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Canthium neilghcrrensis Wt. ; F.B.I. iii 133, LXII 4. 

 Not spiny. Leaves elliptic 3 to 4 by ij^ to 2 inches, 

 pubescent underneath ; petioles short. Fascicles of 

 flowers very shortly peduncled. Fruit % inch obovoid, 

 showing the double stone, and crowned by the scarcely 

 perceptible calyx, t. 364. Wight Ic. t. 1064. 



Nilgiris : Kotagiri in Longwood shola, 6,500 feet. * Droog' 

 under moderate shade 5,300 feet. Flowers early in the year. 

 Fyson 6242. Sedgwick 1447. 



Gen, Dist. Nilgiri and Pulneys Hills. 



Canthium umbcllatum Wight', F.B.I. iii 132, LXII 3. 

 A fair-sized tree. Leaves very coriaceous, 4 by 2 inches, 

 on very short stalks, elliptic, shortly acuminate, shining 

 on the upper side, perfectly glabrous. Flowers in shortly 

 peduncled dense cymose umbels. Pedicels about I inch. 

 Fruit /4 to J^ inch, obovoid, with two stones, but not 

 didymous. 



Nilgiris, below Coonoor. 



Gen. Dist. W. Ghats. 



IXORA. 



Ixora notoniana Wall. ; Vol. I p. 194 and II t. 142, 

 abundant at Coonoor. 



PAVETTA. 



Pavctta brcviflora DC. ; Vol. I p. 195. Nerves well 

 impressed on the upper side, and dotted with large glands. 

 Stigma notched, t. 365, 



PSYCHOTRIA. 



See Vol. I p. 195. 



Psychotria congcsta W. & A.; Vol. I p. 196. 



There appear to be two distinct forms. At high 



levels, e.g., Dodabetta 8,000 to 8,600 feet and on the 



Pulneys at 7,500 feet, the leaves are large and the fruit 



has only one round seed. At lower levels about 7,000 



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