DrosemcciB.^ 



CEYLON PLANTS, 



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Slipidce lancco- 

 Fasciculi pluri- 

 Flores al- 



Hab. Hot, dry, exposed places, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 

 Common. 



2. I- ramosissimum, Thw. (c.P. 1084) ; fruticosum, suberectum, fo- 

 liis linearibus, ^apiculatis^ Isevibus, integerrimis, glaucis, marginibus re- 

 volutis. ■ 



Hab. Banks of the Mahawelliganga at Haragam. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but besides the characters mentioned above, 

 the stems are much more woody, aud the internodes shorter, than in I. suffruticosum. 

 In the inflorescence of the two species I can discover no difference; and the glandu- 

 lar-tipped stipules are alike in both. 



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3. ALSODEIA, Tliouars. 



1. A. Zeylanica^ Thw^ [Pentaloha Zeylanica, Aru. Mag. of Zool. and 



Bot. ii. 543.)— c.p. 2669, 



Hab. Eatnapoora District. Not uncommon. 



Frutex erectus, 10-12-pedalis. Uamuli teretes, cinerei, opaci, juniores pilosi. 

 Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanccolata, acuminata, 2^-6 poll, longa, 1-2^ poll, lata, 

 nitida, reticulata^ dentata. Fetioli 2^-5 lin. longi, superne sulcati. 

 latfc, acuta;, appressee, 3—4 lin. longee, rufo-fusca;, subpersistcntes. 

 bracteolati, bractcolis acutis, rufo-fuscis. Vedicelli circiter 1 lin. longi. 

 bidi. "<7d!/ym /cf^nanceolati, acuti, petalis apice recurvatis, plus quam dimidio hre- 

 viores, rufo-tincti. f7rc^c/w.y rufescens, 5-crcnatus; crenaturis filamentis supra basin 

 insertis oppositis. Btaminum fil amenta cum lii^ulls alba, antherar'um loculi introrsi, 

 flavi. Stigma trilobum. 



4. Gen. Nov. SCYPHELLAWDRA, Thw. 



Sepala 5. Fetala 5. Glandulm 5, ininuta), carnosa?, pctalls alter- 

 nantes, staminum 5 dorso appressee. Antkerce subsessiles, marginibus 

 cohajrentes, singnlse connectivo lato in ligulam apicalem, liberam, mem- 

 branaceam producto. Ovarium sessile, 1-loculare ; stylo lineari ; stir/- 

 mate 3-lobato. Cajpsiila S-valvis, 3-4-spernia. 



1. S, virgata, Tbw. ; foliis alternis, ovatis vel oblongis, denticulatis, 

 glabris, basi apiceqne obtusis, petiolatis. — c.p. 1085. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the bot, drier parts of the island. 



Frutex parvus. Hamuli virgati, cinerei, striati; juniores pilis curvatis pubea- 

 ccntes. Folia magnitudine efiam in rauio uno valde varia, li-14 lin. longa, 1-6 

 lia. lata. Fetioli \-\ lin. longi, pubescentes. StipuU miuutce, lanceolatee. Fc- 

 dunculi axillares, solitarii, 1-flori, 1-2 lin. longi, basi pluri-bracteolati. Sepala 

 oyata, acumiiiata,>^ifrt/fj lineari-oblongis, 5-nervis, circiter 1 lin. longis plus qaam 



dimidio breviora. Capsula 2^ lin. longa. 



This interesting little plant has th^c anthers of Ilijmenanthera and the carpels and 

 numerous bracteolre of Alsodeiay thus forming a connecting link between the two 

 genera. . , ' 



• XVIII. DR0SEEACE.15. 



1. DROSERA, Lin. 



1. D. Burmanni, Valil, (W. et A. Prod. i. 34, cum ayn ; E. W. lo. 

 944.)— c.p. 1089. 



Hab. Not uncommon tliroughout the island. 



2. D. Indica, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. 1. c. cum. syn.)— c.p. 1088. 

 Hab. South of the island. Not common. 



