NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 
etals, below, covered with short, rigid, sesenliferone 
lant aien ovate, obtuse, mucronate : style and s 
mens about equal. 
Kaitty waterfalls sparingly. 
sa a. 
ery 
On the hills behind 
oist soil, near eee, 
r in iy This 
autiful ee differing from many of 
a oe aa ce 
d, not olkiahels veinous leaves, 
Zenker 
its congeners in its rib 
-_ overlo ment 
an im ore — whi a 
n his Miefini en s in — on this is 
very handsome cain swith fs pink se maale 
more en Pape orthree open gh o on each branch 
of the c 
LA ELEGANS (R. W.) herbaceous, erect, 
: leaves — gerne Mate from ovate 
t ted, serrulate: peduncles 
Me ainid cymosely atemoment keane: afterwards 
o7 
ca 
limb of the calyx : seed h 
Sisparah, very Ge th all ig the phy side, 
in flower andripe fruit in February. Am conspi- 
weg Pg at t first a ew a, pink flowers open, 
rey until at ‘eg each branch is several inches 
long, covered along the upper edge with a row of 
wers at the extremities : 
tune spreading horizontally, 
ackward aadaney slightly approach each 
he prconatindg somewhat the form of the letter ¥, as 
shown in the drawing. They often b uch 
bearing on dea same 
peduncle unopened flowers and ripe capsules. 
ecome 
OSBECKIA. 
Calyx-tube ovate, usually covered with stellate bristles or pubescence; limb 4-5 cleft, with appendages 
between the lobes springing from the outside. 
equal and similar to each other, shortly rostrate or very 
wit Ovary covered with bristles at the apex. 
ed. Seeds cochleate : hiluga orbicular, ai the base.—Herbaceous or usually shrubby plants. 
the connectivum ort auricles at the base. 
—W. and A, Prod. p. 322 
Petals 4-5. 
Stamens 8-10: filaments glabrous: anthers nearly 
rarely truncated, opening by a single terminal pore; 
Capsule 4-5 cell- 
Flowers terminal. 
Species of this genus are common to Asia, America, and Africa, but I believe upon the whole predominate 
in Asia. 
suppose, become ve 
these [ have selected three of the handsomest to illustrate the genus. 
Kotagherry and Nedawuttem, flowering August and September. 
They are for the most part large flowered handsome plants, and under cultivation would, I shou 
ry ornamental additions to the flower garden. i 
Several species are natives of the Hills, of 
O. Leschenaultiana is common about 
O. Gardueriana is equally common about 
Ootacamund ; while O, Wightiana is more frequent about Coonoor and Kaitie. 
OspeckIa na a eRe ge (D. C. :) shrub- 
Salen 4 angled, beset with stiff hairs: leaves 
sessile, ovate, somewhat open approximate, 5-nerve 
m both sid flowers sessile, bracteated, abou 
gether, capitate: calyx tube globose, covered with 
pau ciliated short scales ; hae ents 4, lanceolate 
(D.C.) petals obcordate, bluntl skiing stamens 
8; anthers clavate, agg carved ovary crowned 
with a tuft of bristles. (R. W. 
requent fea Polenta flowering during the 
autumnal months. Flowe compared with those 
sociates ‘_ 
cron 
bristly hairs: leaves Sy ovate, 3-nerved ; y 
1 ones near the Puig oe 
terminal capli- 
ona more ‘Saat’ in the length of the seal 
prsetd i covered with bristles: petals 5, orbicular : 
stam 0, anthers recurved, corrugated on the inner 
edge, gree beaked. 
This, which is the ae and most — 
species found @ nthe Hills, is very abundant in the 
woods abou’ 
or 5; flowering in profusion ing Fe and 
h, when it is indeed a striking object. At first 
sight it seems sy nearly ange to O. Wightiana, but 
a closer inspection shows that they are quite distinct 
species. The ki = of hair with which the leaves of the 
two species are clothed, is v 
ttered, long and soft. like rough pubese ence, 
hence I have made use of that term ‘= anaes them 
while in the other — are very ae stiff and Soisly 
adpi , giving in some lights an almost metalic 
lustre to their fol tha the leaves on ahi 
there 5 to 7—here the scales of t re partly 
neers th ere e they : are capitate 5 here wade bite with 
n an 
very long, while there they are nearly white “eld com- 
ively And lastly, the flowers are much 
I have dedicated this 
ten- 
noble species to ner, the Superin' 
= of the Royal Botanic Garden of Ceylon, as a last- 
rial of the many agreeable hours spent with 
rei in exploring the sas Se treasures of these Hills, 
