but as I have only a single specimen of each form, 

 and that of the former not good, 1 feel uncertain as 

 to whether I ought to view them as species or 

 varieties. Alph, DC. lays much stress on the direc- 

 tion of the lobes of the capsule, that is, whether 

 inflexed, as represented here, or straightly diverging 

 (capsulas lobis recte divergentibus). In Mr, Law's 



1603. Impatiens GojveHn (R.W.), erect, ramous, 

 glabrous; leaves ovate, serrated, short petioled, ag- 

 gregated towards the summit of the branches : 

 peduncles axillary, filiform, umbellately 4-6-flower- 

 ed, longer than the leaves, viscid : flowers small ; 

 lateral sepals minute, subulate ; superior one broad 

 abcordate, mucronate ; lower much shorter than the 



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specimen they are not divergent, hence my uncer- petals, acute, furnished with a short conical spur: 



tainty as to whether a species or variety. 



1601-l5f, MiTRASACHME IjvDicA (R.W.), glabtous, 

 erect, ramous ; branches somewhat flexuose, com- 



pressed, two-edged: leaves sessile, ovato-lanceolate 

 acute : peduncles longer than the leaves, one-flower- 

 ed : corolla about thrice the length of the calyx, 

 pilose within : stamens included, stigma two-lobed : 

 seed numerous, peltate, scrobiculate. 



The exact station whence the specimen repre- 

 sented was obtained is uncertain, but I have speci- 

 mens from various localities, Jaulnah, Arcot, Coim- 

 batore, &c., and varying somewhat in form accord- 

 ing to the soil. Some luxuriant ones so far re- 

 semble the next as at first sight to make me feel 

 doubtful as to these being distinct species. The 

 different forms of the inflorescence and seed re- 

 moved the doubt. Fig, 12 of the plate is the sec- 

 tion of the stem. 



anterior lobes of the petals much larger than the 

 posterior: capsule glabrous, few-seeded. 



Pycarrah, Neilgherries, in moist shaded places on 



the right bank of the river. I received the drawing 

 and specimens from which this figure and character 

 are taken many years ago from Mr., now the Hon'ble 

 Captain Gough, and published the species in my 



Illustrations, Vol. 1, p. 160. I have since then 

 repeatedly gathered the plant in the locality in- 

 dicated. It is a diffuse growing plant, very ra- 

 mous, slender, seeking the support of adjacent plants 

 and then sometimes attains the length of from 12 

 to 18 inches. The flowers are small, pale rose 

 coloured. 



1601-2J. MiTRASACHME MaLACCENSIS 



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sub-pilose ; stems ascending or erect, simple or 

 rarely ramous, terete: leaves opposite, ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, acute, united and slightly vaginate at the 

 base : peduncle terminal, longer than the stem, pani- 

 culato-racemose 8-12-flowered; flowers long pedi- 

 celled. Corolla tubular, 3-4 times as long as the 

 calyx, pilose within: stamens subincluse: stigma 

 2-lobed: seed globose, tuberculato-roughish. 



Malacca, Griffith. The specirfiens, from which 



1604. AiLANTHus Malabarica (DC), leaves 

 abruptly pinnated, glabrous ; leaflets quite entire, 

 ovato-lanceolate unequal-sided, oblique at the base, 

 abruptly acuminate: male panicles large, somewhat 

 contracted : peduncles and calyx pubescent : petals 

 glabrous, much longer than the calyx, obovate : sta- 

 mens glabrous, filaments longer th^n the petals: 

 anthers small: samara oval, oblong, obtuse at both 

 ends. 



Travancore, flowering during the hot season. I 

 am indebted to General Cullen, Resident of Travan- 

 core, for the specimens from which this plate was 

 prepared, which unfortunately were all males with 

 only one or two samara. Thus imperfect, it was not 



the accompanying figures were taken, were received my intention to have published this plate until I had 



from Mr. Griffith without a label. In the magnified 



obtained specimens of the female, but was induced to 



figure of the leaves, the draftsman has committed do so under the impression that the work was to close 



a gross blunder in representing them subalternate with this part, which I now trust will not be the 



and quite distinct at the base; they are opposite, con- -^""" "^^-^ ^.^-l. :« k ^ t.:„i, 



nate, and slightly vaginate or, as it were, perfoliate. 



1602. 



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case. The bark is rough, very thick, and studded 

 with bright garnet looking grains, apparently of a 

 resinous nature but which do not burn like resin, 

 nor do^ they dissolve in either spirits or water. 



^^^^''^^^''^^''^.-:--^^ whence I infer it is of a peculiar chemical compo- 



fuse, sub-procumbent, except the ascendmg llower- ascertained 



ing branches, glabrous: leaves ovate, acute, bristle sition, stiU to be ascertained. 



serrate : peduncles axillary, erect, 2- or rarely 3- 



flowered, pedicels longer than the peduncle and 1G05: Humboldtia laurifolia (Vahl.), branch- 



leaves : lateral sepals lanceolate ; anterior, or spur 

 one, saccate, ventricose, contracted at the apex 

 into a spur-li^e point, proper spur none, petals deeply 

 2-lobed, the anterior lobe larger; posterior petal acute, petals free. 



gahate, mucronate. 



On branches of trees and moist rocks on the Sis- 

 parah Ghaut of the Neilgherries. 



The drawing was made by Mrs. Jerdon from 

 plants which flowered in Major Cotton's conserva- 

 tory at Ootacamund. The posterior sepal or helmet 

 and* the petals, projecting from the throat of the 

 large anterior hollow sepal, are yellow, the lateral 

 sepals green, and the lower saccate sepal dark red. 

 It is most nearly allied to J. Walkerefe both having 

 the anterior sepal saccate and "destitute of limb or, 

 perhaps, I should rather say, the spur is so much 

 produced that it absoibs the whole of the limb in 

 its formation. The species in which this formation 

 occurs might, it seems to me, form a convenient 

 section. 



lets tumid, joints fistulose; leaflets 3-5 pairs, ovate- 

 oblong acuminated: back lobe of the stipules un- 

 equal sided, one end longer than the other, and 



Ceylon. I gathered the specimens from which 

 this drawing was prepared in 1836, flowering in 

 March and April; I have not seen it on the Con- 

 tinent. I am not sure that I rightly understand that 

 part of Mr. Brown's character which relates to the 

 back lobe of the stipules, "stipularum lobo postico 

 hinc productione, acuto," and have therefore modi- 

 fied that part of the character, as given in our Pro- 

 dromus, to suit the specimens before me. 



1606. HuMBOLTiA BauNoivis (Wall), branchlets 

 solid, equal: leaflets 2 pairs, cuneate oblong, with 

 a short obtuse acumination: back lobe of the stip- 

 ules nearly equal sided, and rounded on both ends:* 

 petals three. 



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