54; Captain Beddome's Contributions to the 



flowered flowers very large tube short ventricose at the base 

 segments longer than the tube, very narrow at the middle 

 broader upwards outer lobes of the st. cor. short deeply 

 bifid ciliate with long fine hairs, inner lobes alternate with 

 them distant long ligulate. 



A'naimalais, moist woods, 4,000 feet, rare, allied to " C. 

 oculata" Hooker. 



Ceropegia oculata, (Hooker). A'naimalais, moist vjoods 

 2,000 feet elevation, common. 



GENTIANACEiE. 

 Exacum macranthum, (Arnt) Pulney hills and A'nai- 

 malais on the higher ranges. 



(I have a new species of Ophelia from the A'naimalais, but* 

 I have mislaid the description and have no specimens now 

 by me.) 



PODOSTEMACEiE. 



Dicrjea Pet. Th. 



Dicr^a ALGiEOiDES, (R. H. B.) fronds greenish black, 

 compressed algseoid, floriferous at the base leafless outer in- 

 volucre composed of 3 thick fleshy leaves 2 of which are 

 equal in size and one is very small involucel entire pellucid 

 completely enveloping the flower, staminodes 3 the centre 

 one attached to the antheriferous filament or rarely wanting 

 anther cells unequal, sigmas 2 subulate entire reflexed, pedi- 

 cel of the flower elongating in fruit capsule 1 celled 8 

 ribbed. 



A'naimalai Hills, on roclcs, in streams and rivers up to 

 3,000 feet elevation. 



Mniopsis Mart. 



Mniopsis selaginoides, (R. H. B.). Rhizome small scale 

 like stems erect 1-3 inches high terete succulent, naked 

 with long filiform leaves towards the apex ; or densely covered 



