APPENDIX. . xM 



Appendix, No. VIII. 



A List of Plants gathered on the Neilgherries, particularly in 

 the environs of Ootacamund. By the Bev. Mr. Schmid* 



Monmidrla Monogyma, 

 1. — Hedychium ? ? According to Persoon's " Systema^'^ it ranks next to 

 Ma/ranta. 



Diandria Monogyma^. 

 2-5. — Jasminum 1, very similar to Jasminum Mrsutvm^ (See Edwards' 

 Botanical Register, vol. i. p. 18.) 



2, very similar to the above, but leaves very soft, hairy. 



3, leaves smooth, small shrub. B. R. vol. i. p. 19. 



4, simUar to Jasminum revolufum, Bot. Reg, vol. iii. p. 176, and 

 to Titrniile, Bot. Reg. vol. viii. p. 350. 



6-8. — ^PhiUyrea, 3 species ; one very similar to Ph. paniculata. 



9. — Circaea, most undoubtedly a new species. Never higher than 3 



inches. 

 10, 11. — Paederota? minima, and another larger species. 

 12.— Gratiola. 

 13-15. — Utricularia caerulea ? 



2, lutea, and a third larger blue species. 

 16-25. — Justicia, 10 species at least. 



26-28. — Tidoo, native name of a large forest-tree ; 3 species ; ranks in 

 Persoon's system next to LithopMla. 



Diandria Trigynia. 

 29-32. — ^Piper ; and 3 species of Peperomia. 



Triandria Monogynia, 

 33-35. — ^Valeriana ; 3 if not 4 species. 

 36-41. — Commelina ; 5-6 species, 2-3 of them most probably new ; the 



others have not been examined. 

 42-43. — Sonerilla, 2 species ; different from those in Roxburgh's Flora. 

 44. — Xyris ? ? a new genus with a nectary ; Xyris has none. 

 45. — A tree, Kanushoo in the language of the original momitaineers. 



* A vast addition to this List has been made by later explorers of the 

 rich field of Botanic productions of the hiUs ; the Memoirs of which the 

 Editor has failed to obtain in time to include them in this volume. — ^Ei>. 



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