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ii4: II, DiLLENiACE^. (Hook. f. & Tlioixis.) [Acrotrma, 



a A. Thwaitesii, //./. d: T. in Keiv Joum. Bot viii. 241, t. 4 A.; 

 leaves lanceolate pinnatifid to or beyond the middle, hairy above and on 

 the nerves beneath, scape very short, stamens about 20. '' 



In the Dolosbage district, Ceylon, Thwaites, 



Bootstock small, short. Leaves Z-^hy l^Xh^in,, segments linear-oblong, acute, en- 

 tire or toothed ; petioles very short. Pedicels l-l^ in., slender, pilose. Sepals hirsute. 



9. A. dissectuin, Thwaites m Hook, Kew Joum. Bot. viii. 242, t. 4 B, ; 

 leaves lanceolate interruptedly pinnatisect, softly hairy, scape very short. 



At Hinidoon Korle, Ceylox, Thicaites, 



liootstoch horizontal. Leaves 2-4^ hy l-liin., larger segments acutely lobed, with 

 two or more pairs of very small segments between each pair, white and silky beneath, 

 segments sometimes pctiolulate. Pedicels slender, with spreading hairs. Flowers very 

 small, \ in. diam. , . 



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10. A. lyratum, Thwaites in Hooh Kew Joum. viii, 242; leaves linear- 

 oblong obtuse lyrate-pinnatifid toothed, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 

 base cordate, scape long naked below, pedicels glabrous, stamens about 





At Hinidoon Korle, in Ceylon, Thwaites. 



liootstoch stout, ascending. Leaves 3-12 by 2-4 in., coriaceous, terminal segment 

 equalling | of the whole leaf, lateral segments 3-5 pair, small, rounded, adnate by a 

 ■ broad base, det]ected, sharply toothed; petiole margined. Scape 1-3 in.; bracts re- 

 curved ;^ pedicels 1 in., often recurved. Sepals glabrous or puberulous. Flowers 

 about \ in. diam. , . ■ :* - 



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4. SCKUZIXACKERZA, Yahl. 



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Erect or samientose shrubs, branches flea , _ 



nerves many, very strong. Flowers yellow, 2-bracteolate, in axillary or ter- 

 niinal secund simple or panicled spike?. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens 

 indefinite, many-seriate, unilateral, filaments very short united into a short 

 oblique cylindric posticous column ; anther-cells dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Carpels :^, distinct, pilose; styles hlif orm-stibulate ; ovules solitary. Bip^ 

 carpels indeliiscent. Seed erect, subglobuse, arillate, testa crustaceous.— 

 DiSTRiB. All Cinghalese. 



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1. S. ang'tistifolia, //./. d; T Fl. hid. 66; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 tapering to a fine point serrate, spikes axillary simple or panicled shorter 

 than the leaves. Thw. Enuni. 4. .^ 



At Hinidoon Korle, in Ceylon, abundant. 



Branches slender, young silky, old glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1 1 in., glabrous and 

 shining above, puberulous on the veins beneath, base rounded or narrowed ; petiole 

 4 in. Spikes \-2 in. 



2, S- alnifolia, //,/. ci: T. Fl Ind. 66; leaves broadly oval acute or 

 subacute sinuate or toothed, spikes axillary panicled shorter than the 

 leaves. Thw. Enum, ..-^ 



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Forests in the Ambagamowa and Hunasgiria Districts of Ceylox, Tliwattes. 



Branches strigose, old glabrous. Leaves 4-6 h;3-4 in., base obtuse, glabrous above, 



beneath strigose on the nerves, and pubescent or glabrate between them; petiole SC2i- 



brid or hirsute. Spikes 1-2 in. J- ^*-:u:^^a xo*^-* ; —.* u*^? ^^ud; ^ ^A' '-^1-' 



vYAn. 1, sCABRA, Thiv. Z.c/ kaves scabrid with distant rigid hairs. : v « 



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