LaiiracecB. 437 



Shrub, with long cylindrical glabrous branches, buds 

 stellate-puberulous ; 1. 4-6 in., lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, 

 acute at base, acuminate, acute, glabrous, petiole \-\ in.; 

 fl. about \ in. diam., on longish glabrous ped., in short nearly- 

 sessile axillary racemes or panicles, bracts small, caducous; 

 per.-l, numerous, sepaloid ones 3-6, broadly oval, petaloid 

 ones about 20, oblong-strap-shaped, obtuse, spreading; stam. 

 8 or 9 ; carp, about 9, oblong, narrow, glabrous ; ripe carp. 1-7, 

 about \ in., ovoid, much compressed, obliquely apiculate, very 

 pulpy, dark crimson. 



Var. /3, ovallfolia, Hk. f. &- Th. H. ovalifolia, Wight, Ic. vi. 16, 

 t. 1998, f. I. C. P. 159 (161). 



L. smaller, 2-3|- in., broadly oval, coriaceous ; fl, rather 

 larger, nearly f in. 



Forests of the montane zone, 4000-7000 ft. ; rather common. Var. /3 

 on Adam's Peak. Fl. March-June ; yellow. 

 Endemic. 



2. K. ang-ustifolia, Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 75 (1885). [Plate 

 LXXVIII.] 



H. fioribu?ida, var. angustifolia, Thw. Enum. 12. H. acuminata, 

 A. DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 763 (non Wight). C. P. 1026. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 116 (as variety). 



Branches very slender; 1. 5-9 in., linear-lanceolate, acute 

 at base, much attenuate or caudate, acute or subacute, rather 

 thin, somewhat 3-nerved at base, veins conspicuous; fl. over 

 \ in. diam., on very slender drooping ped., in few-flowered 

 spreading racemes, bracts linear, persistent, perianth as in 

 H.floribunda; stam. 5 or 6; ripe carp, as in the last, but 

 rather smaller and less pulpy. 



Moist low country below 2000 ft.; rare. Near Galle ; Hiniduma; 

 Morowaka ; Labugama. Fl. December, January ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



First collected by Moon. A. De Candolle, 1. c, confused this with 

 Wight's acuinifiata, which is merely a form of H . Jloribunda. It is, how- 

 ever, difficult to define the differences, which are rather in habit than 

 more important characters. 



CXIIL— LAURACE.^. 



Trees or shrubs, 1. opp. or alt. and often semi-verticillate, 

 without stip. {Cassytha is a leafless parasitic herb), fl. small, 

 regular, bisexual or unisexual and monoecious or dioecious, 

 usually in axillary panicles; perianth with a short tube, segm. 



