578 
. Spec. Cian. Glabrous shrub: leaves lanceolate, cuneate at the 
base, pointed, coriaceous: peduncles axillary, longer than the peti- 
oles, aggregated and forming terminal corymbs: corolla 5-cleft: 
segments much longer than the tube, lanceolate, obtuse: anthera 
exserted : style gibbous near the base, hairy: stigma clavate ; berry 
oval, 2-seeded: flowers white with a hairy throat and a line of haira 
along the segments of the corolla. 
Neilgherries, flowering in March and April. 
(5) ©. exumeriorpes. (R. W.) 
“Hdent.  Wight’s Spicii, I. p 84. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1041.—Spicil. 1. t. 101. 
Spec. Car, Large shrub or small tree: leaves obovate-cune- 
ate, shortly and bluntly acuminated, coriaceous: peduncles axillary, 
confined to the upper axils, about 3-flowered, forming terminal co~ 
rvmbs: corolla 5-cleft, hairy in the throat: segments oblong, ellip- 
tic: anthers exserted: style not gibbous: stigma clavate, slightly 
cleft at the apex: berry ovoid, crowned with the persistent calyx : 
flowers white. 
Pycarah, Neilgherries. Flowering in February. 
GENUS XXIX. GEOPHILA. 
Pentandria Waenogynia. Ser: Sy: 
Deriv. From Ge, the earth, and Phéleo, to love, alluding to. the 
trailing habit of the plant. : 
Gen. Car. Calyx-tube obovate: limb 5-partite; segments 
linear, spreading or recurved: corolla tubular, hairy in the throat, 
with 5 ovate somewhat recurved lotes: anthers included: stigma 2- 
cleft: berry ovoid, with glandular ribs; crowned with the calyx, 2- 
celled, 2-seeded. 
(1) G. senrrorais.. (Don.) 
Ident. Don. prod. fl. Nep. p. 186.--W. & A. prod. Fp. 486. 
—Dec. prod. IV. p. 537. : . ; 
Syn. Pasychotria herbacea, Linn. Roxb. ff. Ind. I. p. 533. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. X. ¢. 21.—-Wight’s Icon. t. 54. 
Spec. Crar. Herbaceous creeping plant: leaves petidled, round- 
ish-cordate: petioles and peduncles hirsute or pubescent: peduncles 
terininal, solitary, 2-3-flowered, shorter than the leaf; flowers some- 
what sessile, umbellate, involucred by several bracts, small, pure 
white, 
Malabar. Vingorla. Khasia mountains. Flowering in May 
and June. 
