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circiter 10 irregularibus in nervuni mtraniarginalem arcuatuni 

 desiuentibus, siccitate olivacea ; petiohis crassus, 2-4 mm. longus. 

 Flores in tuberculis lateralibus vel aliquando axillaribus fasci- 

 culati; fasciculi saepe ffiagni, ad 2 cm. diametro; calyx ruber; 

 corolla insigniter caerulea ; bracteolae minirnae, ovatae ; pedi- 

 celli filiformes, 3-4 mm. longi. Calyces tubus ultra ovarium 

 cainpanulatus; lobi 4, subacuti; disci radii baud manifesti. 



Petala angulata, Styli filiformes, conspicui. Bacca nonduin 

 visa. 



South India. Nilgiri bills, on Sispara Ghat, 1600 m., June, 

 1884, Gamble 14467; Wight (Kew Distrib. 1071); G. Thomson. 



925. Pimpinelia pulneyensis, Gamble [Umbelliferae- 



AmniineaeJ ; P. Leschenaultii, DC, affinis, foliis caulinis in- 

 ferioribus longissime petiolatis, nervis palmatis multis 

 insert ione petioli ortis, bracteolis umbellularum linearibus, 

 fructu ovato jugis conspicuis differt. 



Herba biennis? vel perenuis, 30-60 cm. alt a, radice incra>sato 

 fusiformi. Folia inferiora caulina orbicularia, cordata, sinu 

 circiter 2 cm. lato, margine serrata, supra ad nervos hispido- 

 pubescentia, subtus glabra, 6 cm. diametro, nervis multis (8-10) 

 ex insertione petioli palmatis, cito ramosis et reticulationem 

 conspicuam formantibus, petiolis 20-30 cm. longis tenuibus pube- 



ibus, superiora pauca pinnatim deconiposita, parva, ultima 



seen 



linearia. Umbellae compositae, radiis gracilibus puberulis 

 circiter 10-20 ad 3 cm. longis, bracteis involucrantibus mollibus ; 

 umbellulae parvae, bracteolis paucis linearibus persistentibus. 

 Petala alba, inftexa, acumine longo acuminato inflexo. Ovarium 

 disco pulvinato coronatum, stylis elongatis. Fructus ovoideus 

 glaber, stylopodio crasso conico corona tus; juga primaria con- 

 spicua 3 a dorso 2 a commissurae margine; vittae in valliculis 

 lateralibus 3 minimae. Semen verosimiliter teres ad faciem 

 conimissuralem planum. 



South India. Bear Sliola stream and elsewhere at Kodaikanal, 

 Pulney Hills, May, 1897, June, 1898, Bourne 24, 956. 



This is the plant described by Mr. P. F. Fyson in his rf Flora 

 of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hilltops/' p. 172, as the "Pulney 

 form " of P. Leschenaultii. He says it frequents damp or cool 

 places near Sholas (evergreen forests), flowering from 

 May to September, while the Nilgiri P. Leschenaultii is an 

 erect short-leaved plant of the open downs. The long petioles 

 and the interesting venation of the leaves of P. fvlneyensis are 

 quite remarkable. 



926. Scheftiera Bourdillonii, Gamble [Araliaceae-Scheff- 



lereae] ; species distincta, S. emargmatac, Harms., quoad 

 foliola. parva obovata affinis, sed foliola 5 nee 1-3 et inflnresceutia 

 oompaeta stellato-villosa pedunculo perbrevi. 



Frutex epiphyticus, 3-4 m. altus, r.mulis lenticellatis et 



cicatricibus annularibus foliorum delapsorum notatus. Folia 

 ad apices ramulorum conferta, digitata, o-foliolata, petiolo 

 circiter 6 cm. longo basi dilatato glabro; foliola coriaeea, 

 obovata, apice obtusa vel emarginata, utrinque glabra 4-5 cnu 



