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1*75-1 in. ; petiole very short or ; lateral nerves about 7 pairs, strong 

 beneath. Heads *5 in. in diameter, in broad, terminal, corymbs ; peduncles, 

 short or long up to 1 in., tomentose with several short, spreading, linear, 

 bracts. Inner involucral bracts acute, hairy, and reddish at the back and 

 tips, outer short, linear, hairy, acute. Corolla red, pubescent outside. 

 Akene *2 in. long, striate on the margins and tip ; inner pappus hairs 

 *3 in., white, barbellate, outer hairs very short. 



Closely allied to V. pecUniformis^ DC, common above Santaveri, on 

 the Bababuden Hills of Mysore at about 6,000 feet elevation. 



Styrage^e. 

 Symplocos kanarana, Talb., sp. nov. Herb. No. 3673. 

 A small tree, leaves ovate, long acuminate, crenate-serrate, charta- 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above, blade 3'6 by 1-2*5 in.; petiole *3 in. long; 

 lateral nerves 5 pairs. Flowers in short axillary spikes. Fruit ovoid, 

 smooth, yellow, ridged, 1*25 in. long by *5 in. broad ; stone 1 in. long 

 with 6 very deep longitudinal furrows and sharp narrow ridges between, 

 rough, surrounded by a copious olive-green pulp, when dry the fruit 

 turns yellow and becomes obtusely angled. 



This species, of which I have only found the fruit during May, is 

 closely allied to S. macrocarpa, Wgt. Ms. It grows in the evergreen 

 forests of the Sircy taluka of North Kanara. Dr. Prain says this is 

 exactly the same as an unnamed species collected in Travancore by 

 the late Mr. Lawson, and communicated by him to the Calcutta 

 Herbarium. 



LABIATiE. 



Plectranthus parvifolius, Talb., sp. nov. Herb. No. 3276. 



A glandular, villous herb, 8 in. to 1 foot high. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, thick, crenate, pubescent with thick glandular hairs above, 

 paler beneath, and densely covered with minute, reddish, shining, waxy 

 glands, blade "6 by "5 in. ; petiole of lower leaves '4 in., upper leaves 

 sessile ; lateral nerves 3-4 pairs, strong beneath. Cymes in short, open 

 panicles. Corolla tubular, '25 in. twice the calyx, lips subequal. 

 Fruiting calyx ' 1 in., teeth acute. Nutlets ovoid, yellowish, flattened. 



A small species which comes nearest P. nepetcefolius, Bth., found 

 in open situations above Santaveri on the Bababuden Hills of Mysore a 

 about 6,000 feet elevation. 



