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seems therefore convenient to make it the type of a new section 
as above. 
1044. Ligustrum travancoricum, Gamble PREG a 
L. Roxburghii, C. B. Clarke affinis quoad corollae tubus calyci 
aequalis sed panicula brevi depressa drupa ellipsoidea et: foliis 
magis coriaceis differt. 
Arbor parva, foliis persistentibus, ramulis eximie lenticellatis. 
Folia opposita, coriacea, glabra, lanceolata, apice acuminata 
saepe curvata, basi attenuata et in petiolum decurrentia, 5-7 cm. 
longa, 2-2-5 em. lata, nervi primarii utrinque 5-6, breves, arcu- 
atim juncti; petiolus conspicuus 1-1-5 cm. longus. Flores in 
paniculis brevibus supra complanatis, circiter 6-7 cm. longis, ad 
10 cm. latis; pedunculus et rami glabri, pedicelli breves. Calyx 
campanulatus, truncatus, 1 mm. longus. Corollae tubus calyci 
aequalis : lobi patentes tubo paullo longiores. Stamina paullo 
exserta. Drupa ellipsoidea, 7°5 mm. longa, glabra. 
SouTHERN Inp1a. Travancore: Mutthu Kuli Vayal; 1500 m., 
T. F. Bourdillon 337, Oct. 4, 1894, also near Trevandrum, 
without number; Tinnevelly District, Mundanthviai to Karyar, 
Herb. Madras 12206, Sept. 17, 1915. 
1045. Toxocarpus or i Gamble |Asclepiadaceae—Seca- 
moneae] 7’. Kleinii, W. & A., affinis, foliis lanceolatis magis 
nervosis, calycis lobis brevioribus obtusis differt. 
Frutex gracilis scandens, ramulis teretibus lenticellatis puber- 
ulis. Folia opposita, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice 
acuminata, basi cuneata, costa excepta glabra, 8-10 cm - longa, 
3-4 cm. lata ; costa paullo incrassata parce furfuracea praecipue 
ad basin, nervi primarii prominentes, utrinque 7-8, primarii 
recti deinde in nervum intra marginalem curvati, secundarii 
pauci, reticulatio obscura; petiolus 2-2-5 cm. longus, ferrugineo- 
villosus. Flores in cymis dichotomis axillaribus ferrugineo- 
villosis, 3-4 cm. longis paucifloris, alabastro longe conico 6-7 mm. 
longo lobis sinistrorsam obtegentibus, bracteolae ovatae minutae. 
Calycis lobi ovati, brevissimi, eglandulosi. Corollae tubus brevis, 
2 mm. longus, intus villosus, lobi lineares, 5-6 mm. longi. Corona 
 lobis 5 oblongis obtusis, staminum columnae adnatis. Staminum 
columna brevis ; antherae appendiculo minute fimbriato ornatae. 
Stylus _— apice incrassatus, stigmate gracili recto. Fructus 
ignotus 
—— Inp1a. Tinnevelly; Ahraymalai Hills, Col. R. H. 
Beddome in Herb. Madr. 
1046. 'Toxocarpus palghatensis, Gamble | [Asclepiadaceae—Seca- 
moneae] 7’. Roxburghii, W. & A., quoad corona affinis sed foliis 
et floribus multo majoribus differt 
Frutex gracilis scandens, ramulis teretibus puberulis, altioribus 
et innovationibus fere nigro-pubescentibus. Folia opposita, 
elliptica vel elliptico-obovata, apice abrupte acuminata, basi 
obtusa vel aliquando cuneata, supra glabra, subtus ad costam 
