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glabrae, 1-2 mm. longae, circiter 5 mm. latae, cystolithis con- 



spicuis notaiae. 



South India. Sampagi Ghat: Coorg; Oct. 1913, Sir A. and 



Lady Bourne, 6197. 



940. Ophiorrhiza pykarensis, Gamble [Rubiaceae-IIedyo- 



ticleae] ; species distincta foliis parvis, cymis paucifloris, brac- 

 teolis minutis insignis. 



Suffrutex basi lignosus, 25-30 cm. altus, ramulis teretibus 

 nodosis. Folia lanceolata, apice acuta, basi cuneata, decurrentia, 

 subtus pallida et ad nerves pubescentia, supra glabra, 2-4 cm. 

 longa, ad 1 cm. lata, nervis utrinque T-8 curvatis, supra proinin- 

 entibus; petiolus gracilis, *5-l cm. longus; stipulae mininiae, 

 triangulares, acuminatae, cito deciduae et glandulis multis 

 ornatae. Cymae terminales, pauciflorae, puberulae; pedunculus 

 communis 1-1*5 cm. longus; pedicelli 0*5-1 cm. longi; brncteolae 

 niinutae, lineari-lanceolatae. Calycis tubus brevis, complanato- 

 campanulatus, pubescens; lobi brevissimi, ovati. Corollae tubu- 

 infundibularis, circiter 1 cm. longus, villosus, caerulescens ; lobi 

 ovati, patent es. Stamina 5 in tubo corollae inclusa, filament-is 

 brevibus, antheris linearibus obtusis. Discus prom in ens, crassus, 

 ovari apicem cingens; ovula permulta, placentis e basi divari- 

 catis ; stylus simplex parce liirsutus; stigmata 2 recurva. 

 Fructus nondum repertus. 



South India. Nilgiri Hills : Pykara Falls; about 2000 m. alt., 



May 1889, Gamble 20506. 



XXXI —A REVISION OF THE GENUS MENDONCIA. 



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The genus Mcndoncia was founded by Vellozo in Vandelli, 

 Florae Lusitanieae et Brasiliensis Specimen, p. 43 (1788). An 

 excellent generic description is given but no specific combination 

 is made. Flowers and fruits are figured at tab. iii. fig. 22 of this 

 work but the name Mendocia is used on the plate. According to 

 Witt stein, Etym.-bot. Handworterbueh, the genus was named 



Card 



The name was 



altered to Mendozia by Ruiz and Pavon in their " Florae Peruv. 

 et Cliil. Prodromus," p. 89 (1794), and specifically indeterminable 

 flowers and fruits are again figured (tab. xvii.). The first species, 

 namely Mendozia aspera and Mendozia racemosa, were described 

 Ruiz and Pavon in " Syst. Veget. Flor. Peruv. et Chil." 



f p. 158 (1T98). Both were transferred by Nees in DC. Prod, to 



Mendoncia but one of them, .1/. racemosa, is a very doubtful 

 species, possibly belonging to an entirely different genus. The 

 other publications in which a number of species are described 

 under the generic name Mendozia are Martins, Nov. Gen. et 

 Spec, PI. Brasil., iii. (1829), Poeppig et Endlich., Nov. Gen. 

 et Spec. Plant., iii. (1845), and Martius, Flora Bra>iliensis, ix. 

 (1847). 



I Prior to the publication of the Acanthaceae in De Candolle's 



