140 FETCH : 



(3) Gamble, J. S. Decades Kewenses. Kew Bulletin, 

 1916, pp. 131-136. 



The following species new to Ceylon is described (p, 134) : — 



878. Ventilago lanceolata Gamble [Rhamnacese-Ventila- 

 ginese] ; V. maderaspatanss Gaertn., affinis, foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, fioribus minutis, ovario glabro et 

 calycis tubo fructifero patelliformi basi nucis solum adnato ' 

 differt. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis teretibus glabris vel juventute 

 puberulis tandem nigrescentibus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 apice acuminata, mucronata, basi insequaliter subrotundata, 

 6-10 cm. longa, 2— i cm. lata, chartacea, prsecipue apicem 

 versus crenata, juniora subtus puberula, tandem glabra ; 

 nervi laterales utrinsecus 6-8, marginem versus curvati et 

 nervulis transversis permultis parallelis horizontalibus juncti. 

 Flores minuti, in glomerulis parvis secus ramulos sinuatos 

 panicularum axillarium vel lateralium fere sessiles. Paniculae 

 graciles, ferrugineo-villosse, 2-7 cm. longse, ramulis paucis vix 

 1 cm. longis ; bractese caducse ; bracteolse sub glomerulis 

 plures lineares ; flores vix 2*5 mm. diametijo. Calyx extra 

 villosus, intus glaber. Petala minuta, lata, cucullata. Stam- 

 ina fere sessilia, connective nigro apice recurvo. Discus ' 

 glaber, complanatus. Ovarium glabrum ; styli 2, brevissimi. 

 Samara circiter 5 cm. longa, oblanceolata, parce puberula 

 reticulata, vix 1 cm. lata, juventute ferrugineo-tomentosa, 

 nuce ad basin in calycis tubo persistente patelliforme insidenti. 



South India. Kanota, Malabar District, Dec, 1913, C. A. 

 Barber ; Tinnevelly Ghats, &c., 1873, Beddome. 



Ceylon : Hantane ; at 600 m., Gardner 180 ; Walker 169. 



(4) Gamble, J. S. Notes on the Flora of Madras. Kew 

 Bulletin, 1918, pp. 222-228. 



Under Nothopegia the author includes the following para- 

 graph (p. 227) :— 



" In his Flora Sylvatica of South India and Ceylon, Beddome 

 gives Blume's description of Nothopegia (amplified to describe 

 the flowers, &c.) and a Plate No. 164, drawn by Dr. Thwaites 

 from a Ceylon specimen. Beddome's description and plate 



