Dr. W. Arnott on some new or rare Indian Plants. 21 



loculos producto. Ovarium cohserens, pseudo-biloculare, dissepi- 

 mentis duobus oppositis vix ad medium attingentibus, placentam 

 bilamellatam divaricatam ferentibus : ovula innumera. Stylus fili- 

 formis, discumbulbiformem perforans : stigma clavatum, muriculatum. 

 Fructus hirsutus, lineari-oblongus, compressiusculus, limbo calycis 

 erecto coronatus, membranaceus, indehiscens, intus subpulposus, 

 pseudo-bilocularis. Semina innumera, minuta, globosa, papillosa, 

 placentae lamellis nidulantia. Albumen corneum. 



Herba humilis (3 — 8 poll, altd), hirsuta, simplex, hahitu quodammodo 

 Cyrtandraceo. Folia opposita, 4 — 6 poll, tonga, petiolata, oblongo- 

 ohovata, obtusa, basi attenuata, membranacea, integerrima, supra vi- 

 ridia, glabriosa^ subtus pallida ; supremum par cceteris scepius multo 

 minus : pili rigidi, acutissimi, forsan urentes. Stipulae interpetiolares, 

 indivisce, triangulares, ovat(B, acutce. Pedunculi ex axillis suprcmis 

 orti, breves, jlores fastigiatos breviter pedicellatos ferentes. Corolla 

 ccerulea ac bacca niatura pollicem long a, hcec dims tineas lata. 



1. A. Ceylanica, Arn. Wight, Cat. n,2472. 



Hab. in insula Ceylon, legerunt Walker et Wight, Martio 1836. 



This approaches most to Mussanda, but differs by several 

 characters and by the whole aspect. The internal structure 

 of the fruit is not unlike that of some Cyrtandracece, 



Neurocalyx, Hook. (Rubiacece.) 



Calycis tubus breve turbinatus, 10-sulcatus, limbus 5-partitus, la- 

 ciniis oblongis vel ovatis, acutis, patentibus, petaloides (albis), ve- 

 nosis, persistentibus, ovario multo majoribus ; sestivatio valvata, py- 

 ramidata. Corolla calyce brevior, rotata, stellatim 5 -partita, tubo 

 brevissirao, laciniis anguste lanceolatis. Anthera magnse, oblongae, 

 ad basin corollse subsessiles, erectae, marginibus in tubum subconi- 

 cum coalitse, connectivo dorso in ligulam brevem obtusam ultra lo- 

 culos pauUo producto. Ovarium adhserens, disco operculari puberulo 

 coronatura, biloculare, placenta in quoque loculo ad dissepimentum 

 medium peltata, carnosa, magna, multiovulata. Stylus filiformis, 

 discum perforans. Stigma simpliciusculum vel obscure bilobum. 

 Fructus subgloboso-turbinatus, 5-gonus, calycinis laciniis coronatus, 

 membranaceus, indehiscens, bilocularis, polyspermus. Semina mi- 

 nuta. 



Herbse simplices. Caules breves, versus apicem foliosi. Folia ap- 

 proximata atiamen opposita, cuneato-lanceolata, longe petiolata, inte- 

 gerrima, penninervia, subtus pallidiora, nervis venisque ac petiolis/ul- 



