Neilgherries, and Coorg jungles; Monro, Jerdon. 

 This species seems nearly allied by characters to 

 H. tener, but is very distinct in habit. According 

 to the generic character the anthers should have 

 only one cell, ^'Antherae uniloculares, connectivo 

 loculoque altero abortivo tomentosis villosisve." I 



my regret that the hurry of official business prevent- 

 ed me looking better after his labours when making 

 the drawings. 



1561. 



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polleniferous cells. The corolla is scarcely 2-lipped, 

 more properly 5-lobed, sub-regular. 



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o.hers.bu, in .his sp_ecies thereafa clr,ai„.| .wo 'w^^'h 'a^rlK^'^rslo'^.^ Cn ha'^^ ifa^'e/r^u.t 



elhptic oblong, acute at both ends, short petioled: 

 panicles terminal, contracted; branches trifid: calyx 

 and ^ corolla glanduloso-pubescent, capsule linear, 



anthera, Nees), herbaceous, diffuse, procumbent: ^'''^*^' ^''^^' 8-seeded. 



leavers subovato-orbicular, mucronulate, flowers ter- Pulney Mountains, very abundant in moist soil, 



near the banks of streams, plant from 2 to 3 feet 



high, leafy towards the apex, very sparingly branched, 



each branch ending in a dense tuft of rather large 



brownish purple flowers. So far as I am acquainted 



with the genus, It is one of its finest species, hence 



I have dedicated it to the accomplished Botanist 



whose labours have thrown so much light on the 

 whole order. 



rninal, racemose. 



Neilgherries, rather frequent in pastures, nestling 

 among the grass, but quite conspicuous from its 

 tufts of brownish purple flowers. Nees has sepa- 

 rated this and a nearly allied species from Andro- 

 graphis under the name of Erianthera^ on account 

 of the anthers. "Antherae loculus inferior abortivus 

 in barbum laniformem solutus." As this is certainly 

 not the case in either of the two species, I have 



taken the liberty of restoring both to Jlndrographis. 

 See plate 517. The tuft of wool in this species 

 is on the back of the connectivum; but not well 



1562. 



Strobilanthes campanulatus (R, W.), 

 herbaceous, erect, ramous, four-sided; angles round- 

 ed: leaves broadly ovate, or sub-cordate at the base, 

 cuspidately acuminate, pilose on both sides: spikes 

 axillary, capitate, peduncled : bracts glabrous, some- 

 (Arn.), her- what shining, sub-orbicular; bracteoles about the 

 baceous; stem and branches glanduloso-hirsute : length of the calyx: flowers scarcely exceeding the 

 leaves sessile, sub-cordate, attenuated towards the bract, tube short, limb campanulate, equally 5-lobed 

 point or ovate, short petioled, glabrous, rough on and, like the longer filaments, hairy within. 



shown in the figure. 

 1558. 



WiGHTI 



the margin : racemes axillary and terranial, simple 

 or bifid : flowers short pedicelled ; lacineas of the 

 calyx subulate: fruit about 12-seeded. 



Malabar. A very distinct and easily recognized 

 species, of which the figure gives a very correct 

 representation. Its light slender habit is quite cha- 

 racteristic. Leaves pale, when dry almost whitish, 

 beneath. 



Coorg. A small herbaceous plant, judging from 



3-4 specimens, from 6 to 10 inches high, every where, 



except the bracts, which are smooth and polished, 



more or less pilose, lobes of the corolla revolute, 

 short. 



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1559. Andrographis viscostjla (Nees), sufiruti- 

 cose, diflfiise, ramous; and, like the oblong lanceo- 

 late leaves, glabrous : racemes terminal, trifid, glan- 

 duloso-pubescent: flowers secund: capsule oval, 8- 

 seeded. 



Courtallum. A low diffuse ramous plant, flower- 

 ing during the autumnal months at Courtallum. In 

 the figure the secund habit of the racemes has not 

 been preserved ; a defect partly attributable to 

 too much care having been bestowed in the preser- 

 vation of the specimens in which this distachyous 

 form exisif , but is also, in part, owing to the jvant 

 of observation of the artist. The apparent hairs on 

 fig. 8, are principally lineoles, not hairs. 



1560. AwDROGRAPHis Cetlaivica (Nees), herba- 

 ceous, stem hirsutulous : leaves oblong, lanceolate, 

 usually short petioled, strigose above, pubescent 

 beneath : racemes axillary and terminal, secund, 

 glanduloso-pubescent: flowers petlicelled: lacineae 

 of the calyx subulate: capsule oblong linear, hairy, 

 10-seeded. 



Courtallum, flowering during the rainy autumnal 

 months. In the figure the petiols are represented 

 considerably too long, and the flowers are not shown 



Defects 

 uarded 



1563. Ruelma ? prNCTATA (Nees), leaves oval, 

 attenuated at both ends, entire or sub-repand, glan- 

 duloso-punctuate, and, like the four-sided herbaceous 

 stem, hirsute: capitula terminal, bracteate, pube- 

 scent: bracts foHaceous, acute; bracteoles, linear 

 oblong, closely ciliate : calyx 4- (?) cleft 



"Courtallum. Strobilanthes ? 



Wight 



656." The specimens figured are those referred to. 

 The longitudinal section of the ovary, showing only 

 4 ovules, at once proves that this is no Ruellia, the 

 character of which is to have from 6 to 16 seed. I 

 have notwithstanding retained Nees' generic name 

 as, though deficient in that one technical character, 

 it must possess, in considerable perfection, all the 

 others by which the two genera are distinguished, 

 and may therefore be admitted a representative of 

 that genus, my other specimens being too imperfect 

 to furnish a suitable figure. 



1564 



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secund though they are so in the specimen, 



of that kind can scarcely be altogether 



against in the case of native artists who 



idea of the consequence ; and I can now only express 



ave no 



ceous, erect, branches terete, obtuse, except the in- 

 florescence: leaves from elliptic acute at both ends, 

 to long linear lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire: 

 spikes axillary and terminal, lax, ascending or some- 

 times drooping, furnished along the back with a 

 row of bracts and 2 unequal bracteoles on the 

 pedicel of each flower, all, like the calyx, clothed 

 with viscid pubescence: posterior lobe of the calyx 

 larger than the anterior pair, cuspidate; lateral ones 

 within the posterior lobe linear subulate: cells of the 

 anthers calcarate. 



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