ing in these specimens) inserted on the very hairy 

 throat of the tube : capsule contracted, stipitate at 

 the base, 4-seeded above the middle : seed rough. 



Wynaud 



sus- 



pect the plant figured is a different species from 

 the one described by Nees as he describes his as 

 havinsr "Folia onnosita. inferiora 7-8 ooll, lonsa, 2 



or less thickly beset with rigid bristly hairs: leaves 

 oblong, oval, lanceolate, blunt; glabrous above, but 

 marked with numerous transverse lineoles: spikes 

 terminal, longish: bracts about the length of the 

 calyx, and like it,pectinato-bristle ciliate on the mar- 

 gin: costa below beset with similar bristles. Station 

 not known. 



ad suramum lata, oblonga, acuta, basi cuneatim in- The pectinate bristles on the bracts and calyx, 

 peteolum attenuuta integerrima glaberrima laevia " with the transverse lineoles on the leaves, added 

 With the exceotion of the cuniate leaves, the two 



plants seem pretty well to agree with this description, 

 out mine is diandrous his tetrandrous. 



1539. RosTELLULARiA pRocuMBENS (Nccs), stems 

 procumbent or ascending and, like the ovato-lan- 

 ceolate or oval, ciliate leaves, hirsute: spike sub- 

 tetragonous: calyx 4-5-parted and, with the lan- 

 ceolato-linear equal bracts, hirsute, ciliate : capsule 

 oblong, equaling the calyx. — The essential distinc- 



to the simple erect habit of the plant, mark this 

 as a very distinct species. 



1543. Leptostachya Wallichii (Nees), leaves 

 oblong, or oblong oval, punctulato-rough above: 

 spikes glandulose : anthers muticous.— Shrubby, glab- 

 rous, ramuli terete, smooth: leaves 6 to 8 inches 

 long, tapering at both ends, thin sub-membranous: 

 panicles racemose, ramuli glanduloso-pubescent, 

 flowers opposite ; bracts and bracteoles shorter than 



tive mark of this species consists in the rigid seti- the calyx. 



form articulated pubescence, often reversed on the 



stems, with which every part, but especially the 1544. Aphatoda Neilgherrica (Nees), leaves 



calyces, is covered. 



A common and variable plant, very liable to be 

 confounded with R. diffusa^ also with ij. mollissima; 

 with the character of which last, the figure so much 

 accords, that I feel doubtful whether I ought not 

 rather to have referred it to that species. 



The drawing was made at Ootacamund, from 

 native recent specimens. 



1540. Rostellularia hedtotidifolia (Nees), 

 stem erect, divaricato-ramous from the base, and, 

 like the ovate sub-crenate acute leaves, roughish: 

 spikes terminal, and, towards the ends of the 

 branches, axillary, short, interrupted at the base: 



lanceolate, sessile, glabrous, smooth : spikes termi- 

 nal, 4-sided; bracts and bracteoles ovate, acuminate, 

 venoso-3-nerved, glabrous. 



Neilgherries, frequent in pastures about Ootaca- 

 mund, where it is always in flower. A low, pro- 

 cumbent plant, lying flat on the ground, but ren- 

 dered conspicuous from the grass, among which it 

 grows, by its numerous pale coloured spikes, which 

 ascend a Utile above the rest of the plant. 



1545. 



Wynaxjbensi 



stems terete, slightly lineolate ; leaves oblong, atten- 

 uated at both ends, strigous above, the lower ones 

 crenato-dentate : spikes axillary, spreading or droop- 



calyx 4-parted, lobes lanceolate, membranous on ing, occasionally diphyllous at the base, glanduloso- 



the margin, glabrous: bracts equaling, bracteoles pubescent: flowers solitary opposite; bracts ovate, 



shorter than the calyx, setaceous on both sides. deciduous and, like the linear subulate bracteoles, 



The station whence the specimens were obtained shorter than the calyx. 



is not marked. It is a small, very ramous shrub, Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries on the banks 



and is assuredly most characteristically named, the 

 whole plant having a most Hedyotis-like appear- 

 ance. The leaves turn black in drying. The figure 

 conveys a good idea of the plant, with the exception 

 of the spikes, which seem a little too large. 



154L 



W 



stems erect, ramous, glabrous : leaves oblong, oval- 

 lanceolate, pointed at both ends, sessile, entire, 

 slightly revolute on the margin: spikes terminal, 

 short ; bracts sub-lanceolate, subulate, pointed, longer 

 than the calyx: calyx 5-parted, lacineae subulate, 



glabrous. ** 



Station not marked with the specimens. 



The figure conveys a very imperfect idea of the 

 slender graceful form of this species. The tallest 

 of my specimens is nearljr a foot long the leading 

 shoot giving off a succession of branches, each of 

 which is again more or less ramous and each 

 terminating in a short secund spike- The leaves, as 

 shjown in the drawing, are too large, especially on 

 tKe branches and ramuli, but preserve well the out- 

 line form. The species seems too nearly allied to 



diffiosa, 

 varieties of that species. 



1542. R0STELI.ULARTA 

 somewhat repent ; stems erect, simple, 4-sided, and, 



with the veins on the under surface of the leaves, more 



W 



root 



of the stream near Burliar. The general aspect of 

 this plant is so unlike that of the other species of 

 the genus with which I am acquainted, that it was 

 long before I recognised this as a species of 



Mhatoda* 



JusTiciA liiviDA (Hamilton, Nees), leaves 

 oblong, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, shining; 

 petioles obtusely margined (orimmarginate): spikes 

 terminal, 4-sided: bracts oval, long, cuspidate, re- 

 pando-subdentate, ciliate, somewhat shorter than the 

 capsule : upper lip of the corolla linear, reflexed. 



Courtallum. A low growing shrub, leaves glab- 

 rous, 6^ inches long, I4 broad, acuminate, glabrous: 

 corolla pubescent, tube slender, about an mch and 

 half long, upper lip narrow, under broadly 3-nerved. 



1547. RuNGiA PECTiNATA (Nees), stem diffuse, 

 geniculato-repent: fertile bracts orbiculate, mem- 

 branaceous, mucronulate or muticous, 3-nerved, vil- 

 lous and ciliate with a broad entire membranaceous 

 margin ; sterile ones ovato-cuspidate, villous, sub- 

 emarginate, 3-nerved ; interior bracteoles entire, 

 linear lanceolate, broadly membranaceous, emargi- 

 nate, ciliate: leaves oval, obtuse, rough on the veins. 



Hab ? The station whence the specimens were 

 obtained is not stated, but I have others from 

 Mergui, whence I infer Malabar as the most prob- 

 able station. Nees describes the stem as creeping; 



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