150 ENXTMEEATION OF IBubtacew 



18. CHASALIA, Comin-, DC. 



1. C- curviflora, Thw. — PsycTiotria curviflora et P. opJiioxy- 

 hides, AVall. in Eoxb. PL Ind. ii. pp. 167, 168 ; DC. Prod, iv- 

 p, 520. P. amUgua, W. et A., 1. c. p. 433.— c.p. 1714 (133, 391, 



partim), 



. Hab. Not uaconimon, iu sliady places, up to an eleyation of 

 feet. 



Flores polygamo-dioici, feriiles breviores, stigmate exserto. 



The structure of the fruit of this plant so precisely resembles that of_ CJiasalia, 

 as described by authors, that there can scarcely be a doubt of the propriety of re- 

 ferring it to that geuus, as suggested by M^allich^ at a time, too, it would appear, he 

 was not acquainted with the fruil, since he has not described that organ. 



4000 



19. GEOPHILA, Don. 



1, G. reniformis, Don, ("W. et A., 1. c. p. 436, cum syn. ; Wiglit, 

 Icon. t. 54).— c.p. 1705. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Central Province. 



20. SERISSA, Comm. 



Bl. BIjd. p. 969. Endl. 

 Bysodidendron,* Gardner, in Calc. Journ, of Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 2, 



1. S. Ceylanica. — Dysod, Ce;ylanicum, Gaird. I.e. — c.p. 261 (344,433, 



1710, 1711). 



ITab. Not uncommon in forests of the Central Province. 



Frutex 8-12-pedalis, glaber, ramis dichotomis, parum compressis, pallidisr Fohd 

 raembrauacea, oblonga vel oWongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi plus minus acuta, 

 brevi-petlolata, 2|-6 poll, loiiga, J-2i poll. lata, peliolo l-S liri. lougo. Sfij)nhe 

 breves, plus minus connata?, anstato-3-cuspidatic, dccidure. Pedimcuii asillares 

 terminalesque, 1-3-flori, folio nmltum breviores. FediceUi basi apiceque 2-brac- 

 teolati, bracteoHs connatis. Flores 4-meri. Calt/x sinuato-4-deutatu3. CoroUa 

 infundibuliformis, extus minute pubescens, fauce villosa. Umbo 5-7 li"- ^^ ^^P* 

 BacciS cyaneo-purpurea;, ovoidcae vel oblongse, 4-9 lin. longLC, 1-loculareSj 1-*- 

 spermBB. — A descripf. cL Gardner prcBcij>7ie excerpt, 



2. S. Gardner!, TLw. ; fruticosa, glabra, dichotomo-ramosa ; folns 

 ovatis vel ellipticis, acuminatis, subsessilibus, basi rotundatis corda- 

 tisve; stipuUs connatia, aristato-S-cuspidatis ; Jlorihiis panels, termma- 

 libus, subsessilibus ; calyce acute 4-fisso. — c.r. 82. 



Hab. Forests about (^alagama, not uncommon. 



Folia li-4 poll, longa, i-2 poll. lata. CoroUa alba, limbo 3 lin. in exp. Bacac 

 purpureo-cferulese, subsphiericas, 4-5 lin. in diara. 



This would seem to differ very slightly, except in having fewer flowers, from D^- 



• I can find no structural character of sufficient importance to distinguish gene- 

 rically Dr. Gardner's species of Dymdidendron from Serissa of Coraniersou, as de- 

 scribed by Blume ; though the dichotonious ramification and much larger leaves oi 

 the former give them a different aspect to Serissa foetlda^ Comm., with .its virgate 

 habit, small leaves, and abbreviated ramuli. Dr. Wight, in describing his L^- 

 . danthas? fmteas iu Calc. Journ. vol. vi. p. 51? {Dysod, Wiyhiii, Gurd.), remarks 

 upon its accordance in ininy respects with Serissa, 



