RuhiacecB,'] cetlon plants. 153 



rotundatis, utrinque rufo-pilosulis ; petiolo nervisque tomentosis ; c;^mis 

 pilosis, axillaribus, brevibus, pedunculatis ; pedicellis calyce suba?qui- 

 longis ; Jloribus 5-meiis ; haccis majusculis, rotundatis, parum com- 

 pressis, emarginatis ; seminibus t\ihevcvi\^i\^,—o.v. 2816- 

 Hab. Hautani, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Folia lJ-3 poll, longa, f-li poll, lata, petiolo 2-3 lin. longo. Calj/j: minute 

 5-deiitatus. Corolla fusco-albida, lobis lanceolatis, tnbo interne piloso parum lon- 

 gioribus. Stamina exserta. Baccde pollicares. 



5. C. Rheedei, DC. (W. et A., 1. c. eumsyn. ; varr. /3 etyO—c-P- IGQQ, 

 Var. 5. minus; foliis minoribus; spinis rectis, adscendentibus ; 



alahastins subito attenuatis, acutis.— c.p. 3420. — An species distinctaP 

 ^ Hab. Soutliern and central parts of tlie island, up to no great eleva- 

 tion. Var. S. Near Eatnapoora. 



6. C. campamilatum, Thw. ; fruticosum, subscandcns, spinosum ; 



ramulis teretibus, pilosis ; foUis parvis, glabris, rotundatis, ovatis vel 



lanceolatis, obtuse acuminatis, apiculatis, petiolatis ; fasciculis 1-4- 



noris, axillaribus ; pedicellis petiolo niultum longioribus ; alahastris 



acutis, medio eonstrictis ; corolla campanulata ; limho 5-lobo; baccis 



obcordatis, conipressis ; seminibus tuberculatls. — c.p. 2472. 



Hab. Deltotte, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 feet ; 

 not common. 



Folia 5-14 lin. longa, 3-8 lin. lata, petiolo \-\\ lin. longo. Fedicelli glabri, 

 tenues, 3-4 lin. lougi. Calyx glaber^ crateriformisj minute 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 lohi^ 2 lin. longij taho prope basin piloso gequilongL Anthers parum exsertse. Stylus 



comcus. Stigma obconicum, utrinque truncatum, iudivisum. Bacca pisi magni- 

 tudine. 



28. TIMONIUS, Eumph., DC. 



Nelitris, Gsertncr. Eup//rma, W. et A. 



1. T. Zambosella^ Tliw. — NeUtris lambosella, Gtertn. De Fruct. i. 

 p. 134. t. 27 (excl. syn.). Eupyrena glabra, W. et A., 1. c. p, 422 

 c.P. 157 (664). f:^ U ^ 



Hab. Very common in the southern and central parts of the island, 

 up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Arbor parva, 8-10-pedaIis. ToUa subtus ad costam gland uloso-porosa. Infi^o- 

 rescentia axillaris, poljgamo-dioica. Corolla ochracea, lohis comosis, interne lou- 

 gitudinaliter 4-6-sulcatis, subimbricatis. Flok. Fcem. Solitarii, cam apice pedunculi 

 pins minus elongati articulali, bibracteolati. Ovarium ssepissime 12-loculare. Stylus 

 ?PPlex. Stigmata 12, in fasciculis 4 coalita. Pedunculi masc. bifnrci, paucifiori. 

 ^res laxe spicati, subsecundi. Anthera lineari-oblongse, subsessiles^ inclusse. 

 Siylus apice minute bifidus. 



Sect. 2. Corollce segmentis conforto-imbricatis, 



t Ovarii loculis 1-ovi/latis, 



29. GUETTABDA, Linn. 



1. Q, speciosa, Linn. (W. et A., I.e. 422, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 40.)— c.P. 2990. 



Hab. Caltura, Moon. Near Galle. Norn. vulg. '' Nil-pltcha." 



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