RECENT REVISIONS OF CEYLON BOTANY. l45 



longa, lobis repandis circiter 2"5 mm. longis plurime et ad 

 faucem pilis laneis dense instructis, tubo eampanulato glabro. 

 Antherse circiter 1 mm. longai, ovatse, basi paidio barbatae vel 

 subglabrse, filamentis 0* 75-1 mm. longis. Ovarium globosum, 

 cum stylo glabrum 2*25 cm. longum. Fruclus ignotus. S. 

 micrantha Thwaites, Enum. Plant. Zeyl. Add., p. 425 ; C. B. 

 Clarke in Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind. IV., p. 86 ; Trimen, Fl. 

 Ceylon, Pt. III., p. 172, omnes quoad C. P. 3720 parfcim. 



" Ceylon. Without precise locality, Thwaites 3720 B. in 

 Herb. Kew. 



" This plant, included by Thwaites under S. micrantha, is 

 quite distinct from the other plants placed by him under that 

 species. The pubescent twigs and the pubescent nerves on 

 the under surfaces of the leaves, the short campanulate corolla 

 tube, bearded anthers and glabrous ovary and style mark this 

 plant as a well-defined species. 



" There are two distinct plants at Kew bearing the original 

 label Thwaites 3720, one of which is rightly referred by^ 

 Thwaites (Enum., p. 425) to S. micrantha. It was originally 

 labelled S. laurina, and is included by C. B. Clarke (Fl. Brit. 

 Ind., IV., p. 88) under S. Beddomei. The other plant — the 

 type of the new species — was also seen by Clarke and placed 

 under S. micrantha (Fl. Brit. Ind., IV., p. 86), for he refers to 

 the glabrous ovary of C. P. 3720, although Thwaites, in his 

 description, states that the ovary in S. micrantha (Enum., 

 p. 425) is villous. S. micrantha, according to Clarke, 1. c, is 

 represented by C. P. 3720 (B.) and C. P. 1866, the latter a 

 doubtful fruiting specimen — while S. micrantha Thwaites, 

 includes C. P. 3540, 3720 (A.), of which there are two sheets 

 at Kew, and 1866. In order to reconcile his own conception 

 of S. micrantha, Clarke has removed Nos. 3540 and 3720 (A), 

 with the ovary hairy, to his S. Beddomei, which is here 

 considered synonymous with S. colubrina, the South Indian 

 species. 



"It is xmfortunate that we have no definite knowledge of 

 where this endemic species was collected. Since it bears the 

 name number as specimens belonging to S. micrantha Thw., 

 it may perhaps be concluded that it is a native of the low- 

 country (see Trimen, Flor. Ceylon, III., p. 172). 



