'297 



- tsyttlose, many-flowered : bracts ovate or linear hirsute externally, 

 intermixed with the flowers : sepals ovate, scariose on the margiil : 

 ■corolla- hirsute externally. 



Mysore. Neilgherries. 



(4) A. POMACEA. (Choisy.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. li. p. 329.— ^Choisy. p. 3l. 



Syn. Lettsomia pomacea, Rpxh. fl. Ind.ll. p. 83. — Ipomasi 

 Zeylaniea, Gccrtri. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 88&. 



Spec. Char. Ashy-tonaentose ; leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse,' 

 ashy-velvety on both ^i.des especially. below, sp^aetimes undulate on 

 the margin : peduncles cymose, many-floWered : bracts linear-lan- 

 ceolate, sometimes sub-cuneate, adpressed to each flower : sepals 

 ov.ate-la.nceolate, obtuse, slightly villous, adpressed : flowers large, 

 tose-coloured. : - , 



Mysore. Bindigul at 3,000 feetr Flowering from May till No-* 

 Member. ^ 



(5) A. NbLiysHERtA. '-(Chvisy.) 



Merit. i)ec. prod. IX. p. 329, — Choisy. p. 32. 



Spec Char. Hirsutely rufescent : leaves cordate-orbiculate oi 

 oblong-acumitiate,'6ii^atedj strigosely hirsute on both sides, sca- 

 brous and greener above ; pedunc]es umbellately many-flowered : 

 bracts ovate or linear, externally villous, intermixed witjii the flow- 

 ers : sepals ovate-elliptic, obtuse, membranaceous at the margini 

 hirsute externally. 



Neilgherries. 



(6) A. PoptTLiFoLiA. (dhoisy.) ■ 



tdeni. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 32. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 329. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous : leaves cordate-orbiculate, shortly 

 acuminated : peduncles often exceeding the, leaves, fcyiiioseiy dicho- 

 tomous : flflwers lax : bracts linear-lanceolate, numerous, glabrous ; 

 .sepals small, ovate-rotund, very obtuse, villous : corolla showyj 

 tube narrowed at the base. 



Goalparah. 



(7) A. sptENDENS. (Sweet.), 



Ident. Sweet. Hort. Sub. (2d. ed.) I. p. 289.— ^Dec. prod. IXV 

 p. 329. 



Syn. Lettsomia splendens, Roieb, flor, Ind. II. p. 73, — Ipoj 

 maea splendens, Sims. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 2628, j 



