Buhiacem,'} CETLON plants. 157 



ft Ovarii loculis 2-^luriovuIatis. 



34. EPITHINIA, Jack- 



1. E. IVEalayana^ Jack, (W. et A., I.e. p. 424, cumsyn.) — c.p. 1665. 

 Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. 



As far as 1 can make out from dried specimens, the two ovules in each loculus ap- 

 pear to be attached to a central placenta, and one of them to be erect and the other 

 pendulous. 



35. HYPTIANTnEEA, W. et A. 



1. H. macrocarpa, Tliw. ; foUis glabris, oblongis, brevi-acuminatis, 

 basi parum angustatis, petiolatis ; fasciculis axillaribus vel paulo supra- 

 axillaribus, paucifloria ; pediccUis petiolo brevioribus ; calycis lohis bre- 

 vlssimis, rotunclatis, apiculatis; baccis oblongis, subsphaericis, pauci- 

 spennis, l-loeulavlbus ; seminibits plus raiuus compressis ; albumine 

 ruminato.~c.p. 2709. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, and between Galle and Eatnapoora, at 

 no great elevation. 



Index 8-10-pcdalis. Folia 5-8 poll, longa, lj-2i poll, lata, petiolo circiter 

 i poll, longo. CoroU(B tulzis cylindricus, 3 lin. longus, interne pilosus ; lobi 5, 

 breviores, rotnndati, secus medium pilosi. Antherm liaeares. Baccw subpollicares. 



This species agrees in most of its characters with Hf/piiantkera of AVight and 

 Arnott, but those authors make no mention of the seeds of their plant being ru- 

 minate. 



36. SCYPHOSTACHYS, Thw, 



Calyx brevis, tnbulosus, 4-dentatu9. Corollce tubus brevis, Umbus 

 4-lobus. AniJiercB 4, oblongse, subinclusa?. Filamenta brevia, fauce 

 inserta. Stylus, brevis, Stirpnata 2, divergentia. Ocarium 2-loculare j 

 loculis circiter 4-ovulatis. — Frutices ; foliis lanceolatis ; stipulis acumi- 

 natis, connatis ; pedunculis aocillaribus vel sttpra-axillaribus, ad apicem 

 irat'teolatis, paucifioris ; bracteolis majusculis, connatis, vaginantibus ; 

 floribus sessilihus, parvis. Fructus baccaius. 



1- S. pedunculatus, Thw. ; ramuUs scabridis ; foliis glabris vel 



subtus ad nervos piloaulis ; stipulis bracteoUsqne striatis, cuspidatia, 



interne lonw pilosis ; corolla externe pilosa ; baccis ovoideis. — c.p. 

 3123. ^ ^ ' 



Hab. Pasdoon Corle, at no great elevation. 



Folia 3-6 poll, longa, f-2i lata, petiolo 2 lin. longo. Pedimculi 2-5 liu. longi, 

 Sfcpissime deflexi. Bradeolte sa?pe 5-8, tanquam spicam formantes. Bacca 7 lin. 

 Jongae, atro-pnrpurcte, srei^issime l-sperma3. Semina lineari-oblonga, circiter 4 lin. 

 longse. 



. 2. S. cofFeoides, Thw. ; foliis glabris, subcoriaceis ; pediuicuUs bre- 

 vibusvel subnullis ; bracteolis stipuHsqae nniticis, subscariosis, interne 

 glabris ; corolla externe glabra.— c.p. 2710. 

 Hab. Eatnapoora District, abundant, up to no great elevation. Norn. 



^Jg."Wal-copee/' 



Folia 2i^5 poll, longa, f-lj hta, petiolo 1-2 lin. longo. Ba^ca rubrac. Semina 

 ^Monga, striata, circiter 2 lin. longa. 



