NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 81 
Masa Inpica (Alph. D. C.) : leaves ovato- the Hastern slopes of the Neilgherries rather frequent. 
lliptic acuminate, coarsely dentate, Boeke en Between this and Perrotettiana I can discover no 
can ie on the margin : racemes axiliary and ter- satisfactory difference. This may indeed be that plant 
nal, simple or ramous at the base, glabrous, twice as it grew on the Neilgherries, but I have numerous 
i hich 
the  ietath of ty petiole : bracts lanceolate acuminate, nite. Cred from other localities which seem all, with 
— than the pedicel, br. “agai ovate acute : lobes t slight variations, to correspond with it. ve 
the calyx ovate subciliate : corolla 5 cleft, 3 times thet adopted the older name though I suspect 
the size of the calyx, lobes Bharat subciliate spread- the newer _— have been safely given. The genus 
ing : ae, semisuperior stigma capitate sublobate— ee ed Pte very difficult one, different specimens 
appearance but dei affording specific 
‘Alpine Sales in various parts of the peninsula, on as vie distinctio 
EMBELIA. 
Calyx 5-parted or deeply cleft. Petals 5-reflexed quincuncial in estivation, 2 exterior and 3 interior. 
Stamens 5, filaments united with the base of the opposite petal. Anthers ovoid emarginate at the base and 
sometimes ‘at the apex, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Pollen (dry) ovoid furrowed. Ovary ovoid 
often most minute. Style short : stigma incluse, capitate, sublobate. Ovula 4-1, often abortive, inserted on a 
central placenta, often most minute. Drupa globose. Seed solitary not filling the cavity of the pericarp. 
Scandent trees or shrubs: leaves alternate usually entire, petiols often marginate or denticulate. Flowers race- 
mosely panicled or racemose or rarely subeapetate : Flowers small, occasionally, by abortion of the pollen or 
ovules, sub-dioicous : petals approximated at the base spreading or reflexed. 
Of this genus there are 25 species, more or less perfectly known, natives of India, the Eastern Islands 
and the Madagascar group. It may be said to have been unknown to Linnzus, for, although he saw and part- 
ly described one species, he never characterized and named it as the type of a genus. 
That species is found in Ceylon and also in the Tenasserim Provinces, one very like it is abundant 
about Coonoor, so like indeed that for a long time I considered the two identical, which however is not the 
case. The habit of the accompanying species is so unlike that of all the others I have seen, that it seems not 
impossible more intimate acquaintance may lead to its removal from the genus, though that does not seem 
probable. In the mean time it may be viewed as a very distinct and well marked species quite different from 
all the other Indian ones. 
GARDNERIAN oun e shrub, remarkable in the genus for 30 
when dry, form qui 
EMBEL (R. W.) : young A diffus 
branches a petioles ferrugenco-hinate leaves ovate, venation of ‘the leaves which, ‘ I ; 
rounded a t the bas sae ype regen d, oria aceous, a net work of white lines. In habit it associates ith 
eep 
i ga 
glabrous corolla: petals obovate obtuse longer than mens Thro’ an oversight of the draftsman the bran- 
the stamens, sprinkled with purplish coloured spots. ches are — glabrous in place of clothed with 
i hairs 
Sisparh on me western a as of the Ne gherries and short 
Ruary . © 
SAMARA Linn. (Choripetalum Alph. D.C) 
Calyx 4-cleft lobes acute. Petals 4-spreading or reflexed afterwards separately deciduous ; xstivation 
valvate (in S. auranteacum, imbricate, according to Wallich, in S. undulatum) stamens 4-adnate to the base 
of the petals. Anthers 2-celled lanceolate ovoid cordate at the base. Pollen (in 8. aurantiacum) very minute, 
spherical marked with lines on the surface. Ovary ovoid conical often depressed and abortive. Style short, 
stigma capitate subinfundibuliform rugous or subbilobate. Placenta globose, ovules few immersed over the 
upper part of the placenta. Seed indusiate, globose concave at the base. Scandent shrubs, branches glabrous 
diffuse ; leaves glabrous punctuate petioled : racemes axillary slender simple. Habit of Embelia. 
The above with one or two slight alterations is taken, from D. C.’s Prodromus, being his character of 
