49 NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 
figured, is very nearly allied to the common English Privet, so much so indeed, that, I suspect, if seed were 
slily sown in England and they were found competent to bear a European winter, they would almost pass 
for the English one. Curiously enough these pretty shrubs have not yet been methodically introduced inte 
the hill gardens, though so ornamental and growing so freely in nearly all soils and exposures. 
LicustruM PeRrotretii(D. C.) branches puberu- broad, of a dark green color, espelly obtuse ‘ both 
lous at the apex, leaves a obtuse at both ends, or ends, but gm gge ds somewhat ae ramuli numer- 
sagem eh abrous, succulent, the thyrses terminating ous, short, each terminating in mpact thy de of 
compound, ¢ ponte —D.C. fragrant white flowers : fruit oval, vine at both ends, 
Neilgherr ore ce uent: to be met with in nearly about the size of a small bean. 
all situations, on hilly pastures and banks of rivulets, _D. C. hints that perhaps a Nepalense, is a native 
and very citform § in its habit in both. of the’ Neilgherries ; I have not met wi th any plant 
A ramous leafy shrub, aig 2 to 4, or 5 feet high, correspon nding with his cha Readies” ‘ branches softly 
leaves from 1 to 1} inch long, by about 6 to 8 lines villous,” and “ leaves villous beneath.” 
LINOCIERA. 
Calyx minute, 4-cleft. Petals 4 linear, or oblong, elongated, united by pairs at the base, through the 
medium of the stamens. Stamens two, uniting the base of the petals, incluse. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled, style 
very short, stigma emarginately 2-lobed. Drupe baccate, 1-celled by abortion, 1-seeded : putamen, thin sul- 
cately striated. Seed inverse exalbumenous. Colyledons plano-convex thick, radicle very short, superior. 
Glabrous shrubs or, rarely, trees with opposite simple entire leaves : peduncles axillary, or terminal racemose 
or panicled : corolla white yellow or purple. 
The two preceding species belong to the section Oleinee, having albumenous seed, this belongs to 
Chionanthee, having them exalbumenous, they differ moreever in the ovules in this being less decidedly pendu- 
lous, or in other — attached Tt the apex, ite in m3 one ae pL ssi lewa they are even attached below 
the middle, g, approaching, i f Jasmines, but though, in that 
particular structure, there js a point of affinity, there are mide fopentent ones keeping them apart. I there- 
fore quite agree with those who view the two families as distinct. The genus Linociera, is: divided between 
America and Asia, but preponderating in the latter. From Chionanthus, it seems searcely distinguishable by 
characters, but we are saved the trouble of distinguishing, all the Chionanthi being from America. Three 
species described under that name by Roxburgh, have all been removed to Linociera by De Candolle. The 
accompanying species is very common on the Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, and may be equally so else- 
where, a point on which however, I cannot speak with certainty, as I have only recently discovered that it was 
anew species of this genus, having for a long time supposed it to be Olea Roxburghti, which it much 
gree 
45. LINOCIERA INTERMEDIA (R. W.) lea and then the panicles attain their greatest Tey fertile 
ai tic, 1 lag at sa ends, long petioled: Piste po are generally shorter than the leaves. Flow- 
ary, e, about as long as the leaves : flowers ers small: ovules pak i Iam u iecaiate whether 
ag regated os the poin ite of the Similan ssile, often this last structure is genera ral throughout putt Tribe,’ 
by abortion: coisas a nding, stigma capitate, 2  butif so, the direction of the ovules afford a mark 
sed, fruit oval, o which it can, when in fiower, be distingui ied fro 
Eastern sl lopes af ‘the | Neilgherries frequent, flow the Oleinex : ovules ascending in this, pendulous tae 
ing during the rainy season.—Arboreous, ph sin the Apex of the cell in that 
aves sc te feat 6 to 8 hoa long, includin ing o Species seems exactly intermediate between Zn 
iol, lary, varying much in siz e macrophylla nd ramifiora, but is more nearly relat- 
one Seeing sherds the tongite of the oem fo - to the former, 
numerous, white, frequently sterile by aborti 
JASMINE A—Jasmine-rmez. 
This small order is pre-eminently Indian, and is found scattered all over the 
country and in the Southern Provinces, extending from the shore to the tops of the highest 
