336 k- Radlkofer. 



bus", sub eodem no. 607!; Beddome Fl. silv. (1869—1873) Anal. Gen. 

 LXXI (ex Hiern); Walp. Ann. VII, 4 (1869), p. 621. — Moulinsia spec. 

 Thwaites Hb. no. 607. — Hemigyrosa canescens Hiern in Hook. Fl. Brit. 

 tad. I (1875), p. 671 part,; Trimen Cat a]., Journ. Ceyl. Branch R. As. 

 Soc. IX (1885), p. 20 et Hand-Book Fl. Ceylon I (1893), p. 301, var. p\ 

 Irichocarpa. — ,, ? Hemigyrosa deficiens" Trimen ibid., p. 302, i. e. H. 

 trichoc. var. p\ Thw. 



Frutex vel arbor; rami teretes, einerei petiolique striati puberuli, 

 dein glabrati; folia 3 — 4-juga, longius petiolata; foliola oblongo-lanceolata, 

 plerurnque acuta, membranacea vel subcoriacea, laevia, nitidula, flaves- 

 eenti-livida, glabra, ceterum ut in L. tetraphylla; thyrsi elongati, ex 

 ochraceo sufferrugineo-hirsutuli in paniculas plerumque terminates con- 

 gesti, sat dense cincinnos 5 — 6-floros subsessiles gerentes; alabastra sub- 

 globosa; f lores inter maiores; sepala 5, extus sufferrugineo-tomentoso- 

 sericea ; petala 4, late spathulata, extus subglabra, ima tantum basi villosa, 

 intus squamis binis apice deflexis cristatis villosiusculis aucta; discus 

 semilunaris, glaber; stamina 8, filamenta villosa, antherae late ellipticae, 

 connectivo lato. glabrae; germen ovatum, trigonum, triloculare, villosum; 

 fructus ovatus, trigonus, trisulcatus, trilocularis, apiculatus, processibus 

 parvis verrucoso-appendiculatus, cellulis secretoriis nullis, pilis ochraceis 

 tomentoto-hirsutus, intus sordide setoso-hirsutus; semen glabrum, co- 

 tyledones oblique superpositae, radicula dorsalis, punctiformis. 



Rami 0,5 — 1 cm crassi. Folia petiolo 8 — 12 em longo adject o 23 — 36 cm 

 longa; foliola superiora 12— 20 cm longa, 4 — 6 cm lata, inferiora 9 — 12 cm 

 longa, 3—4 cm lata. Inflorescentia 10 — 30 cm longa, Alabastra diametro 

 3,5 mm. Fructus 2 cm altus, 1,4 em latus. 



In Zeylania: Macrae! (Hantam; Hb.Webb, ex Hb. Gardner ?): 

 Colonel Walker no. 27! 88! (ca, 1833; Hb. Deless. ex Hb. Graham): 

 Thwaites no. 607! (,, Central Province up to an elevation of 3000 feet 

 1. c.; ,,var. p\hot drier parts of the Island"; fl. et fr. ; Hb. Ber., Deless., 

 Webb etc.). 



Obs. Affinis Lepisanthi tetraphyllae (Vahl) Radlk. 



4. Lepisanthes lati folia Radlk., spec. nov. 



Frutex?; folia 2— 4-juga, petiolo elohgato striolato basi inerassato; 

 foliola subopposita, superiora largissima elliptiea basi subcuneata, in- 

 feriora minora late ovata, omnia breviter obtuse acuminata, petiolubs 

 subcylindricis supra sulcatis insidentia, ehartacea, nervis lateralibus parum 

 approximatis patule procurvis subtus prominentibus, livescenti-viridia. 

 glabra vel subtus pilis raris adspersa, glandulis basi immersis supra ran? 

 subtus sat crebris ornata; petiolus, ut et rhachis, teretiuseulus, supra 

 sulco lato notatus. glaber, rubicundus; thyrsi e trunco digitum crasso 

 super et inter folia singuli vel bini ternive fasciculati erumpentes. eramosi. 

 sat dense cinnigeri, ut et alabastra germinaque rufo-tomentelli; floret 

 minores, breviter pedicellati ; sepala praeter margines adpresse rufescent 1 - 

 sericeo-tomentella ; petala 4, oblonga, in unguem attenuata, dorso infra 

 medium rufo-pilosa. intus supra unguem squama deflexa ecristata aucta: 



