TO DlllemacecS. S^Schumacheria, 



6-IO in. high, pedicels long, spreading, fl. large f in. diam. ; 

 stam. about 20. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Only known from the top of Nillowe 

 Kande, an isolated precipitous rock in Hiniduma Pattu. Fl. April-May. 



Endemic. 



A very striking and distinct species. The inflorescence and under- 

 surface of leaves are purple. 



4. SCKUBXACKERZA,'' Vahl. 



Erect or scrambling shrubs, with flexuose branches ; 

 1. with a sheathing, broad-based petiole, coriaceous, with 

 strong lateral veins ; fl. in panicles, sessile, with 2 bracts at 

 the base, yellow ; sep. and pet. 5 ; stam. numerous, in 2 or 3 

 rows, monadelphous, the filaments forming a semicylindrical 

 column at the back of the fl. ; carp. 3, distinct, ov. densely 

 hairy, i-ovuled, style long, curved ; fruit indehiscent ; seed 

 with a crustaceous testa, surrounded at base by a small 

 membranous aril. — Confined to Ceylon ; the 3 species closely 

 allied. 



Panicles terminal, large . . . . i. S. C.-^stanE/EFOLIA. 



Panicles axillary, small. 



Leaves broadly oval or rotundate . . 2. S. ALNIFOLIA. 

 Leaves lanceolate-oblong . . . . 3. S. angustifolia. 



1. S. castaneaefolia, Vahl in Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. Kiob. vi. 122 

 (18 10). Kekiri-wara, S. 



Arn. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. xvi. 315. Wight, 111. i. 9. Thw. 

 Enum. 4. C. P. 232. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 35. Wight, 111. i. t. 4. 



A large, straggling shrub ; 1. 6-^ in. long, broadly oval or 

 ovate-oval, obtuse or suddenly acute, sinuate-dentate, glabrous 

 above, puberulous on veins beneath ; fl. numerous, sessile, 

 f in. diam., secund, in large terminal spreading panicles ; 

 bracts and sep. silky on both sides. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft. ; common. Galle; Pasdun Korale; 

 Nillowe, S. Prov. ; Sabaragamuwa very common ; Labugama. Fl. 

 Jan.-April ; yellow. 



Endemic. 



First collected by Koenig. The fl. vary in size ; there are often only 

 4 petals. 



2. S. alnifolia, Hk.f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 66 (1855). 

 Thw. Enum 4. C. P. 9. 



Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 34. 



An erect shrub, branches stout, divaricate ; 1. 4-6 in., 

 broadly oval or nearly rotund, very obtuse, repando-denticu- 



* Commemorates C. F. Schumacher, Professor of Surgery at Copen- 

 hagen in 1 8 10. 



