158 



EKTTMEBATION OF \_EuUaC€(B. 



DISCOSPERMTJM, Dalzell, Walp 



;aruin 



decipiens) . 



Thw. ; Jlorihus 



Ovarii 



Jotu^. of Bot. ii. p. 257P-C P. 561 (753, 767 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 300U teet. 



F«7^« 2-4 poll lon-^a, f-lf lata, i,.;^■.^o 3 lin. longo. Flares M, ^essiles v 1 



^ncS Srlorem placentae subhemisph^ric^, inserta. £acc^ spha^nc^, caruosa;, 

 virides, x^ollicares. 



numerous 



Thp ovules 01 tnis p am are iuoik uuiui^iuua ,.^1*^ "-^v. . ^ 



BspkZclrpl, and that author does not notice the diolcous inflorescence, but I 

 suspect the two plants may prove identical.* 



2. D. erythrosporum, Thw. ;>n5«^polygamo-dioici3 K^fj^'J^'f^l 



4-dentato; staminihus longinaculis Floe. Fcem. 0^««^, ff^^J/^^^^i* 

 ovulatis ; haccis parvis, ovoideis vel subsphsericis ; semtnthus obiongis , 

 testa rnbro-glandulosa.— c.p. 2510, 3481. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, at an elevation ot dlHX) le. 



Folia 2-5 poll, longa, l-2i poll, lata, ;)«;/o/oU-3 lin. longo. Flo. 



i^/ara flavidi- 



diam. Semina 3 lin. longa. 



38. STYLOCORYNE, Cav. 



1. S. Webera, A. Eich. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 4^1, cum syn. ; WigW, 



Icon. tt. 309, 584.)— c.P. 185, _ . ... ^^^,;7,„. ma- 



Var. ^. wowte««; ^emmis alabastrisqne gummiieris ; Jtorwu6 



\onbuB.-Wchem cerifera, Moon, Cat p. 19.— c.p. 1649. ^^_ 



Hab. Very abundant throughout the island. Var. /^_ m moit 



vatcd localities than var. a. Norn. vulg. " Tarrana-gass. 



39. GRIFPITHIA, W. et A. 

 I. G. fragrans, W. et A., 1. c. p. 4^, cum syn. j Wight, Icon. t. 310. 



c.P. 1234 (1651, 2522). . .w^ f + 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 3000 teet. 



Ovarii loculi circiter 8-ovulati, ovulis secus marginem placentae oblongc 



um affix 



.minatis, basi angustat 



inermis ; fi 



Tioribus, brevi-pedunculatis, parce pilosis, aenaiiuy S^-"^^; ' ^ pjio- 

 elongatulis ; Iracteolis parvis ; calyce minute 5-dentato, extei r 

 eulo ; corolla exteme subglabra, interne ad faucem pilosa ; lobts lu. 



* I cannot find any difference of importance. The calyi-Umb Meira muc^^J^* 

 the several species of this genus, and requires the generic characUir lo . 



It is 4-lobed in J), nvharocarjium and Dahellii ; urceolate and entires ^^ 

 fary«wt ; suhcampanulate and minutely 4-toothed iu D. erythrosporum. f. 



