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La.SIANTH.TJS JaCKIANUS. (Wight.) Shrubby; clothed with long yellow hairs which spring from enlarged bases, branches 
terete, internodes short; stipules triangular short broad at the base, glabrous within ; leaves subsessile, ovate lanceolate shortly and 
abruptly acuminate, 4-5 inches long 1|- broad ; flowers axillary subsessile aggregated 3-4 supported by 2 foliaceous lanceolate bracteas 
which are -J to 1 \ inches long ; calyx deeply 4-cleft, divisions ovate lanceolate, hairy on both sides ; corol about-the length of the calyx, 
glabrous within, lobes ciliate ; ovary 3-5 celled, stigma 3-5 lobed, dupe small. Mephitidea Jackiana {Wight.) 
Sisparah Ghat (Nilgiris.) 
PLATE No. XII. 
LaSIANTHUS DICHOTOMUS. (Wight.) Shrubby, branches glabrous, terete except at the joints which are compressed ; 
leaves short petioled, elliptic ovate or slightly cordate at the base, cuspidate glabrous except the short petiole and a few scattered hairs on 
the veins, stipules lanceolate about the length of the petiole pointed ; cymes axillary solitary longish peduncled, once or twice dichoto¬ 
mous, divisions racemose, flowers secund, bracteas subulate sprinkled with bristly hairs ; calyx deeply 4-cleft, divisions lanceolate acute 
often tipped with a tuft of bristly hairs, about the length of the tube of the corol; corol funnel-shaped, 4-cleft throat and lacinise hairy, 
stamens 3-4 included, style exserted. Stigma 3-4 lobed, ovary 3-4 celled. Mephitidea dichotoma. {Wight.) 
Shevagherry and Courtallum Hills. 
PLATE No. XIII. 
SeRISSA FRAGRANS. (Bedd.) Shrub ; 10-12 feet, branches dichotomous, leaves glabrous, pennivenous oblong to oblongo- 
lanceolate acuminate, attenuated at the base 3-4 inches long 14-2- inches broad, petioles 3 lines long ; stipules entire or toothed, peduncles 
terminal very short bracteolate, pedicles 1-5, ebracteolate about 2 lines long, calyx cup-shaped sub-entire or slightly 4-lobed, ebracteolate 
at the base ; corol infundibuliform, tube very long, minutely papillose on the outside, slightly villous within ; stigma 2 -lobed lobes elongate, 
fruit oblong. 
Western slopes of the Nilgiris. A handsome shrub, with deliciously fragrant large flowers ; the stems and leaves are very 
fetid when crushed as in the other species. 
PLATE No. XIV. 
SERISSA WlGHTII. (Gardn.) Shrub, 8-12 feet and more, branches terete dichotomus, leaves glabrous pennivenous, 
lanceolate acuminate, attenuated at the base 3-3J ,incb long, 10-15 lines broad, petioles £ an inch, stipules connate toothed, peduncles 
1 flowered, axillary or terminal 4 lines long, bibracteolate a little above the base and at the apex ; calyx tube obovate adherent glabrous 
ebracteolate at the base, limb 4-toothed, teeth broad acute, corol purplish infundibuliform very minutely papillose on the outside, 
about 6 lines long, deeply 4 cleft, stamens included or very slightly exserted, fruit obovate to oblong, deep blue, very fetid. Lasianthus ? 
foetens. Wight.-, Dysodidendron. Wigbtii. Gardn. 
In moist woods Nilgiris 6,000 feet, Anamallays 4,000 feet, Coimbatore bills 3,000 feet, Tinnevelly bills 3,000—(my speci¬ 
mens from the Tinnevelly hills are much smaller leaved) a large shrub or small tree. 
PLATE No. XY. 
SERISSA GLOMERATA. (Gardn.) Shrub 3-4 feet, branches terete dichotomous, leaves glabrous ovate or elliptic acu¬ 
minate subsessile 1|-4J inch long, -|--2 inches broad, pennivenous ; stipules connate entire or toothed, flowers few terminal subsessile, calyx 
with 4-5 acute lobes, corol white infundibuliform 2-3 lines long, anthers included 4-5. Stigma with 2 flattened lobes, fruit globose, deep 
blue, very fetid as is the whole plant. Dysodidendron glomeratum. Gardn. Saprosma Indica. Dalz ;—Serissa Gardneri. Thw. 
Very common in the moist forests of all the Western part of the Madras Presidency at an elevation of 2,OCO to 4,000 feet. 
PLATE No. XVI. 
SERISSA CORYMBOSA. (Bedd.) Shrub, branches 4 angled, leaves glabrous elliptic acuminate 3-6 inches long, 1 to 2| 
broad, pennivenous petioles, J to |- an inch long ; stipules connate toothed, panicles terminal and axillary, 2-3 inches long, dichotomously 
branched bracteolate at the ramifications ; calyx bracteolate at the base, i lobed or sub-entire ; coral tube 3 lines long papillose on the 
outside, hairy within, obsoletelv induplicate, anthers on longish filaments considerably exserted. Stigma with two flattened lobes. 
