. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. 226 NORMAN K. B. ROBSON Mooney 780 (K). Orissa: Pal Lahara State, Malyagiri Hill, 1140 m, , Mooney 458 (K); Koraput Distr., near Pottangi, Turia Konda, 1410-1560 m, 1950, Mooney 4077 (K). H. gaitii, which was described by Haines as intermediate between H. mysurense and H. cernuum ( oblongifolium), is indeed both morphologically and geographically intermediate between these species, having a scattered distribution in areas of high ground in the north-east of peninsular India. It is separated from the areas of H. mysu
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany. 226 NORMAN K. B. ROBSON Mooney 780 (K). Orissa: Pal Lahara State, Malyagiri Hill, 1140 m, , Mooney 458 (K); Koraput Distr., near Pottangi, Turia Konda, 1410-1560 m, 1950, Mooney 4077 (K). H. gaitii, which was described by Haines as intermediate between H. mysurense and H. cernuum ( oblongifolium), is indeed both morphologically and geographically intermediate between these species, having a scattered distribution in areas of high ground in the north-east of peninsular India. It is separated from the areas of H. mysurense by the dry region of the Deccan and from that of H. oblongifolium by the Ganges valley. As the high ground in the south of Orissa continues into Andhra Pradesh, H. gaitii may well occur in that province. It is also related to H. monogynum (), which is geographically separated from it, not only by the Ganges Valley, but also by the Himalayan massif and the Tibetan plateau. H. gaitii differs from H. mysurense by the stem internodes, which are longer and soon terete, by the larger leaves with more densely reticulate venation and by the longer narrower sepals, rounded petal apiculus, relatively shorter styles and larger capsule. From H. oblongifolium it is distinguished by the narrower leaves, larger sepals erect in bud and fruit, relatively shorter stamens, relatively shorter styles and narrower 13(24). Hypericum oblongifolium Choisy Prodr. monogr. fam. Hyperic.: 42, t. 4 (1821); in DC., Prodr. syst. nat. regni veg. 1: 545 (1824); N. Robsonin/. Roy. Hort. Soc. 95:489 (1970), Rechinger, Fl. iranica 49:4 (1968); in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 32: 3, f. 11-L (1973), in Hara & Williams, Enum. Fl. PI. Nepal 2: 62 (1979). Type: 'Ex Indiis orientalibus', [Hardwicke ?] (G-DC, holotype!; BM!). Hypericum sp. sensu Hardwicke in Asiatick Researches 6: 369 (1801). H. cernuum Roxb. [Hort. Bengal.: 59 (1814) nomen] ex D. Don., Prodr. fl. nepai: 218 (1825); Rox
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