4 ENUM£EATioN o? [^DUUniacea. 



4. SCHUMACHERIA, Valil. 



Sepala 5 (2 exteriora minora). Fetala 5. Stamina indefinita, 

 pluriserialia, monadelpha, unilaterali-posteriora ; filamentis in co- 

 lumnam brevem obliquam semicylindricam coalitis, apicibus supremis 

 liberis ; antheris lineari-oblongis, obtusis, apicnlatis, bilocularibus, la- 

 teraliter dehiscentibus. Ovaria 3 (2 auteriora), discreta, dense pilosa, 

 uniovulata ; st^Us filiformi-subulatis ; stigmate minuto. Carpella 

 indehiscentia. Semen erectum, subglobosum, basi arillo parvo membra- 

 naceo munitum ; testa Crustacea. — Frutices erecti ;^ ramis rigidis, jiex- 

 uosis ; foliis coriaceis, conspicue penniveniis ; petiolo hasi latiicscula, 

 vaginante. Splcis axillarihus vel terminalihiis ; floribus sessilibtts, 

 secundis, hihracteolatis, Jiams, expans. 6-9 lin. latis. 



Note. — The generic characters of this and the foregoing genua have been princi- 

 pally copied from the • Flora Indica' of Drs. Hooker and Thomson, such additions 

 or slight alterations only having been made as the examination of fresh and more 

 abundant specimens of the several species aiforded the favourable opportunity of 

 doing. 



1. S, castanesefolia, Yahl, (H.f.et T., I.e. p. 66, cum syn,) — C.P.232, 



248, 



Hab. Common in tbe Saffragam and Galle Districts, at no great ele- 



vation. Isom. vulg, " Kakareewara." 



2. S. angustifolia, H.f. et T., 1. c. p. 66.— c.P- 2992. 

 Hab. Abundant in the Hinidoon Corle. 



Not so straggling in its growth as the preceding species, and with a good deal 

 smaller flowers. 



3. S. alnifolia, H.f. et T., 1. c. p. 66. 



Var. a. scahra ; foliis Lirsutie rigida pauca scabris. — c.P. 9. 



Var. /3. dentata (Wight, MSS.) j foliis grosse et acute dentatis, subtus 

 petiolisque hirsutis. — c.P. 339. 



Var. y. subglabra; foliis aubtus subglabris. — c.P. 397, 2416. 



Hab. Vars. a and /3, in forests in the Ambagamowa District. Var. ^, 

 which has sharply-dentate leaves, and these more hirsute beneath and 

 with coarser reticulation, owes its peculiarity, I believe, to growing in 

 a more damp and shady locality. Var. y occurs in forests in the 



unasg 



5. WORMIA, Eottb. 



1, "VIT. triquetra, Rottb. (H.f. et T„ 1. c. p. 67, cum syn.)— c.P. 1013, 

 Hab. Common in the moist, warmer parts of the island, up to an 

 elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vnlg. " Deeyapara." 



Arhor mediocris ; foliorum petiolis canalicidatis, stipulari-margiuatis (marginibus 

 vagmantibus, cito deciduis), basi externe appendicula carnosa prominente hippo- 

 crepiformi semiciiictis ; floribus secundis ; sepatis post authesiu parce accrescentibus, 

 iuiprimis arete imbricato-convergcntibus, denique fructu mature apertis vel reflexis ; 

 petalis plicato-rugosis, albis, basi pallide viridescentibus, caducis ; staminid?^s erectis, 

 luteis, circiler 3-serialibus, sabscquilongis, persistentibus ; ovarils 5, circitiu* S-ovu- 

 latisj (9Z7«/ij biserialibus ; car/>^//75 indfhiscentibus, 1-2-spennis; serninibus arillatis, 

 in pulpa pellncida gelatinosa nidulantibus. 



The carpels of this, the original species of the genus, being iudehiscentj it would 

 seem doubtful whether some of the other species now included in the genus should 

 be retained iu it, or Blume's genus CapelUa be restored for their reception. 



