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This minute and little known species I have only 
found on Dodabet and on the top of the hill ee 
ately beyoud a enn ef fons solith of Elk Hill: 
Jatter station among craggy exposed rocks. It eae 
in November, and, on for its abundance where it pis 
grow, would it ideed be truly inconspicuous. This 
like the pre sting: is distinguished by its unequal, 
petals and saccate not spurred sepals. 
ImMpaTIENS LESCHENAULTSC (Wall.:) ew 
erect, gohan Faye branches ascending, alm 
brous : leaves alternate, short petioled, ovate Tes 
late, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous, with 
— incurved serratures : petioles a gla ands: 
edicels solitary, shorter than the : lateral 
ibe als minute, caducous: sf sle py tapering, 
rather —- than the flowers, curved upwards: cap- 
sules seroaning. glabrous, ovate, pointed, few- 
mr and A. Prod. p. 1 
This is one of the most common species on the 
Hills, being found in every thicket and in flower at 
all seasons. It is quite a shrub in its habit and often 
attains - considerable size. 
moist 1 have seen it tit . feet 
latifoil 
high. It is so 
phe mallet I. 
to be scarcely ies 
Legume” by Smee 1 characters s, but, when s 
g side by ne fa e readily recognized. “The 
Baw ing are pale nearly white ; those 
ro r 
of I, latifolia pink =e sintesides larger. 
IMPATIENS bs aagbacenie (R.W.) diffuse, eters 
at first procumbeat, rooting at the joints, afterwards 
ending : leaves terticelled | in fabio short sisticied, 
e, lanceolate, acutely serrate me of 
vate, acuminate, 
ig ~ the -_ ae 335 ovate pointed, with 
iform spur . er and slightly 8 
ia sat the ; eke shed the length of t 
posterior a8 ‘Gt the petals: petals obovate, sb 
NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 
ne the upper lobes a little shorter than the larger 
anterior ones eben. oblong, parte sowie Aue. 
estern slopes of the Ne ilyhe abou miles 
ee a in mist phedur’; aotisingi in ists 
Sibi species to my friend ie peo? 
Esq. a a of the Ravel Botanic Gard 
Ceylon, who accompanied me uring ie “delightful 
ase in ~ course = — we found this and 
ma 
Roeper explained above—A. 
tion of the parts as pees od by 
stood by Roeper. these dhisreres the dark li 
a,a,a,a,a, represent hs parts respectively 
sepals by these aoa and the double lines b,b,b,b, % 
etals, these it w lan 
o 
® 
oO 
oO 
or 
nto one 
found, bu aie er ful ago e. pel sire as fe 
present ; the upper 
unth being viewed py on a 
mn the 
athes course of its 
és analogy, a similar disposition o 
with, in both Zrap@olum 
allied tribes. And i is _ further sauenerss y the 
gular flowered 
Balsam. Ibe two 
are similarly m arke Py so as to show 
ing letters, the e parts indicated in the diagrams: the 
other figures require no explanation. 
XXII.—PITTOSPORLA. 
This is a small family scarcely including, so far as yet known, 100species. It may 
with propriety be considered extra-tropical, though many of its species are found within the 
tropics, since the bulk of the family is from the extra-tropical portions of New Holland, and 
the tropical ones only occur on the more elevated alpine regions. Three species at least, there 
may be more, are found on the Neilgherries ; one abounds on the Shervaroy Hills, two are found 
on the more elevated regions of Ceylon; while I do not recollect having once seen one on the 
plains or subalpine parts of India. Mr. Brown in 1814 stated that the species of Pittosporum 
hada very wide range in both the northern and southern hemisphere, occurring in New 
Holland and the islands of the southern Pacific; in the Moluccas, China, Japan, and even in 
‘Madeira in the northern. Since then, the number of species has been nearly quadrupled, 
extending their range from Nepal southwards through India to Ceylon, the Mauritius, vane 
of Good Hope, and Canaries. 
