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R.UNGIA LONGIFOLIA. (Nees and Amt.) Stems slightly pubescent brauohed from the base, leaves unequal the lower I 
oval or orbicular very small, the upper linear spathulate 3-4 inches long by 3 lines broad scolloped lineolate, spikes small axillary or 
terminal solitary or twin, bractB 3 Hues long broad oblong long-cilmte mucronate and with a membranaceous margin, bracteolee 
narrower and smaller ciiiate, calyx glabrous, corol 4-5 lines long a little hairy on the outside, upper lip bifid, anthers a little hairy. 
DC. Prod. xi. 471. 
Ceylon, Ramboda and Adam’s Peak. 
PLATE No. CCLXVI. 
PTYSSIGLOTTIS RADICOSA. (Anders.) Stems creeping sHghtly pubescent, leaves distant oval obtuse liueolate and 
furnished with a few setse on the upper side glabrous or subglabrous beneath, 14 inches long by about l inch broad, petiole 4-6 Unei I 
long. Spikes terminal on longish peduncles (4-7 lines), bracts subulate, calyx segments subulate, corol white 6 Hues long the upper : 
lip bipartite segments acute, lower lip tripartite segments rounded, capsule 3 lines long, seeds tuberculate. And. in Tim. Eh. p. 235. [ 
Rbytiglossa radicosa, DO. Prod. xi. 344. Rostellaria sarmentosa, Zollinger PI Java, j DO. 370. 
Ceylon, hot drier parts of the island. 
. PLATE No. CCLXVIL 
JlJSTIClA MOOKERIANA. (Nees.) Stem suffruticose 4-6 angled, glabrous in age, leaves narrow lanceolate obtuse or 
acute 2-2 £ inches long by 5-6 lines broad glabrous decurrent on to a very short petiole, spikes axillary flexuoae longer than the leaves, 
flowers distant, bracts and bracteoles linear or subspathnlate, corol 4-5 lines long. Adhatoda Eookeriana, Nees. in DO. Prod. xi. 403. i 
Justicia, Anders, in Thv>. En. Pl. Zey. 233. Leptostachya Zeylaniea, Nees in partim. 
Ceylon, abundant on banks of streams in the central provinces. 
PLATE No. CCLXVnr. 
MoNOTHECIUM ARISTATUM. (Wall.) Stems puberulous, leaves elliptic oblong furnished with a few hairs on the j 
veins, 2-24 inches long by 1-1J broad, petioles generally unequal up to 1 inch long, spikes terminal, bracts and calycine segments 
subulate glanduloso-pubescent, corol slightly puberulouB on the outside white the loweT lip blotched witli red. Justieia aristata, Wall, 
in Cat. 2481. Anthocometes aristatus, Nees in DO. xi. 312, Mouothecium, And. in Thw . En. PI. Zey. p. 234. 
Nilgiris and Ceylon. 
PLATE No. CCLXIX. 
GUTTIFER.®. 
GARC1NIA PURPUREA. (Roxb.) A small tree, diserious, leaves (red when young) lanceolate elliptic 3-4 inches long 
by l-l£ broad, penniveiued the primary veins irregular and not conspicuous ; male, flowers peduncled 3-8 (generally 3) in the terminal 
axils 2-4 in the lateral ones, stamens very numerous on an entire short column, anthers oblong 2-oelled dehiscing longitudinally, rudi¬ 
ment of ovary none ; female, flowers sessile solitary or 2 and 3 together, sterile stamens in 4 phalanges in a ring round the ovary each J 
phalaux with 2-7 staminodes in 1-2 rows, ovary cells and stigmas 5-8. Fruit globose not furrowed 1-1| inches in diameter purple or 
white, edible, Roxb. FI. Ind. ii 624. 
A very common tree throughout North Canara where it is called Kokum j there are 2 varieties, one with white and the other 
with purple fruit the fruit has a very agreeable arid flavor and is much eaten, and a syrup is made from it. The seeds furnish the kokuffi, j 
a concrete oil or soapy substance useful in healing chaps ; the tree flowers in November and December and the fruit ripens in the hot 
■weather. 
PLATE No. CCLXX. 
MELASTOMACEJE. 
KENDRICKIA WALKERI. (Hook, f.) An epiphytic scandent shrub, leaves 5-nerved oblong or ovato-oblong narrowed 
at both endsobtuse furfuraceous when young, subentire, or ciliato-dentate when young, l§-3 inches long paler beneath, petioles 2-3 j 
lines long, pedicels about 1£ inches loDg and with the bracts and calyx sparingly ferrugineous, bracts obloDg obtuse 2*3 Hues loog> 1 
