t 



46 



KNTTMEBATION OF 



■ ^Atirdntiacem. 



fin* 



With frest specimens of these t w forms before me, I have been unable to discover 

 anjthing like a good specific difference betweea theni. 



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5. SCLEROSTYLIS, Blume. 



1. 



109. 



S. Arnottiana, Wiglit, 

 c.p. 1196. 



_ . Ceylanica, Wight, lU. i- p 



Eissoa Cevlanica, Arn, Pug. p. 6 (324). 

 Hab. Warmer parts of tlie island, not uncommon. JNom. vnlg. 



" Yucca-naara-gass." , 



A very variable species in the size and shape of its leaves, and the number of 

 flowers in the axils. I have always found the flowers tetramerous, and two ovules 

 in each loculus of the ovary. 



rotundifolia 



-w. ; inermis ?, foUis rotundis vel ovato-ro- 

 tundis, retusis, coriaceis ; racemts ad apices ramulorum confertis. 



c.p. 3295. ^ 



' Hab. Maturatte, at an elevation of 4000 feet and upwards; not common. 



■Jrdor parva, ramosissima, glabra. Folia |-1| poll, longa, |-li poll, latn, 

 peiioh 1-2 lin, longo. Racemi axillares et terminals, solitarii vel 2-3-fascicuIati, 

 5-10-flori. foliis Kquilougi. Flores tctrameri. Cai>:r profunde 4-fidus, lobis rotuu- 

 datis. Ovarmm oblongum, brevi-stipitatum, in di/lum cylindrieum apice compressor 

 dilatatum margine stigmatosum ajquilongum attenuatum ; hcuiis 2, biovulatis. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but distinguished at once by the absence 

 (apparently) of spines, and the different shape of the leaves. The calyx is deeply 

 four-lobed, whereas iu 5. CeyJanica it is scarcely more than undulated ; the style is 

 also more slender in the present species, and the ovary more decidedly stalked. In 

 both species the latter organ is suiTOunded at its base by a free, glandular annulus. 



1. B. 



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6. BERGERA, Kcenig. 

 (W. et A. Prod. i. 94, cum syn. ; Wight 



1. 13.)— c.p, 1203, 2547. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island ; not uncommon. Nom. vulg. 



" Karapinch.ee-gasg.*' 



The Cinghalese use the leaves of this plant as a seasoning for their curries. 



2.. B. nitida^ Thw. ; foliolis 6-14, oblongs, obtuse acuniinatis vel 



retnsis, valde obliquis, obscure crenatis, glabfis, nitidis ; ovarii loculis 3, 



biovulatis, — c.p. 2421. 



HlB. Warmer parts of tbe island ; not very uncommon. Norn. vmg. 



" Meegong-karapincbee-gass." 



ArhoT mcdiocris. Ramuli minute pilosi. FoHoIa 1^3 poll, longa, \-~l\ poU- 

 lata, peHolulo puberulo, 1-2 lin. longo. FanicuU terrainales, puberuli. Fhres 

 parvi, albidi, pentameri. Stamimim filamenta medio dilatata; antlier(S cordato- 

 rotundatffi. Ovarium oblongum; stylo brevi, cylindnco, dcciduo ; Btigmate capitato. 

 Fructus sphffiricus, pulposus^ ^avns, 1-spermus, 4-5 lin. in diam. 



This species has evidently a near affinity with Pijdosti/lis Indica, Dalzell (Hook. 

 Journ. of Bot. vol. iii. p. 33. t. 2), the style being wholly deciduous as in that 

 species, and the locnli of the ovary always two-ovuled j but it differs from it in iR 

 very oblique leaves, smaller flowers, capitate stigma, and two-celled ovary. It may 

 be considered doubtful, perhaps, whether it is desirable to retain the genus Pipfostylis 

 as distinct from Bergera. I am able to confirm Mr. DalzelFs observation that the 

 loculi of the ovarium of J5. Kcemgii are frequently two-ovuled. 



7. MICROMELUM:, Blume. 



1. M. pubescens, Blumo, Bijd. p. 138?. — c.p, 188. 



