156 ENUMERATION OF [BubioCecB. 



Var. jS; corymb Is deliuatulis, ipsiaciHovis ; pedicellis elongatulis ; /t^- 

 liis augustc lanceolatis, membranaceis. — c.p. 2611. 



Yar. 7 ; calyce parum majore ; itibo corolliB breviore quam m varr. a 

 et j3.— c.p. 2512. — An Ixora breviflora, Eosb. ? 



Var. S ; foUis subtus corymhisqwe puberulis.— c.p. 3616. 



Hab. Var. a. Very abundant up to an eleyation of 3000 feet. Var. p. 

 Ambasamo^sa District. Var. y. Common at an elevation of 3000 to 

 4000 feet. Var. 5, Batticaloa. Kom. vulg. "Pawetta." 



Califx dentibus 4, acutiusculis, tubo 3-plo Lrevioribus, marginatus vel minute 4- 

 denticulatus. Corolla exteme glabra, tuho interne piloso. 



2. P. tomentosa, Sm. (W. et A-, \.c. GMm9,jn.)~Ixora tomentosa, 

 Eoxb. Wi.i^bt, Icon. t. 186.— c.p. 2815. 



Hab. Abundant in the Batticaloa District. 



Denies cahjclni lanceolati, tiibo longiorcs. CoroUfB lohi exteme parce pilosi. 



This agrees so well in nearly every respect witli Tvoxburgh's description and draw- 

 ing, as copied iti ^^■ight's * Iconcs/ that I cannot venture to separate thcra. The only 

 difTcrence of any importance appears to be the greater length of the calyx-lobes in 

 the present plant. 



3. P. hispidula, W. et A., I.e.— c.p. 742 (759, 771). 



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



Truiex 2-1-pedalis. Ramuli terctes, tonientosi vel subglabri. FoVia^ lanceolata 

 vcl obovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi cuneata, membranacca, superne hispidula vel 

 glabra, subtus tomentosa vel subglabra, 2^-8 poll, longa, 1-3 poll, lata, ^<?//t?^ 3-6 

 lin. lougo. Denies calyclni parvi acutique vel iulw subEcquilongi, obtusiusculi, vel 

 rarius foliaceo-dilatati. Corolla albida. Baccm nigrjie, nitidse, subsphsericffi, semi- 

 pollicares. 



A variable species, distinguished from the preceding by its yellowish, rather large 

 flowers, and its very long style, gradually attenuated from above the middle, and 

 from the following by the very different shape cf the leaves. 



4. P. an^stifolia, TIiw. ; foliis glabris (junioribus subtus ad nervos 

 piloaulis), lineari-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis, petiolatis; sii_puhs 

 membranaceis, apiculatis, externe hispidulis, interne glabris ; corynihts 

 brevibus, basi trichotomis, pilosulis ; pedicelUs longiusculis ; (/-^w^^^"/ 

 calycinis acutis, apiee recurvis; tubo brevioribus ; corollce lohis lineari- 

 bus, acutis ; stjjlo clongato, versus apicem attenuato. — c.p. 267- 



Hab. Banks of streams, in the Central Province ; not uncommon. 



Fruiex parvus. Folia 3-7 poll. longa, ^-1 poll, lata, /j^^ttf/i? 1-5 lin- longo. 

 Corolla albida, iubo 7-10 lin. longo, interne piloso, lohis 5 lin. longis. Bacca pisi 



niagnitudine. 



§§ Florihus glomeraiis. 



5, P- involucrata, Tliw. ; foliis glabris, obovatis vel obovato-lanceo- 

 latis, brevi-acuminatis, basi angnstatis, rotundatis vel acutis, petiolatis ; 

 capitnUs solitariis, axillaribus, arete involucratis, pedunculatis. -CP* 

 428 (458, 1717). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 7000 feet, 



Trtdex 10-12-pedalis, (siccus) nigrescens. Folia 2|-5 poll, longa, 1-2 poll. lata, 

 petiolo \-\ poll, longo. Feduncidi folio multum breviores. Involucra foliosa, 

 squamu membranaceis, interne pilosis. Calycis lohi lineares, interne pilosi, tubo 

 8uha;quilongi. Corolla albida, lohis acutis, tubum ?equantibus. Siijlus corolla dnplo 

 longior, apice pilosulus. Bacae sphterica;, nignc, pisi magnitudiae. 



