Melasto7nacece,] ceylon plants, • 107 



4. PACHYCENTBIA, Blume. 



1. P. Walk.eTi.—MedimUa 1 Walhcri, Wight, Ulust. i. 217.— jl[f. 

 Walkerii, Gardner in Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. vol. viii. p. 11 ; foliis 

 5-nerviis, oblongis vcl ovato-oblongis, utrinque angustatis, obtuais ; 

 juniorihus fugaci-_ferru^*ineo-furfnraccis; jiorihm majusculis, speciosis, 

 tcrminalibus, fasciculatis vel uaibcllatis, longe pedicellatis j pedicelUs 

 basi bracteatis. — c.p. 385. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet, 



Frutex epiphytua, scauJens, copiose radicans. Folia IJ-S poll, longa, |-11 poll, 

 lata, subtus pallidiora, subintegra, in plantis junioribus ciliato-dentata, Fetioli 2-3 

 liu. loTigi. Fedicelli circiter \\ poll, longi, cum bracteis calycibusqiie sparse 

 ferruginco-furfuracei. Bractece obloagse, obtusa;, 2-3 lin. longa;. Calyx ruber, 

 margine expanso 4-lobo carnoso. Fetala carnosa, ovato-rotundata, circiter 1^ poll, 

 longa, interne sanguineo-rosea, externe pallidiora. Slamiua requalia, filamentis parce 

 compressis ; antheris sigmoideo-subulatis, coDipressis, postice acute calcaratis, 4 lin. 

 longis. Ovarium calyce consolidatum, apice liberum, 4-locularc; placentis axilibus 

 pluri-ovulatis. Stylus filiformia. Stigma minutum. Capsula uuilocularis, apice 

 4-valyis, polysperma. Semina niinuta, prisniatica. 



This is one of the most beautiful plants of the island, covering the trunks aud 



brauchea of forest trees with a mantle of the most lovely rose-colour, when it is in 

 flower. 



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5. SOK*ERILA, Eoxb. 



• * t Foliis cequalihus^ Irem- vel mediocri-peHolatis, 



1. S. robusta, Arn. Comp. to Bot. Mag. ii. 308; Walp. Eep. ii. 122; 



Naudin, Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser, 3. vol. xv. p. 327.— c.p. 42G. 

 Hab. Adam's Peat, at an elevation of GOOO to 7000 feet. 



2. S. Gardner!, TLw. ; erecta, subllgnosa, hirsnta ; foliis 5-7-nerviis, 

 rotnndatis vel ovatia, aeutis, subcordatis, serrulatis, brevi-petiolatis ; 

 pcdicellis 1-bracteatis ; bracteis foliaceis; florihiis majusculis; antheris 

 cordato-lanecolatis, snbaeutis.— c.p. 63 (486). 



Hab. Below Horton Plains, towards Galagama, on wet rocks, at an 

 elevation of about 5000 feet. 



Caidis .teres, subsimplex, rufo-uiger, glauduloso-hirsutus, 1-lJ-pedalis. Folia 



a-li poll, louga, 4-S liu. lata, utrinque hirsuta, snbtus pallidiora; petiolo 1-3 lin. 



longo, glauduloso-hirsuto. Fedicelli calyce brcviorcs ct cum eo glandidoso-hirsuti. 



Fetala sanguiueo-rubra. Cwpsula ovoidca, gibba, obscure 6-costata, uiuricato- 

 hirsuta. 



3. S. Harveyi, Tkw.; erecta, snblignosa, supcrnO ramosa, subglabra; 

 foliis rotundatis vel ovatis, subacutis, 7-nerviis, setuloso-denticulatis, 

 supra versus apieem prope marginem setulosis, cateroquin glabris, basi 

 subcordatis, brevi-petiolatis ; racemis parce foliaceo-bracteatis ; antheris 

 breviusculis, cordato-acuminatis,— c.p. 2974, 



Hab. Central Province, between Maturatte and Eambodde, at an 

 elevation of 6000 feet, Oct. 1853. ■ 



l-2i-pedalis. Rami 4-goni, rubro-nigri. glubri vel parcissime glanduloso-pilosi, 

 ad uodos setosi. Folia 3-10 lin. longa, subtus pallidiora; petiolo |-li lin. longo. 

 Fedicelli circiter 0, glabri. Calyx 6-costatu5, glanduloso-pilosus ; dentihns trian- 

 gularibuSi setosis. Fetala purpurea, rotimdato-acumiuata. 



4. S. lanceolata, Thw. ; auberecta, parce ramosa, glaberrima ; foliis 

 3-uerviis, lineari-lanceolatis, supra medium serrulatis, basi cordatis, 



