jupbil— sept. 1858.] Numismatic Gleanings. 



Upper sepals entire, flowers 



very small /. tenuis Anamallay 5 to 



7000 feet. 



Petals not hairy. 

 Leaves glabrous ; cordate, lobes 



overlapping /. scapiflora . . Neilgherries 7 to 



8000 feet. 



Leaves hairy above cordate. . .1. modesta.. . . Neilgherries (Pyca- 



rah) Shevagher- 

 ries. 



Lower of compound petals en- 

 tire. 



Spur long incurved twice the 



length of petals I. gracilis. . . .Anamallay 5000 ft. 



Note.— The Diagrams representing flowers dissected will appear in the next 

 number.— Ed. Mad. Jour. 



V. Numismatic Gleanings. By Walter Elliot, Madras 



Civil Service* 



No. 2. 



The next description of coin to be noticed, is of a very remark- 

 able character and has been found only in one locality. 



On the north bank of the Rushikuliya river, in the province of 

 Ganjam, about four miles to the west of Purushottapur, the kasba 

 town of the Pubakonda taluk, and close to the modern village of 

 Pandya are the remains of an extensive but now deserted town,, 

 surrounded by the debris of a lofty wall. The spot is indi- 

 cated in sheet 107 of the Indian Atlas by a quadrangular dotted 

 outline, representing a square fortification with a bastion at each 

 angle. This in fact, is very much the appearance of the place. 

 The remains of the rampart can be traced continuously round the 

 whole enceinte, forming nearly a perfect square with a gateway in 

 the centre of each face. The grassy mounds indicating the line 

 of the ramparts, are now covered in many places with jungle, but 

 in others are quite clear. About the middle of the enclosure rises 

 a group of granite rocks, on the face of one of which, at a consi- 



