefore, leaving the task to others 

 more favourably situated, trusting, however, that 

 the materials I have been able to contribute may 

 not prove wholly useless to future labourers in the 

 same field, as I believe that, generally speaking, 



figu 



named this plant P. thyrsoidea, a name which, being 

 anticipated, must now give place to the older name. 

 The thyrse or panicle of the specimen, selected for The deep purplish blue of the limb of the corolla, 



1487. Meyenia Hawtatniana (Nees), shrubby, 

 procumbent, glabrous: leaves sessile, cordate, acute. 



Freauent on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgher- 

 ries, also on the tops of the Ayamallay hills near 

 Coimbatore. 



representation, seems to be much larger than the 

 one seen by him, as he designates it in his character 

 small (panif ulis terrainalibus parvis sub-thyrsoideis), 

 and indeed it is so much above the average size, 

 that, did not my series of specimens present every 

 gradation, I should almost have been led to view it 

 as a distinct species. 



and tne numerous flowers which open at once, ren- 

 der this a very conspicuous plant and one well 

 worth cultivation. 



1488. Ebermiera glauca (Nees), racemes axil- 

 lary and terminal, leafy: leaves oblong, entire, 

 glabrous, attenuated into the petiol: stem, rachis of 

 the racemes, spreading laneeolato-spathulate bracts 



1486. Christisoma aurantiaca (R. W.), erect, and calyx glanduloso-pubescent. 

 sparingly scaly, pilose : scales ovate, appressed, Mysore, Coorg, &c. 



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