134 EiscMEEATiON OF \^Lor'anthac€<B, 



3000 



Rarnuli 



teretes, glabri, rubro-nigrescentes. Folia 3-6 poll, longa, 1^-3 poll, lata 

 (janiora rufesceutia), petiolo 3-5 lin, longo. Involucra rubra, segmentis 3-6 lin. 

 longis. Flores rubri, versus apiccm virides, pollicares. Corolla S-fissa, fissura autica 

 loDgiore^ infra medium attingente. 



Sect. 3, Unihracteolati, 



t Corolla recta, o'qualiter fissa, 

 4. Ii. Hookerianus, W. et A., 1. c. p. 381.— c.P. 1645. 



Hab, Batticaloa^ GaTc?72^r; Hantani and Maturatte, in tbe Central 

 Province. 



Spic(S solitarix vel biute. Flores flavo-rufescentes, 4 lin. longi. 



5- L. nodiflorus^ Tliw. ; foUis glabris, coriaceia, ovato-lanceolatis, 

 acuminatis, basi parum angustatis, petiolatis; Jloribus parvis, axil- 

 laribu8, sessilibus, confertis; bracteola ea(j/ceque furfuraceis; corolla 

 glabra, 4-fissa.— c,p, 2589. 



Hab. Damp forests in the Ambagamowa District, at no great ele- 

 vation. 



Samtcli compressi, glabri, gemmis parce furfuraceis. Folia 21-5 poll, longa, 1-2J 

 poll, lata, j[>etiolo 2-4 lin. longo. Flores rubri, 5 lin. longi. . 



6. L. Neilgherrensis, W. et A., 1. c. p. 382 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1020. 

 c.p. 1647 (1648, 2483). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 7000 feet. 



Feduncuh 2-9 lin. longi. Corolla rubro-sanguinea vel sapius basi apiceque flavo- 

 nibra, medio viridis. 



- May not this be a state of Z. elasticus, Desv., from which it appears to differ but 

 uttle except in its flowers being pedunculate? 



ft Corolla plus minus curvata, hmqualiter Jissa. 



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X Corolla segmentis 5. 



7. Ii. longiEonis, Deav. (W. et A„ 1. c. p. 384, cum syn, : Wight, 

 Icon. t. 302.)— c.p. 198 (1648). ^ ' ^ 



" S^^* ^-iT"-^* "^'^JP'^^^yfolius, DC. ; W. et A., 1. c— c.p, 2414, 2721- 



Hab. Var. a. Common in the warmer parts of the island. Var. /3. 

 Deltotte and Ambagamowa, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Var.^ a and ^ merge so insensibly into one another, that I have not the least doubt 

 of their being the same species. The flowers vary very much in length and in in- 

 tensity of colour. 



8. Ii. ensifolius, Thw. ; foliis glabris, oppositis, membranaceis, an- 



guste falcato-lanceolatis, 3-5-nerviis, petiolatis ; racemis axillaribus 

 termmalibusque, 1-2-nia, folio sub^quilongis, 10-20-floris ; pedicellis 

 ovario longioribns ; hracteolis minutia.- c.p. 3453. 

 Hab. Near Eatnapoora, at an elevation of 1000 feet. 



^muli teretes, glabri. Folia 2-4 poll, longa, i-1 poll, lata, petiolo 2-4 lin. 

 This species appears to be rare ; 1 have not seen the flowers of it. 



9. Ii. suTjorbicularis, Thw. ; ^ar#?5?^5 wot'e^Z/^ ferrugineo-forfuraceis ; 

 folns conaecis, rotundatis vel obovato-rotundatis, obtusis, 3-nerviis, basi 



plus mmus acutia, petiolatis, (siccis) rugulosis ; racemis axillaribus, 1-2- 

 nis, tomentcUis, folio breviorlbus ; pedicellis ovario subsequilongis ; caljce 

 subacute 5-dentato ; hracteola ovario dimidio breviore; corolla S-par- 



