278 ENUMEKATioN OF {^Euphm^UacecB. 



fginentis 



24. DIMOEPHOCALYX, Thw. (gen. nov.) 



Ploe. masc. Calyx cupuliformis, margme undulatis velbrere 5-deii- 

 tatua. Fetala 5, erecta, apice reflexa. GlandulcB 5, squamseformes^pe- 

 talis alternffi. Stamina ssepissinie 10, biserialia, 5 externa breviora 

 petalis opposita; filamentis coalitis, apIce liberis; antheris mtrorsis, 

 foculis paraUelis, longitudinaliter deliiscentibus. "^---^ ^,^.^.«/»«,. 

 nullum. Floe. ecem. Calyx profunde 5-lobus, 8 _ 

 inajqualibus. Fetala ut in flor. masc. Stamina ahortiva ssepius mlla. 

 Discus annularis. Ovarium 3-loculare. Styli lohi 3, erecti, apicibus 

 bifidis, reflexis. Capsula 3-cocca, calyce plus minua aucto suffulta. 

 Arhor parva, ramosissima, glabra ; foliis lanceolatis vel ovatis, margme 

 parce glanduloso-punctatis, petiolatis ; stipulis rarvis, triangularibus, 

 acutis; cymis paucifloris, terminalibus axillaribusque, sessilibus vel 

 breyi-pedunculatis, ssepius unisesuis ; hracteis paryis, imbricatis. 



1. I>. glabellus, Th.^,— Croton glabellum. Herb. Wight. An C. 

 Zawianus, Nimmo in App. to Graham's Bot. of Bombay ?— c.p. 1046 



f 21 671. 

 Hab. Common in the bot drier parts of the island. Nom. vulg. 



" Welle-wenne-gasa." 



Tolia 1-6 poll, longa, petiola 2-6 lin. longo. PedicelU 1-4 lin. lougi. Fetala 

 alba, 3-4 lin. longa. Cajpsula 4-5 Ha. in diam., pilosula, 



ft JHoicce, 



25. DESMOSTEMON, Thw. (gen. nov.) 



Calyx profunde 5-lobu3, segmentis rotundatis, insequalibus. Fetala 

 5, erecta, apice reflexa, calyce longiora. Floe. masc. Glandulce 5, 

 majuscula), camosse, contiguse. Stamina circiter 15, 3-serialia;_^Za- 

 mentis cohserentibus, apice liberis, 5 externis brevioribus et petalis op- 

 positis; antheris dorso medio affixis, extrorsis, loculis paraUelis et 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Floe, fcem. Ovarium conico-ovoideum. 

 Discus annularis. Styli lohi 3, bifidi. Capsula 3-cocca, subsphserica, 

 parum 6-costata, exteme subcarnosa. Semina oblonga, albumine co- 

 pioso. Arbor, partihus juniorilus fugaci-leprosis ; foliis majusculis, 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis, glabris, penniveniis, longe 

 petiolatis, petiolo ad apicem tumido et minute 2-glanduloso -, stipulis 

 minutis, interne glandula rotundata tectis; panicuUs termmiiiwuSf 

 elongatis, pendulis ; Jlorihus plus minus glomeratis, brevi-pedicellatis. 



1. D. Zeylanicus, Thw.— C.P. 2160. 



Var. jS. minor] subarboreus, partibus omnibus minoribus, — ^•■^' ^ ^' 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. Var. ^. 

 Warmer and southern parts of the island. Nom. vulg. " Wal-kakoona- 

 gass." 



Fetala albida, 3-4 Im. longa. Capsula 1 poll. (var. J3 6 lin.) longa, pubesceutia 

 stcllata fiilva vestita. . , 



Eetween var. a and )3 I can discover no distinctive character but that of size ; an ^ 

 in that respect there is considerable difference: the former being a large forest tree ; 

 whilst var. ^ might in some mstances be termed a mere shrub, and has flowers ana 

 fruit a good deal smaller than those of var. a. 



26. GIVOTIA, Griff. 



1. G. ro'ttleriformis, Griff. ; Wight, Ic. t, 1889.— C.P. 1139. 



