24 NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 
In all the Indian ones it is either urceolate or cylindrical. He describes the stamens as “‘ limbo 
calycis inserta,” which is the case in all the Indian ones I have examined, and the fruit “ Bacca calyce vestita 
globosa 4 aut 5 locularis loculis polyspermis, rarissime 10 locularis loculis monospermis” which, except the 
Jast clause, is equally applicable to the fruit of allI have had an opportunity of examining. The ovary: 
unfortunately, is not referred to in the character of either genus. The concluding clause of the character may 
perhaps account for Professor Lindley’s referring one of the species to Gaylussacia which, while that clause 
remains as part of the — sa Ldsapggtes seems scarcely a distinct genus, the fruit having 10 cells with 1 
k. In all other points Dunal’s characters of the 2 genera, 
are nearly word for word the ‘seis, mes the ‘aboeiion of all the ovules but 2 in each of the 5 cells converts 
Vaccinium into Galussacia and, unless care is bestowed in the examination, even that is not necessary, as a 
transverse sectiou of a nearly mature fruit almost always presents the appearance of 10 cells with one seed i in 
each, and I feel nearly certain that an examination of the ovary will shew that but few of Dunal’s 29 species 
have it 10 celled with a single ovule in each. G. dependens, an authentic specimen of which was most obliging- 
ly communicated to me by Mr. Gardner of Ceylon, has a 4 celled ovary with numerous ovules and is in fact a 
species of Vaccinium with very short anther tubes. 
Whether Ceratostema can be kept distinct Iam unable to say, but judging from the really essential 
points of the character, apart from the numerous non-essential ones introduced by Dunal, I think not. 
Thibaudia has one good distinguishing mark in the union of the filaments between themselves and their at- 
tachment to the base of the corolla. But if thatis to be taken as the essential character of the genus, then 
both Macleanea and Anthopterus should be associated as subgenera, the collateral marks derived from the 
calyx and corolla being scarcely of generic value in a family where these organs are so variable. 
Influenced by such considerations, I have without hesitation referred all the Indian species to Vac- 
cinium with the sub-generic appellation 4gapetes to mark their Asiatic orgin. 
Vaccintum (A) LESCHENAULTII 
led, pea serrated, — paler beneath, eid 
on the costa : ees terminal, about 
length of the lea 
Neilgherries, frequent, flowering March and April, 
but usually to be met with in different situations in 
flower and fruit at all chee The berries which are 
V. 
minate at the 
and leaves: — lanceolate, acute at the base, acu- 
int, racemes longer than the leaves, 
erent usua iy confined to the extremities of ue 
anches: flowers whitish or rose coloured, shor 
dicelled, sae ished with a large cee bree 
tea : corolla ovate, slightly pubescent : filam 
bristled‘ tubes dilated towards the a 
ow ba of streams Neilgh 
dant along the banks of the Pycarrah river for a mile 
“8 Pate above sce Sage 
g the dry se 
nay allied by its "teohnibal characters to the former. 
those made with the cran si or 
O. macrocarpus 
1189. Vaccinium (A) NEILGHERRENSE (R. W.) 
shrubby, glabrous, except the pubescent young shoots 
ERICACE:.—H e£aTu-rriseE. 
An extremely beautiful family of plants and most deservedly reputed among the 
greatest favourites of the lovers of fine flowers, a commendation more especially applicable 
to the genus Erica (the true Heath) from which the family derives its name. It is un- 
necessary to give any general description of the family here, as that would be nearly to 
repeat what has bsen already said under Vacciniacee, in every thing except the position of 
the ovary, which, in this, is superior or lodged within the tube of the corolla, while in that, the 
corolla is seated on the top of the ovary. The fruit also differs; in this it is for the most 
part dry and capsular, either opening at maturity by the edges of the carpels, or along the 
divisions of the seed vessel, into as many valves as there are cells in the ovary,or more 
frequently, along the middle of the cells, leaving the partition adhering to the middle of the 
valve; while in Vaccinium itis an indehiscent beery with fewer seed and these lodged in 
pulpy cells. 
