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racemose, flowers secund : bracteas subulate, sprinkled with 

 bristly hairs : calyx deeply 4-cleft, divisions lanceolate acute, 

 frequently tipped with a tuft of bristly hairs, about the length 

 of the tube of the corolla, corolla funnel-shaped, 4-cleft, throat 

 and lacinese hairy : stamens 4 included: style exserted, stigma 

 4-lobed, ovary 4-celled. 



Hab. — Shevagherry hills, near Courtallum. These hills 

 attain an elevation of about 3000 feet, and botanically consi- 

 dered, afford about the richest station, in proportion to the 

 extent explored, I ever visited. 



Obs. — This species is nearly allied to the preceding, but I 

 think quite distinct. Its loose dichotomous inflorescence, 

 half the length of the leaves is, so far as I have seen, confined 

 to this species. Leaves from 3 to 3| inches long, and from 1 

 to 1J broad. 



14. Lasianthus ciliatus, (R. W.) shrubby: branches 

 terete tomentose : leaves coriacious, ovate lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous above, petioles and under surface, especially the veins, 

 hairy, margin ciliate : stipules short, triangular, hairy on both 

 sides : flowers aggregated, axillary, sessile : bracteas minute 

 hairy : calyx 3-4-parted, divisions ovate, hairy on both sides, 

 as long as the tube of the corolla : corolla small, 3-5- cleft 

 very hairy : anthers sessile oblong : style short : stigma 

 3-4-lobes : ovary 3-4-celled : fruit about the size of a large 

 pea, nuts bullately corrugated on the back. 



Hab. — Western slopes of the Neilgheries below Sisparah, 

 flowering February and March. 



Obs. — The leaves are 6 to 8 inches long, and generally 

 under two broad, very coriacious, the under surface reticulated 

 with prominent veins, the margin bound with a dense line 

 of short stiff ciliae. The bullate nuts seem almost peculiar to 

 this species, but there is an approach to the same structure in 



