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Captain Beddome's Contributions to the 



ish hirs, stipules ovate, pectinately pinnatifid very hairy, 

 panicles axillary corymbiform few flowered much shorter 

 than the leaves, bracts linear leaf like, calyx deeply 4 cleft 

 segments lanceolate acuminate very hairy, corol tube long 

 very hairy outside and bearded within, seeds numerous. 



Kundas. (Nilagiri) 7,000 feet elevation in moist woods. 



Grumilea longifolia, (R. H. B.) A shrub A'naima- 

 lais, 3,000 feet (description mislaid), 

 Serissa Comm. 



Serissa fragrans, (R. H. B.) Shrub 10-12 feet, leaves 

 glabrous oblong or oblong lanceolate acuminate attenuated 

 at the base, 3-4 inches long by 1 J to 2 inches broad petioles 

 3 lines long peduncles terminal very short 1-5 flowered, pe- 

 dicels 2 lines long flowers tetramerous calyx slightly 4 

 toothed corol infundibuliform minutely papillose outside 

 villous within the tube, fruit oblong, flowers white fragrant 

 (the outer portion of the lobes of the corol of Serissa is of a 

 thin membranaceous text and is folded over the thick fleshy 

 portion in the bud, the edges of the fleshly part being val- 

 vate) (Plate No. 9). 



Western slopes of Nilagiris. Rare. 



Serissa glomerata, (" Serissa Gardneri" Thw., " Dyso- 

 didendron glomeratum" Gardn., " Saprosma Indica" Dalzell) 

 very common in moist forests western side of the Presidency. ' 



Serissa Wightii, (Lasianthus fcetens" Wight. " Dysodi- 

 dendron Wightii" Gardner) common in moist tvoods, 

 A'naimalais, Nilagiris. 



VALERIANACE.E. 



Valeriana Neck. 

 Valeriana microphylla, (R. H. B.). Stem erect striated 

 nearly glabrous, tufts of hair at the insertion of the cauline 

 leaves and the divisions of the corymb radicle leaves on 



