202 ENUMEBATION OP \_Loganiacem. 



Hab. Ambagamowa and Safiragam Districts, up to an elevation of 

 2000 feet, 



Frutex glaber, 8-10-pedalis. Eamuli , bicostati. Folia elliptico- vel ovato- 

 lanceolala, longe acuteque acuminata, basi in pctiolum brevem angustata, li-3 poll, 

 longa, i-lj poll. lata. Stijmh^ carinatfe, biaristatte, in tubum coalitse. Flores 

 terminales, terni, sessiles ad apicem fedunculi brevis vel subnulli. Cahjx tubulosus, 

 1 lin. lougus, irregulaiiter 4-6-denticulatus. Corolla 8-10 lin. louga, exteriie 

 roseo-purpurea, lohls 4, liuearibuSj tube multum brevioribus. Anthend \ oblonga?, 

 subsessiles. Nuculania subspheerlca, pallidc cyanca, 4-5 lin. in diam. 



2. G. Walkeri^ Wight, Illust. ii. t. 156 h ; Bentham, 1. c. (partim). 

 SvJcesia Walkeri, Arn. Pug. 36, 354; DC. Prod. ix. p. 35. — c.p. 288. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet, 



Frutex 8-10-pedalis. Hamuli teretes, glabri. Folia 1-5-4 poll, longa, \-\\ poll, 

 lata J petiolo 2-5 lin. longo. Stipulm coalitae, truncata; vel brevi-acuuxinatse et apice 

 bifida;. Cym(V terminalcSj glabrf^, sa^pius 5-flora;, folio subsequilonga). Nuculania 

 subspliEerica, cyanea. 



3. G. Gardner!, Thw. ; ramiilis teretibus, minute puberulis ; foliis 

 ^labris, anguste lanceolatis, acute acuminatis, basi acutis, brevi-petio- 



. latis; stipulis longe coalitis, pamm acuminatis bifidisque; cymis pu- 

 berulis, sa^pius 3-Boris et folio brevioribus, floribus erectis, — c.p. 346 

 (363). 



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



Fruiex S-lO-pedalia. Folia l-2i poll, longa, 2-5 lin. lata. Flores frudm^Q 

 fere ut in prsecedente sed panim majores. 



Tbe puberulous ramuli and inflorescence, differently-sbaped leaves, fewer-flowered 

 cymes, and rather Jarger flowers and fruit, distinguish tliis from the preceding species, 

 to which it is very closely allied. 



4. G. temif olia, Tliw, ; /o^m temis, parvis, glabris, rigidulis, li- 

 nearibus, mucronatis, utrinc^ue acutis, eveniis, brevi-petiolatis ; jlovihus 

 terminalibus, solitariis, pcdicellatia, cernuis. — (?. Walkeri, var. angus- 

 tifoUa, Bentli. I.e. {partim). — c.p, 440 (457). 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, near Adam's Peak, at an elevation of 

 4000 to 5000 feet, 



Fmtex 4-6-pedalis. Ramiili pubcruli, 3-costati, Folia 4-7 lin. longa, \-\ liu- 

 lata, costa subtiis prominenti. Slipidcv breves, acuminata^, basi coalitse, Fedicelh 

 folio breviores, pubernli. Cali/x brevi-campanulatus, acute 5-dentatus, pubcrulus, 

 basi bractcolatus. Corolla alba, 5-6 lin. longa, parum campanulata, extcrne glabra, 

 tubo intus supeme villosulo, lobis lougiore. Filamenta corolla; tubi medio affixa, 

 ardheras oblongas, exsertas acquantia. Nuculania subspbserica, cyanea, 4 lin. iQ 

 diam. 



A very beautiful and very distinct species. 



Q, acimi- 



5. G. Koenigii, Wight, Ic. t. 1318 ; Bentli. 1. c. p. 112.- 



nata, Benth, I. c. ; Syhesia Kwnigii, Am. Tug. 35 (353); 

 c.p. 544. 



Var. i3. tliyrsiflora.—G. thyrsijlora, TMume, Mus. Bpt. i. p. 174«> 

 Benth. 1. c, G. oxvphylla, Bentli. 1. c. SyJcesia tliyrsiflora, Am. 1. c ; 

 DC. 1. c.-c.P. 3342/ ^ ^ ^ 



an elevation of 3000 feet. Var. /3 



south of the island, at no great elevation. 



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