439l 



(32) S. TETRAPTERUS. (DolzJ) 



Merit. Dalz. Bomb, floir. p. 187. 



Spec. Char. StrubBjr, subscandent, glab'rous: leaves oVaJi 

 Shortly acuminated, running down the petiole along the stem, ere- 

 iiate, coriaceousj shining above": spikes aiKillary, Ofiposit^ and ter- 

 "minal, solitary, peduntled : bracts herbaceous, rhomb'cuiieate, long' 

 '«taspidate, eUiated: corolla somewh&t 2-lip^ed, white. 



Warree icoUntTy. 



(33) S. AspfeRRiiius. {Ndes.) 



Ident. bee. J)rod. Xl. p. 183. 



Spi*. Char. Stehi rigid, rough and tuberculated, hirsute at the 

 'Joints : leaves elliptic-acute, running down like a wing into the pe- 

 tiole, shorter than the leaf, crehated, hispid and bristly : pedtincles 

 axiilftry, trichotomoiis : Spike's ovate: bracts broadly oval, ventri- 

 cose, ^abrous, lower ones nlbre remote and smaller : rachis hirsute. 



The Ghauts. 



(34) S. feRAtiLls. (Bedd.) 



Ident. Beddome iil Madr. J^oUrn. of Lit. (1864) p. 55. 



Spec. CiiAR. Shrub 18 feet high, stems terete, glabroUs : leaves 

 aeissile, aUricled. at the bise, narrow lanceolate with a long acumi- 

 ^ation, atteliuated towards' the base^ sharply serratedi glabrous ori 

 both sides : panicles tierminal or from the upper axils, loose, many- 

 flowered, glanduloso-puberulous : flowers in distant pairs, eac^h 

 Furnished with a small lanceolate bract : calycine lobes linear lanee* 

 'olate-: corolialilaiCi one^ third longer than the calyx. 



AnnathaliaySi 



(35) S. ANiJERsoNii. {Bedd.) 



ident. Beddonle in Madr. Journ. of Lit. (1864) p. 55. 



Sp^'c. Char. Shi-ubby, 12 to 20 feet high. Stems • terete', hir- 

 sute : leaves petioled, ovate acuminate, serrate, hirsutely pubescent 

 on both sides, petioleS hirstlte : pfedtlncles axillaryj much shorter 

 than the leaves : flowers in dense bracteated headsj bracts large, 

 glabrous or slightly ciliated, ovate-obtiise : calycine lobes narrolij 

 lanceolate, ciliate : corolla glabrouS, large, pale blue. 



Annamallays at 5000 feet. 



