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marginibus breviter ciliatis, intus glabra. Corolla 2 '5-2 "75 

 mm. longa, lobis 4 crassis 1*5-1 '75 mm. longis medio liiica 

 pilorum notatis. Antherge 0*75 mm. longse, apiculatse, in 

 siniibus insertse, basi barbatse. Ovarium cum stylo glabriim, 

 1 • 5 mm. longum. Bacca circiter 1 cm. diametro ; pericarpium 

 crustaceum. Dop in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., LVII., Mem. 19 

 (1910), p. 15 ; Trimen, Fl. Ceylon, Pt. III., p. 174 ; 8. minor 

 Benth. (non Blume) et var. ovaia Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc, 

 I., p. 100 ; 8. minor Thwaites (non Blume) in Enum. Plant. 

 ZeyLan., p. 201. 



•' Ceylon. Colombo (1860), Thwaites 187 ; without pre- 

 cise locality, Mrs. General Walker ; Col. Walker 244 ; 

 J. 8. Mackenzie ; Dr. Kelaart. 



" The specimens under the name *S'. colubrina, Ind. Orient, 

 Herb. D. van Royen et herb. Koenig in Herb. Mus. Brit, 

 apparently belong to 8. Benthami. 



" Var. parvifolia Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc, I., p. 101. 



"Folia ovata, coriacea, marginibus reflexis, 2-2*5 cm. 

 longa, 1-1*8 cm. lata. Inflorescentix pauciflorse, plerseque 

 terminales. 8. Benthami C. B. Clarke var. 'parvifolia Benth., 

 C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind., IV., p. 87 ; Trimen 

 Fl. Ceylon, Pt. III., p. 174 ; Dop 1. c, p. 15. 



" Ceylon. Adam's Peak (1846), Thwaites 341 ; Gardner 580. 



" Var. angustior Benth. in Joum. Linn. Soc, I., p. 101. 

 • " i^'o^m anguste ovato -lance olata, acuminata, 3*5-6 cm. 

 longa, 1*1-2 cm. lata, basi anguste cuneata. Inflorescentix 

 plereeque axillares. Trimen, Fl. Ceylon, Pt. III., p. 174. 8. 

 minor Benth. var. 2>arvifolia Thwaites, Enum. p. 201. 



Ceylon. MateUi East (1863), Thwaites 341 ; Balangoda 

 (1846), Thwaites 187. 



" 8. Benthami, with two of its varietie's, parvifolia and 

 angustior, as distinguished by Bentham, is distinct from 

 other species in having a 4-merous corolla and calyx. The 

 young twigs, leaf jDetioles, and the back of the midrib are 

 pubescent. The variety ovata of Bentham is not maintained, 

 as there is no good character to distinguish it from the type. 

 Bentham's variety nitida with its 5-merous flowers, calyx 

 hairy within, rhomboid leaves, &c., has been described as a 

 new species under the name 8. trichocalyx A. W. Hill." 



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