Jcanfhacece.] ceylo?? plaxts. . 229 



Necs von Esenbeclc has placed tMs plaut once in Goldfussia and twice in Stroli- 

 lantJies, and botli in Goldfaaua and Strohilauthes has quoted the same number of 

 Macrae, 373.— 71 A, ■ • ' 



20. S. auceps, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 189.— c.p. 2000. 



Ysir.puTwtatus [S, punctatus, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 182) ;foliis sub- 



tus punctatis ; hracteis utrinque punctatis, ciliatis. — T. A. 



Hab. Central Province, Saffragam District, at an elevation of 2000 to 

 6000 feet. ' 



Var. punctatu^, "Walker, in Herb. Hook. 



Sect. 3. — Florihus in panicuUs terminalibus caulinibusve, 



21. S. cerinthoides, N. ab E. in Herb. Hook.— c.p. 66, 2593, 2594. 



8. argutus, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. p. 188. S. sexennis, N. ab E. in DC. 

 1. c. p. 187.- 



Var. a. Jiirsutissimus, T. Anders. — C.P. 3626 (S. hirsutissimusy N. ab 

 E. in DC. 1. c). 



Hab. Very abundant at Newera EUia, and otber of the more ele- 

 vated parts of the Central Province. 



An extremely variable plant as regards amount of pubescence, shape of the leaves, 

 length of the subpanicles of flowers, and relative size of the bracts and flowers. 



22. S. helicoides, T. Anders. — LeptacantJius, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. 



p. 170.— c.p. 1980. 



Hab. Hantani and Ambaramowa Districts, up to an elevation of 

 3000 feet. 



2~3-pedalis. Corolla purpurea; tiibo parum inflato; iobis brevibus, rotundatis 

 G. Tim, 



23. S. rubicuudus, T. Anders. — Lepiacanthus, N. ab E. in DC. I.e. 

 -^c.p. 3351. 



Hab. Saffragam and Ambagamowa Districts. 



4-5-pedalis. Corolla violacea. — G. Tkw, ^ 



24. S. pulcherrimus, T. Anders. — Lcpfacanthiis Walkeri, N. ab E. 

 in DC. 1. c. ; Wiirht, Ic. t. 1507.— C.P. 206 (301). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



4-5-pedalis. Paniculce terminales cau]Ina?que, cum bracteis calycibusque plus mi- 

 nus mfescenles. Corolla violacea, parce cnrvata, hhis rotundatis retusis. — G, Thw. 



12. D^DALACANTHUS, T. Anders. 



{Eranikeinum, Wall, partim.) 



"L 



Calyx minutus, scariosus, 5-dentatus. Corolla hypocraterimorpha ; 

 tuba gracili, elongato ; limbus Iobis in aestivatione valde contortis. Sta- 

 mlna quatuor, didynama, fauce inserta, sterilia brevissima. ^ AnthercB 

 biloculares, mntic®, loculis parallelis. Stigma subulatum, incurvum, 

 dorso panaliculatum, Capsuta oblonga, tetrasperma, retinaculis acutis, 

 dissepimentis breviter adnatis. Semina subrotunda, compreasa, lajvia, 

 margine sericca pilis adpressis. — Suffrutices, bracteis pulcherrlme va- 

 ^egatis ; bracteolis paucis, scariosis. — T. A. 



1. D. moutanus^ (var. a,) T. Anders. -E. montaniiniy Hoxb. Var. a, 



