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EJJUMEEATION OF 



[^Sapindacem 



appear that this and the foregoing species vary in having their leaves either glabrous 

 or hairy beneath. 



3. S- unijugus, Thw. ; foliis bifoliolatis, glabris ; pctiolo tereti, basi 

 tumido ; foliolis lanceolatis, reticulatis, obtuse acuminatis, brevi-pe- 

 tiolulatis ; racemis simplicibus vel ramosis, subterminalibus, oppositi- 

 foliis, minute pilosis. — c.p. 24G5. 



Hab. Hewahette District, at an eleyation of 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Arbor magna. Folia siccitate nigrcseentia ; jd^^zo/o 7-13 lin- \ougo;Jolwlis 

 3-5 poll, longis, li-2 poll, latis ; petiolulo tumido 2-3 lin. longo. Calycis seg- 

 menia acuta. Stamina 8. Ovarium hirsutulum, 3-loculare ; stigmate sessili, 

 3-radiato. Bacca l-S-sperma, \~\\ poll, in diam., subrotundata. 



The specimens I have obtained of this plant do not enable me to give so full a 

 description of the flower and fruit as I could wish. In appearance it a good deal 

 resembles NejiheUum hifoliolatum of this work, but the structure of the fruit is 

 very different. 



. 4. HEMIGYROSA, Blume. 



Rumphia, vol. iii. p. 165. "VValpers, Ann. vol. ii. p. 212, 



1. H, trichocBjrpa, Th.vr . -, f(jliis abrupte pinnatis, subglabris ; foliolis 

 suboppositis, 2-4-jugis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, integris ; racemis to- 

 mentosis, plus minus ramosis j bracteolis subuJatis, curvatis, pedicellis 

 Ibngioribus. 



Var. jS ; foliis minoribus, angustioribus. — c.p. 607. 

 Hab. Yar. a, Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 

 Var. jS, bot, drier parts of tbe island. 



Arbor mcdiocris. Petala 4 (uno dcficiente). Ovarium hirsutum, trigonum ; 

 sti/Io brevi. Fructds hirsutus, indehiscens, Irigouus, trilocularis ; pericarpio sub- 

 lignoso, interne piloso. Semina ohlonga ; testa membranacea ; cotyledombus car- 

 nosisj sequalibus, incumbentibus ; radicula parva, ab hilo distante. 



2. H- canescens^ Thw. — Cupania canescens, W. et A, Prod. i. 113. 



MoliiKsa canescens^ Koxb. Cor. i. 43. t. 60; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, 



glubris, subtus fuscescentibus ; racemis plus minus ramosis, minute 



toraentosis ; bracteolis minutis, triangularibus, pedicellis brevioribus. 

 —c.p. 3508. 



Hab. Lower Badulla Road from Kandy, at no great elevation. 



Tins plant is so closely allied to the preceding that I suspect there must be some 

 mistake in its having been described with dehiscent fruit and arillate seeds. The 

 apparent arillus in Roxburgh's figure is, I believe, tbe hairy coating of the inside of 

 the pericarp. The fruit in my specimens is very immature.' I find the fifth (small) 

 petal sometimes present^ as figured by Roxburgh. ' 



5. HAEPITLLIA, Eoxb. 



V 



Otont/ckiuni, Blame. Streptostigma 



Thw 



1. H. imbricata. 



-Otonychium imhricaium, Bl. Eumpliia, iii. 180; 

 . r c^-Ljt/i^io,xi.iiii. 11. i;iJ. Streptostigma viridifiorum, Thw. in Hook. Journ. 

 of Bot. vol. vi. (1854) p. 298. t. 9 A. ? Harpullia cupanioides, Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. p. 442.-C.P. 605, 736. 



Hab. Central Province ; not uncommon, up to an elevation of 3000 

 feet. 



This must be closely allied to, if not identical with, Roxburgh's IlaipnlHa 

 cupanioides, but, if that eminent botanist's description be correct, the Ceylon plant 



