144 FETCH ; 



Section II. — Lanigerae. 



Corolla furnished with woolly hairs at the throat or towards 

 the base of the lobes and in the upper part of the tube ; lobes 

 and tube more or less equal in length ; anthers glabrous in 

 Ceylon spscies. 



Ovary glabrous • . . S. potatorum 



Ovarv tomentose 

 Leaves trinerved : — 



Corolla tomentose externally . S. coriacea 

 Corolla glabrous externally . . 8. micrantha 

 Leaves triplinerved . . 8. lenticdlata 



Section III. — Penicillafae. 



Lobes of the corolla furnished with a line of erect hairs. 



Corolla lobes 4 . . S. Benthami 



Corolla lobes 5 . . 8. trichocalyx 



Section IV. — Tuhiflorae. 



Corolla cylindric, elongated, with the tube much longer than 

 the lobes. 



Tree . . . . 8. Nux-vomica 



Climbor . . . . 8. cinnamomifolia 



The followhig revised descriptions* of the Ceylon species are 

 given : — 



" S. tetragona A. W. Hill, species ramulis et pedunculis 

 tetragonis, corolla campanulata tubo breve iobis repandis, 

 antheris barbatis, ovario glabro distincta. 



" Frutex ramis sulcatis in juventute tetragonis pubescenti- 

 bus. Folia ovata vel obovato-elliptica, basi ro tun data vel 

 rotundato-cuneata, apice acute et longe acuminata, 6-9 cm. 

 longa,3-4cm.lata,5-nervia,supernevernicosa,nervisimpressis, 

 pagina inferiore nervis minute pubescentibus petioli cu'citer 

 5 mm. longi. Inflorescentiae axillares, paniculatae, 2*5-5 cm. 

 longae, poSunculis pedicellisque tetragonis sulcatis pubescenti- 

 bus. Calycis segmenta triangulari-ovata, 0*75 mm. longa, plus 

 minusve acuta, glabra, marginibus ciliatis. Corolla 3' 5 mm. 



* Reproduced by permission of the Controller of His Majesty's 

 Stationery Office. 



