Zaurace(S.'] cetlon plants. 257 



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longiuscule acuminatis, siiperne minute reticulatis, subtus albo-pruinosis, 

 denique nudis, basi parum acutis ; florihus dioicis, brevi-p'edioellatis, 

 fasciculatis, axillaribus et infra folia secus ramulum sparsis ; loUs pe- 

 rianthii 6, deciduis ; fructilus spbeericis. — c.p. 2277. 



Hab. Central Province and in the Pasdoon Corle, up to an elevation 

 of 3000 feet. 



■^f'^or parva. FoIia\\-4^ poU.loaga, i-1 poll. MQ,,peiioIo tenui, 3-5 lin.longo. 

 Flores li lin. longi. Fructus 4 lin. in diam. 



Diifering from the last species, which it greatly resembles, iu its narrower and 

 more membranaceous leaves, with longer slenderer* petioles, and its larger fruit, with 

 truncated not lobed cup, 



5. A. speciosa, IST. ab E. I.e. p. 602; Wight, Ic, t. 1842.— c.p. G74. 



Var. ; foliis minus coriaceis, parcius hirsutis, ovato- vcl oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis.— c.p, 3371. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 8000 feet. Var. /3. At 

 about 4000 feet. 



Arbor 30-40-pedalis. Fructus subsphairicus, perianthii basi truncata aucta ore 

 contracts suffultus. 



6. A. molochina, N. ab E. L c. p. 603 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1843.— c.p^ 



2272, V. 2373. F ^ ^ > 



■ Hab. PedrotalagaUa, at an elevation of 6000 to 80CK3 feet. 



Arbor parva. Fructus sphsericus, parum oblatus, 3-3^ Ha. in diam., pcrianthio 6- 

 lobo vix aucto suffultus. 



8. DAPHNIDIUM, N. ab E. 



1. D, lancifolium, Thw, ; arboreum ; partihus jnniorilnts infiores- 

 c^^2a^que fulvo-sericeis ; ybZiiV ad apicem ramuli plus minus confertis, 

 o-7jms, lanceolatis, gradatim acute acuminatis, supeme la^vibus vel mi- 

 nutissime ruguloais, subtus albo-pruinosis, basi acutis, triplinerviis, 

 nervls lateralibus vix ad medium folii attin^entibus ; gemrrJs 3-4-floris, 

 4-8quamosis, infra folia secus ramulum sessilibus.^c.p. 356. 



Hab. Hapootelle District, in the Central Province. 



Folia 2-3i poll, longa, 6-10 lin. lata, petiolo 3-5 lin. longo. Ftores snbsessilcs, 

 li lin. longi. 



Apparently nearly allied to B. melasiomaceum, N. ab E. I.e. p. C07. I have but 

 a single specimen of the present jjlant, found mixed with some specimens of Act? no- 

 daphne steuop/i^tla, a species it at first sight greatly resembles. 



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LITS^A 



Wight 



tt. 132, 1844. An a oblonaa, N. ab E. l.'c. p. 672 ; Wight, Ic. 1. 1845 ? 

 -c p. 2281, 3449 (413 partim). 



Var. ^ ; foliis firmioribus, glaberrimis, ellipticis vel oblongis, parum 

 acuminatis vel valde obtusis j staminihtis plus minus pilosis. An Z. 

 folwsa, N. ab E. 1. c. p. 622?— c.p. 2278, 2280, 72. 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 4000 Jeet. Var. jS. Up to 

 WXX) feet Nom. vulg. " Dawal-kooroondoo-gass." 



Hants of this species vary respectively very considerably as regards the size, shape, 

 ^d texture of the leaves, but the character of the venation is ver>' similar in all. 

 Ahe silky pubescence upon the young ramnh and leaves is in some persistent for a 



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