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Atalantia.] xxxiii. hutace^. (J. D. Hooker.) 513 



Curyrvnl 324. Sclerostylis zeylanica, Wight III. I 109: Thwaites Enum. 46. 

 » Amottiana, W^ig-A^ /^^. ^.c. 



W^*»tfN PexMnsula; Phoondah Ghat, in the Concan, Ritchie; K\\g\\\x\s, Beddome'; 



r^^' c^"^™on in the warmer parts of the island; ? Malacca, Griffith. 



A bush or small tree, unarmed or armed with very straight spines, |-1 in. long, 

 ■^ea/ef extremely variable, 1-7 in., elli^tic-oblong ovate-oblong obovate or almost lan- 

 ceolate, simply obtuse or with an emarginate or 2-lohedtip. 'J?acew26s rarely exceeding 

 Vf y^^^^^ ^^^^^ similar to those of A. racemosa, and on equally short pedicels ; 

 Duds globose. Ovary sunk in the annular disk.^The Malacca specimens have no 

 nowers, the leaf is 5-6 in., elliptic-lanceulate, more attenuate at the obtuse entire tip, 

 anatheglobose fruit fin. diam. when dry. . . . : • jv . V. 



Vae rotandifoliaj Oliv. I.e. ; Thwaites, Enum. 405 ; leaves rounded or obovate or 

 7/^,^^^x^or*^ate. Sclerostylis rotundifolia, Thwaites, Z.c. 46.— Ceylon, "at* Maturatte, 

 ««. 4000 ft. and upwards, Thwaites, ; ''^ '• ; 



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.^' *■ <5audata, Hook./.; leaflet elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate 

 witn a broad 2-lobed tip, flowers small in very short glabrous racemes, 

 ^ij'x very small 4-5- lobed, ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 collateral. A, Rox- 

 ^rghiana, OZm in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Si(j)pL ii. 25. Limonia? caudata, 



mss.inllerb. Book. 



^HAsiA Mts., at Churra, alt. 4000 ft, II, / ^ T (Hort. Bot. Calc. WaUich). 

 .«j glabrous unarmed shrub, with slender branches. Leaflet 3-4 in., much narrower 



tip some- 

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and ° ^ uiiiirmea snruD, witn sienaer orancnes. jueajiei 6-^^ in., macn n 

 tim ^^"^f J^^'^rTOwed at each end than in any congener, margin quite entire, ti| 

 con^^ *^*^' -^^^^^^^ \ ii^M peduncles and pedicels much more slender thii 



lonf^^T^'*'"^'^^— -^^ l^^in. diam.," white, fragrant, usually 4-meroMs, buds rather 

 anth •!'^^^-'^^*^^*^' " ^"^Z^**-' very small.' Petals obovate-oblong. Stamens quite free; 

 va-^^j? ^^^^*^* Ovary sessile on a disk narrower than itself; sti 



gma subcapitate. — A 



tustiuct species, distributed as S. lioxburyhiana? by T. Thomson and mys^f. 



acut -^^^^^^rffhiana, HooL/. (not of Oliver) ; leaflet elliptic-lanceolate 

 ov^in 'o^*^^.l^^^ axillary short few-flowered, calyx 4-lobed, filaments free, 

 K^^J^^'CfUed. Amyris simplicifolia, Hoxb. FL Incl ii. 244. Sclerostylis 



^^^^f^ ^<^^burgh ; ? Malacca, Griffith, ^^ . - ■ '' ' 



^h R\ ^^^"^^^» apparently without spines. Leaflet 4-5 in., narrowel at both 

 iiu P -?^ "^^^^^ exactly as in all its congeners (except Z/. mwsio/it.v) ; petiole 

 oltusel J f^^ f in., 5-6-flowered. Flowers nearly ^ in. diam., buds globose. - Calyx 

 Ovary . "^^- Petals obovate. Filaments free short subulate ; anthers ovoid-oblong, 

 taperin ^^^^*' apparently sessile ; the disk not being represented in Roxburgh's drawing 

 ov^fcsP^^^V ^^'^^'^^d stigma (probably incorrectly figured) ; cells with 2 collateral, 

 little kn ^^^ i" ^^^^y (i" Griffith's specimen) globose, § in. diam. when dry.— A very 

 Wight -^^ plant, of which there is a figure amongst Roxburgh's drawings (copied by 

 ifaLno'^ 1 ^ Jcones), and with which I provisionally identity a fruiting specimen of a 



**^^ca plant collected by Griffith. . - - 



^^K^/ters linear-oblong. (9 wry stipitate. .,' 



obuvnt* °**f slonis, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. Siq^pl. 25 ; leaflet oblong- 

 Herve, ^^ ^^iptic opaque margin undulate when dry articulation obsolete 

 •I-cell! 1^*^^^ obscure, racemes very sliort, calyx 4-r)-lobed, ovary usually 

 ^eft vi'.^^Vg^a capitate, ovules 2 collateral. ^fo?rf. Flor. Sylmt. Anal 

 »xxv1i^ ,Liuionia missionis, WiqM in HooL Bot, Misc. iii. 291 ; buppl. 

 A,R n ' ^';- t- 175; IF. cfe A. rrodr, 92. L. t missibnis, Wall. Cat. G358, 

 8C ' ^#ocalyx • ellipticus; 'T'^m. i»' Mil. Sgc^J^N^at, Mosc., 1863, 



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