//ex.] IlicinecB. 265 



small, fern. In sessile, male in shortly stalked, umbellate fascicles 

 much shorter than L, ped. slender, much longer than fl. ; cal.- 

 segm. acute, glabrous ; cor. 5-lobed, lobes rounded ; stam. 5, 

 stigma lobed ; drupe ^in., nearly globular, stones 5, coherent. 



Upper montane zone to the highest elevations ; rather common. 

 Pedurutalagala; Totapella; World's End, Horton Plains; Adam's Peak; 

 Uda-Pusselawe ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. April, Oct.; white. 



Also in the hills of S. India. 



The leaves are sometimes larger (i^-i|), lanceolate, and slightly 

 acuminate; this is var. major, Thw. MS. 



2. Z. denticulata, Wall. Cat. n. 4333 (1828). 

 Thw. Enum. 183. C. P. 573. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 600. Wight, 111. t. 149. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 142. 



A large tree, bark grey, twigs angular, young parts 

 minutely puberulous ; 1. 2-3 in., oval or oblong-oval, acute 

 at base, acuminate, obtuse, sharply and irregularly serrate, 

 entire below, coriaceous, glabrous, veiny beneath, petiole \ in. ; 

 fl. f in., in sessile or shortly stalked umbellate clusters much 

 shorter than 1., ped. \ in., slender ; cor. deeply 4-lobed, lobes 

 oval, obtuse; stam. 4, shorter than cor.-lobes; drupe over 

 \ in., ovoid -globose, smooth, scarlet, stones 4, trigonous, 

 ribbed. 



Upper montane zone ; rare. Nuwara Eliya ; Bopatalawa Plains. Fl. 

 Jan. Feb.; greenish-white. 



Also in the Southern Indian Hills. 



Of our three species this alone at all resembles the English holly 

 (/. Aquifoliiaii). 



3. I. Wig-htiana, Wall. Cat. n. 4332 (1828). Andun-wenna, JT. 



Thw. Enum. 183. C. P. 2656 (female), 3484 (male). 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 603 (var. zeylanicd). Wight, Ic. t. I2i6. 



A large tree, bark white, young shoots glabrous; 1. 2|-5 in., 

 oval, tapering at base, shortly acuminate, acute, quite entire, 

 glabrous, veined beneath, petiole \-% in. ; fl. \ in., numerous, in 

 small umbels arranged in axillary, stalked, paniculate cymes 

 i-ij in. long, ped. short, puberulous ; cal.-lobes rounded, 

 ciliate ; cor. deeply 5-lobed, lobes ovate ; stam. 5 (or less), 

 shorter than cor.-lobes ; drupe \ in., globose, strongly apicu- 

 late, stones 5 or 6, trigonous, furrowed on back. 



Moist low country, to upper limit ; rare. Ratnapura ; Nillowe ; 

 Hantane. Fl. Sept.-March; white. 



Also in Southern India. 



The Ceylon plant differs from the Indian in having much larger and 

 more distinctly veined leaves and a more compound inflor. with the 

 umbellules stalked ; it is, perhaps, a distinct species. 



