178 Loga7liacecS. [Gaertnera. 



A shrub 8-10 ft., branchlcts slender, cylindrical, with 2 

 prominent ridges, glabrous; 1. ih-2^ in., ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, very acuminate, acute, petiole very short, 

 stipular sheath short, keeled on back, produced into long 

 filiform, deeply bifid points; fl. nearly sessile, 3 in cyme; cal. 

 shortly tubular, truncate, 4-6-toothed ; cor. fleshy, slightly 

 hairy in throat, lobes 4, nearly as long as tube, linear-oblong, 

 recurved ; anth. nearly sessile ; berry globose, nearly h in., 

 purple, seed solitary. 



Forests in moist low country, rare. Near Ratnapura ; Ambagamuvva; 

 Hewesse, Pasdun Korale. Fl. Dec-March ; rose-pink. 

 Endemic. 



3. G. Walkerl, JF/V///, ///. ii. 172 (1850). 



Sykesia IValkeri, Am. Pug. 36. Thw. Enum. 202. C. P. 288. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 92. Wight, 111. t. 156 b, f. 2 (details only). 



A shrub, 8-10 ft., twigs slender, cylindrical, thickened at 

 joints, glabrous ; 1. 2-3^ in., varying from oval to linear- 

 lanceolate, tapering to base, caudate-attenuate, acute, petiole 

 about \ in., stipular sheath truncate or nearly so ; fl. rather large, 

 on long glabrous ped., 5 in cyme ; cal. glabrous, wide, shortly 

 5 -toothed ; cor.-tube f in., slightly funnel-shaped, glabrous 

 within, lobes 5, shorter than tube, lanceolate, acute ; anth. 

 sessile; berry depressed-globose, nearly \ in. diam., dark blue, 

 seeds 2. 



Var. /3, G-ardneri, Clarke^ I. c. G. Gardneri, Thw. 1. c. C. P. 346. 



Young parts puberulous; 1. smaller, not over 2 in., linear, 

 Extremely acute; fl. solitary or 3 together; cal.-segm. longer; 

 cor. larger. 



Forests of montane zone, 3000-6500 ft., rather common. Abundant 

 bout N. Eliya. Var. /3, Adam's Peak. Fl. March, April, September; 

 white. 



Endemic. 



This has much the appearance of Saprosma zeylanicum among the 

 Ricbiacece. Var. /3 is perhaps a hybrid with the next, or a connecting form 

 ivhich would lead one to combine the two supposed species. 



4. G. ternifolia, Thw. Enum. 202 (1861). [Plate LX1\'.] 



G. IValkeri, var. a/i^usiifolta, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 11. C. P. 

 440. 



1-1. B. Ind. iv. 92. 



A small erect shrub, 4-6 ft., branchlcts numerous, cylin- 

 drical, with 3 raised ridges, pubescent; 1. very numerous, in 

 closely placed whorls of three, small, ^-f in., subse.ssile, very 

 acute at both ends, mucronate, rigid, with midrib prominent 

 beneath, stipular sheath short, produced into acuminate points; 

 fl, solitary, terminal, nodding; ped. puberulous, bracteate; cal. 



