446 Lauracecc. {^Actmodaphne. 



covered on both surfaces with rufous or yellowish-white tomentum ; this 

 soon rubs off the upper surface, and ultimately the lower surface also- 

 becomes glabrous and is usually then glaucous in colour. 



2. A. stenophylla, Thio. Eniim. 256 (186 1). 

 A. T/iwaifesi!, Meissn. 1. c. 212. C. P. 304 (2491). 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 150. 



About 20-30 ft., bark yellowish-grey, young parts and 

 bud-scales pubescent ; 1. 4-7 in a whorl, 2-4 in., linear-oblong 

 or linear, acute at base, very obtuse, glabrous on both sides,, 

 finely reticulate, rather thick, glaucous-white beneath; fl. on 

 very short ped., crowded, bracts and perianth silky, segm. 

 deciduous ; fruit | in., globose, purple, persistent per.-tube 

 shallowly cup-shaped. 



Moist and intermediate region, 1-4000 ft. ; rare. Deltota; abundant 

 in the Uva patana country. Fl. April, May; pale yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 A. Tfnvaiiesii^ Meissn., is a form with rather broader leaves. 



3. A. eleg-ans, Thw. Enum. 256. 

 Meissn. 1. c. 212. C. P. 2277. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 150. 



Much branched, bark smooth, greyish-brown, young parts 

 rufous-hairy, bud-scales nearly glabrous ; 1. 4 or 5 in a whorl, 

 3-5 in., narrowly lanceolate, acute at base, attenuate, acute, 

 glabrous, dark green and shining above, glaucous or white 

 beneath, penninerved, venation inconspicuous minutely reti- 

 culate, petiole short, slender, cylindrical : fl. on short ped., 

 bracts very deciduous ; per.-segm. rounded, finely pubescent, 

 deciduous ; fruit \-'l in., red, persistent per.-tube flattened, 

 circular. 



Moist region, to 3000 ft.; rare. Hewesse; Ambagamuwa ; Hunas- 

 giriya. Fl. Dec.-Feb. ; pale greenish-yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 Meissner erroneously quotes C. P. 3009 for this. 



4. A. g-lauca, Nees, Syst. Laurin. 599 (1836). 



Thw. Enum. 256 (part). A. glaiica, var. IValkeri, Meissn. 1. c. 213. 

 C. P. 3518. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 150. 



Young shoots rusty-tomentose; 1. 4-7 in a whorl, 2-3 in., 

 oval or oblong-oval, rounded at both ends or somewhat 

 tapering at base, glabrous, coriaceous, very glaucous nearly 

 white beneath, venation minute, reticulate, raised and con- 

 spicuous when dried, petiole stout, at first rufous-tomentose, 

 afterwards glabrous ; fl. rather large (for genus) on rather 

 long tomentose ped., per.-segm. deciduous ; fruit small, ] in., 

 persistent per.-tube a very shallow truncate cup. 



