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The latter plant is often gregarious and covers several acres in CHAP. VI. 



extent, and when out in flower is one sheet of blue, and some flora. 



people say that it is from this that the Nilagiris, or Blue Hills, 



derive their name. 



The following may be enumerated as the most beautiful plants —beautiful 

 found in these hills :— Pl^'^*^^- 



and 



Fagrpea Coromandelina (Slopes). 



Ehododendron arboreum (I'latcau). 



Ceropegia Decaisneana (Sisapdra Ghat) 

 ,, elegans (Coonoor). 



Exacum Perottetii ( „ ). 



(Egenetia pedunculata (Northern 



Impatiens acaulis (Sisapara Ghat) 

 , , rivalis. 



,, Denisonii (Sisapara Ghat) 

 ,, Munronii ( „ ,, ) 



,, Jerdonii ( „ „ ) 



,, maculata (Paikare). 

 ,, latifolia ) (Kdtagiri 

 ,, fruticosa j Coonoor). 



Vigna Wightii (Northern Slopes). 



Bauhinia Phcenicea (Sisapira Ghat). 



Osbeckia Gardneriana (Plateau). 

 „ Wightiana ( „ ). 



Sonerila grandifiora (Avalanche). 

 ,, speciosa (Uotacamand) . 

 ,, elegans (Sisap4ra Ghat). 

 ,, versicolor ( „ »> )• 



,, axillaris ( „ „ ). 



Passiflora Leschenaultii (Coonoor). 



Pavetta siphonantha (Sisapara Ghat). 



Saprosma fragrans ( ,, „ ). 



Hamiltonia suaveolens (Kalhatti Ghat). 



Vaccineum Leschenaultii (Plateau). 

 „ Nilagiriense ( ,, ). 



Lysimachia Japonica ( ,, ). 



Symplocos pulchra (Sisap&ra Ghdt). 



Jasminum revolutum (Plateau) . 



Alstonia venenata (Coonoor Ghat). 



Beaumontia Jerdoniana (Northern Slopes) 



Hoya pauciflora (Sisapara Ghat). 

 Boucerosia diffusa I (Foot of Hills, 



,, umbellata J Southern). 



Porana racemosa (Western Slopes). 

 Rivea tilia;folia ) (Foot of Hills and 



Iponiea campanulata ) Western Slopes). 

 Argyreia splendens (Western Slopes). 

 ,, speciosa ( ,, )> )• 



Ipomea vitifolia (Southern Slopes). 

 Solanum ferox (Northern Slopes). 



,, Wightii (Coonoor). 

 Torenia Asiatica (Sisapara Ghit). 

 Pedicularis Perottetii (Sisapara). 

 -iEschynanthus Zeylanica(Sisap4ra Ghdt). 

 Klugia Notoniana (Coonoor Ghat). 

 Pajanelia Rheedii (Western Slopes). 

 Thunbergia Hawteyniana (Kdtagiri) . 



,, Mysorensis ) (Western 



,, Wightii j Slopes). 



Strobilanthes gossypinus (Sisap4.ra). 



,, luridus (Neduwattam). 



,, tristis (Sisap4raGhat). 



,, sexennis (Ootacamand). 



,, pulcherrimus ( „ ). 



„ paniculatus (Western 



Slopes). 



,, _ violaceus (SisapS,ra). 

 Barleria involucrata (Coonoor Gh^t). 

 Hedychium coronarium (Western Slopes). 

 Alpinia Rheedii ( ,, ,, ). 



Musa ornata ( >> »> )• 



Gloriosa superba (Southern Slopes). 



Lilium Nilagiriense ( „ » )• 



All the above are well worthy of introduction into gardens and 

 hot-houses. The orchids are very poor compared to those of the 

 Himalayas and Burmah, but the following are well worthy of 

 cultivation : — 



Dendrobium aqueum (Western Slopes). 

 Caslogyne — all the species (Plateau). 

 Arundina bambusifolia (Western Slopes). 

 Ipsia Malabarica ( ,, >> )• 



Cyrtoptera flava ( ,, >> )• 



„ fusea ( „ „ ). 



Vanda spathulata (Northern Slopes). 

 ,, Roxburghi( ,, ,, ) 



brides crispum (Western Slopes). 



,, Lindleyana (Kdteri and Coonoor). 

 Calanthe masuca (Plateau in Shdlas). 

 Platanthera Susannge (Western Slopes). 



One hundred and seventy-eight species of ferns have been 

 detected on these hills, and probably others only known from other 

 districts will yet be discovered on the western slopes. 



Two of these ferns, Lastrcea scabrosa and ferruginea are, it is 

 behevcd, not found elsewhere. 



