RECENT REVISIONS OF CEYLON BOTANY. 147 



"The Burma material is very poor, no flowers being present, 

 but the seed appears to be rather larger than in the Indian 

 specimens. Kurz's desciiption also differs slightly from, that 

 given in the Flora of British India. 



" S. coriacea Thwaites, Enum. Plant. Zeyl., p. 425; descr. 

 ampl. 



Frutex ramulis jmiioribus pubescentibus. Folia ovato — 

 vol elliptico — lanceolata, acuta vel breviter acuminata, 

 coriacea, 6-6 '5 cm. longa, circiter 3 cm. lata, marginibus 

 pauUo reflexis, subtriplinervia, nervibus crassis, petiolis, 

 2 mm. longis hirsutis. Injiorescentix axillarea, crassse, 3*5-4 

 cm. longae, pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus. Calylr 

 1*5 mm. longus ; segmenta late ovata, subacuta, marginibus 

 ciliatis. Corolla 6 mm. longa, externe puberula, lobis 3 mm. 

 longis interne totius cum corolla ad faucem dense laneo- 

 tomentosis, pilis longis intertextis, tubo glabro. Antherse 

 1 ■ 25 mm. longse, ellipticse, glabroe, filamentis crassis 1 • 5 mm. 

 longis. Ovarium cum stylo 4' 5 mm. longum, pilis erectis 

 instructum. S. Beddomei var. coriacea C. B. Clarke in Hook, 

 f. Flor. Brit. Ind., IV., p. 89 ; Trimen, Fl. Ceylon, Pt. III., 

 p. 173. S. potatorum, Thwaites, Enum., p. 201 partim. 



" Ceylon. Central Province, Thwaites 3,367. 



" In its pubescent stems and petioles, leathery, shortly 

 petioled, subtriplinerved leaves, puberulous corolla with lobes 

 densely hairy from base to apex, this plant appears to be 

 worthy of specific rank. I have therefore followed Thwaites 

 and also prepared a more ample description. According to 

 Trimen, its habitat is the Central Province of the Island, 

 which suggests that it is a truly endemic species. It is 

 unfortunate that it is represented at Kew and the British 

 Museum by only single specimens, and that no fruits have 

 been collected." 



"S. micrantha Thwaites, Enum. PUint. Zeyl., p. 425 partim, 

 C. P. 1866 excl. ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind., IV., 

 p. 86 partim, sed ovarium hirsutum nee glabrum ; Trimen, 

 Fl. Ceylon, Pt. III., p. 172 partim, C. P. 1866 excl. ; Dop in 



