. . L ASIANTHTJS JaCKIANUS. (Wight.) Shrubby; clothed with long yellow hairs which spring from enlarged bases, branches 
T'r tri “" g " lM / h ° rt ir0a,i “ the bMe - gl^roua within ; leaves eubeeseiie, ovate lanceolate shortly and 
- u ! are lT u , ”? 7 K aliUM7 8Ub8e ' aile 3-4 supported by 2 foliaceous lanceolate bracteas 
“ * * X \ 1 ” cll “ lon S i ^P'y divisions ovate lanceolate, hairy on both sides ; corol about the length oi the calvv 
glabrous within, lobes cihate; ovary 3-5 celled, stigma 3-5 lobed, dupe smaU, Mephitidea Jackiana {Wight) ® ? ’ 
Sisparah Ghat (Nilgiris.) 
PLATE No. XIL 
leaves si ' IjAS ^ AN T H US DICHOTOMUS. (Wight.) Shrubby, branches glabrous, terete except at the joints which are compressed • 
C ° rdate ^ the base ' ca8 P idate g lab ™‘ except the short petiole and a few scattered hairs on 
lus d « gfch 0f the pefci0le POinked ' Cymes axillary fi0litary lon « i8h P edQnoled > once or twice dichoto- 
T andi ^ raCfceaS subulate 8 ^ led with bristly hairs ; calyx deeply 4-cleft, divisions lanceolate acute 
T, h ?! lnlt bnstly hau ’ 3> ab0Ut the lm * th of tbe tube of the cor ol fonnel-shaped, 4-cleft throat and lacinim hairy 
stamens 3-4 included, style exserted. Stigma 3-4 lobed, ovary 3-4 celled. Mephitidea dichotoma. ( Wight.) 7 ’ 
Shevagherry and Courtallum Hills. 
PLATE No. XIII.. 
lanceolate afum^at!^^^ V* 0 ' 12 ^ bra “ bGS dioIl<,tom<m8 > l“vosglabrous, ponnivcnous oblong to oblongo- 
lanceolate aeummate attenuated at the base 3-4 inches long l£-2 inches broad, petioles 3 liaea long ; stipules entire or toothed peduncles 
ErtT y T* pedi t’ *' 5 ’ ebraotwkta *>«* 3 “*• ** ~Ux onp-shaped sub entire or slightly 4-lobed, ebraoteolato 
frurt obZg! “ ’ TCTy l0ng> minutely P a P iUose «■> outside, slightly villons within ; stigma 2-lob,d lobes elongate. 
Western slopes of the Nilgiris. A handsome shrnb, with deliciously fragrant largo flowers ; the stems and leaves ore verv 
fetid when crushed as in the other species, a ieaves are very 
PLATE No. XIV. 
In moist woods Nilgiris 6,000 feet, Anamallays 4,000 feet, Coimbatore hills 3,000 feet Tinnevellv bills q non 
p from the Tinnevelly hills are much smaller leaved) a large shrub or small tree. 7 - 3)0 °°~ (my 8 * 6C1 ' 
PLATE No. XV. 
SERISSA GLOMERATA. (Gardn.) Shrub 3-4 feet, branches terete dichotomous, leaves glabrous ovate or 
inRPS.Qllfl 1 1.41. ir»rtli lrvr» e+ 1 O J _-_ * __.. ^_ i • i . . 
elliptic acu- 
,, , TT"' whits infandibuliform 2-3 linen long, authors inolndsd 4-5. Stigma with'2 flattened lobM^Uglobote d!en 
blue, very fetid as is the whole plant. Dysodidendron glomeratum. Gardn. Saprosma Indica. Dalz Serissa Gardneri. Thw. ’ P 
Very c 
1 in the moist forests of all the Western part of the Madras Presidency b 
PLATE No. XVL 
1 Gardneri. Thw. 
an elevation of 2,000 to 4,000 feet. 
Serissa CORYMBOSA. (Bedd.) Shrub, branches 4 angled, leaves glabrous elliptic acuminate 3-6 inches lone 1 to Si 
#road pennivenous petioles, \ to £ an inch long; stipules connate toothed, panicles terminal and axillary, 2-3 inches long, dichotomouslv 
branched bracteolate at the ramifications ; calyx bracteolate at the base, 4 lobed or sub-entire; coral tube 3 lines long papillose on thl 
putside, hairy within, obsoletely induplicate, anthers on longish filaments considerably exserted. Stigma with two flattened lobes. 
