152 FETCH : 



" S. trichocalyx A. W. Hill ; species S. Dalzellii C. B. Clarke, 

 calyce intus hirsute affiiiis, sed foliis rhomboideis basi 

 cuneatis floribus minoribus prsecipue difEert. 



'' Frutex scandens (?). Caules in juventute pubescentes 

 striati, sub-quadrangulares. Folia obovata vel rhomboidea, 

 versus apicem cimeata, acuta vel acuminata, basi cuneata in 

 petiolis angustata, 5-7*5 cm. longa, 3-5 cm. lata, coriacea, 

 superrxe vernicosa et glabra, marginibus pauUo reflexis, pagina 

 inferiore in angulis nervorum ssepius hirsuta, 5-nervia, 

 triplinervia, nervis intermediis rectis non curvatis cum nerve 

 medio acutangulos facientibus ; petioli 0-5-1 cm. longi, glabri ; 

 cirrhi simplices. Inflorescentise axillares, 1-1 "5 cm. longse, 

 congestse, pedimculis pedicellisque pubescentibus. Calycis 

 segmenta5, subrotunda, marginibus ciliatis intus ad basin pilis 

 erectis lineatim instructis. Corolla 3' 5 mm. longa, 5-loba, 

 lobis 2*5 mm. longis ellipticis subacutis crassis, intus supra 

 medium linea pilorum notatis. Antherse O'75-l mm. longse, 

 orbiculari-ovatse, ad basin et pauUo ad margines conspicue 

 barbatee. Ovarium cum stylo glabrum, 1-75-2 mm. longum. 

 Bacca globoso-ovoidea, circiter 1-5 cm. longa, 1-2 sperma ; 

 pericarpium crustaceum. 8. minor Benth. var. nitida Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc, I., p. 101 (non S. minor Blume). 8. 

 colubrina Thwaites, Enum. Plant. Zeyl.,'p. 201, non Linn.; 

 8. colubrina var. zeylanica Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 

 India, IV., p. 87 ; Trimen, Flor. Ceylon, III., p. 173. 8. 

 micrantha var. rhomboidalis Dop in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., LVII., 

 Mem. 19 (1910), p. 14, quoad spec. Zeylan. tantum. 



" Ceylon. Galagoma, Thwaites 330 ; without precise 

 locality, Thivaites 2516 ; Col. Walker in Herb. Wight ; Mrs. 

 Genl. Walker in Herb. Hook, (in Herb. Kew) ; Kandy, 

 A. Moon 346 ; without locality, Macrae 197 in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; 

 Galle, Pierre (1865) in Herb. Mus. Paris. 



" A striking species with its rhomboid leaves, conspicuously 

 cuneate or acute towards both base and apex. The specimens 

 at the British Museum have single tendrils so presumably the 

 plant is scandent. It is distinguished from 8. Benthami by 

 the 5-merous flowers and by the irregular line of erect hairs 

 sprmging from near the base of the inner surface of the calyx 

 segments as well as by the leaves. 



