Aialantia^ RutdCeCB. 227 



3. A. zeylanica, Oliv. in Jottrti. Linn. Soc. v. Siippl. ii. 25 (1861). 

 ^akinaran, 6". P^ykuruntu, T. 



Burm. Thes. 143. Fl. Zeyl. n. 406 {Phmitis). Limonia monopJiylla, 

 L. Mant. 237 ; Moon Cat. 34. Rissoa seylanica, Arn. Pug. 6. Sclero- 

 stylis zeylanica, Wight, 111. 109. Thvv. Enum. 46. S. Arnottiana, Wight, 

 111. 109. Thw. Enum. 405. C. P. 1196. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 512. Burm. Thes. t. 65, f. i (poor). 



A much-branched bush, usually armed with very sharp, 

 •stout spines |-i in. long-, bark smooth, brown, young parts 

 glabrous ; 1. very variable, i\-2, in., lanceolate or oval-oblong 

 or somewhat ovate, rounded at base, emarginate or 2-lobed at 

 apex, entire, coriaceous, veiny, petiole short, thick, glabrous ; 

 fl. I in. or rather more, on somewhat slender, glabrous ped., 

 usually crowded in short, very finely pubescent, corymbose or 

 racemose cymes much shorter than the 1., bracts minute ; 

 •cal.-lobes broad, shallow, often obscure, finely ciliate ; pet. 4 

 (rarely 3 or 5), oval, with a broad claw, obtuse, thick, slightly 

 concave, glandular ; stam. 8, alternate ones longer, quite 

 ■distinct, fil. flat, rather wider than anth., anth. cordate-ovate, 

 apiculate ; ov. sessile, smooth, 2-celled, with 2 collateral ovules 

 in each cell, style short, stout, stigma clavate ; berry J-f in., 

 ■globular-ovoid, 2-4-seeded. 



Var. (8. rotundifolia, Oliv. Sclerostylis rotimdifolia, Thw. Enum. 

 .46. C. P. 3295. 



Smaller, very much branched, unarmed ; 1. oval-rotundate, 

 strongly emarginate or bilobed ; fl. larger, more numerous, in 

 longer-stalked racemes equalling or exceeding 1. ; cal. deeply 

 And distinctly 4-lobed ; ov. on a short gynophore. 



Low country ; rather common in both regions. Colombo ; Kalutara ; 

 Puttalam ; Ratmale, E. Prov.; Jaffna. Var. /3. montane zone at about 

 4000 ft.; rare. Nillembe ; Maturata. Fl. March-August; white, sweet- 

 scented. 



Also in S. India. Var. /3. endemic. 



Varies in size of fl. and length of ped. The figure of Burman (a very 

 poor one) appears to represent this rather than A. vionophylla, to \\hich 

 it is referred in Fl. B. Ind. and elsewhere ; this is therefore Limonia 

 vtonophyllcL, L. Hermann's specimen, however, is described by Linnaeus 

 (Fl. Zeyl. n. 406) under the name of Phatitis, a name never afterwards 

 referred to in his later works ; it is certainly A. zeylanica. 



4. A. ]>Iissionis, Oliv. iitjourn. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. ii. 25 (1861). 

 Paznburu, S. Kuruntu, T. 



Limonia ciirifolia, Moon Cat. 34 (non Roxb.). Limonia Missionis, 

 Wall., Thw. Enum. 45. Thw. Enum. 405. C. P. 1194. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 513. Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. t. supp. y:,. Wight, Ic. t. 175. 



A small tree, much branched, bark grey, rugged, branchlets 

 very smooth, often sharply angled, armed with short, sharp 



