Actmodaphne.] LatiracecE. 447 



Upper montane zone, rare. Pedurutalagala. Fl. Feb. ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



The young leaves are purplish-pink. 



5. A. pisifera, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. v. 151 (1886). 

 A. glauca. Thw. Enum. 256 (part); Meissn. 1. c. 213 (excl. var. j8). 

 C. P. 2536. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 151. 



Branchlets slender, young parts glabrous; 1. 4-6 in a 

 whorl, 2-3 in., oval, acute at base, subacute, margin recurved, 

 quite glabrous, glaucous beneath, slightly coriaceous, petiole 

 \ in., slender ; fl. (only seen in bud) in globose clusters, bracts 

 numerous, very obtuse, glabrous ; fruit not seen. 



Upper montane zone, rare. Elk Plains ; Dumbanagala, Rangala. 

 Fl. October. 



Endemic. 



Meissn. 1. c. 211 refers this to his A. molochina, var. subtriplinervis. 

 The locality given in Fl. B. Ind. belongs to C. P. 3518, not to C. P. 2536. 

 The material to hand is very scanty. The name pisifera refers to the 

 sessile unopened globose clusters of flowers in the axils of fallen leaves. 



\A. salici?ta, Meissn., is recorded (DC. Prod. I. c. 212) as from Ceylon. 

 Hb. Wight. The locality is, doubtless, erroneous.] 



\^A. lanata^ Meissn., another Nilgiri species, is also recorded for 

 Ceylon (1. c. 219), but, no doubt, incorrectly.] 



\A. Hookeri, Meissn., is also given (1. c. 218) for Ceylon, but there is 

 no evidence of its occurrence here.] 



6. A. ambig-ua, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. v. 153 (iJ 



Litscsa zeylaiiica, var. /3, Thw. Enum. 257. L. ambigua., Meissn. 1. c. 

 226; Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 76. L. zeylanica, var. venosa, Meissn. I.e. 

 226. C. P. 72, 2278, 2280. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 153. 



Branches slender, young parts glabrous ; 1. 3-8 in., in an 

 imperfect whorl, 2-4^ in., oblong-lanceolate or oval, subacute 

 at base, acute or obtuse, glabrous, glaucous or nearly white 

 beneath, more or less 3-nerved at base, stiff; fl. on short, 

 silky ped., crowded, clusters dense, globose, bracts large, 

 concave, nearly glabrous, per.-segm. deciduous ; fruit ovate- 

 ovoid, rather over \ in., bluntly pointed, persistent per.-tube 

 slightly enlarged. 



Var. j8, orbicularis, Trim. Litsaa 07-bicularis, Thw. Enum. 258. 

 Actinodaphne molochina, var. y, si(btriplinervis, Meissn. 1. c. 211. C. P. 

 2699. 



L. very broadly oval or orbicular, 1-2 in., often revolute 

 at margin. 



Montane zone, 4000-6000 ft.; rather common. Ambagamuwa; Han- 

 tane; Maskeliya; N. Eliya; Kandapolla, Wattakelle. Var. /3, Ambaga- 

 muwa; Maskeliya; Hakgala. Fl. Feb.; yellow. 



