106 Haloragez. [ Laurembergia. 
Without exact locality, Thwaites C.P. 451 pp. 
Endemic. 
2. L. Wangerinii Schindl. |. c. p. 65. Serpicula brevipes Trim. 
Syst. Cat. p. 31 (1885) non Wight & Arn. S. indica Thw. Enum. 
p. 123 (1859) pp. 
Prostrate herb, with the leafy branches, densely hairy. 
Leaves alternate or opposite, shortly petiolate; up to O-I in. 
long, canaliculate above, hairy; lamina rounded to lanceo- 
late, with the lower side smaller; lower leaves 3-toothed on 
either side; upper leaves sub-entire; teeth narrowly ovate 
acuminate, subglabrous. Flowers moncecious, in 3-5-flow- 
ered axillary dichasia; male flowers terminal; pedicels in- 
curved, about o-3 in. long, hairy; calyx-tube very short; 
lobes 4, erect, ovate, shortly acuminate, glabrous; petals 4, 
almost glabrous apex acute and hooded; stamens 8; styles 4, 
subcylindric; ovary very reduced; female flowers 2-4, sessile; 
calyx-tube ellipsoid; petals and stamens wanting; styles 4, 
subcylindric; stigma capitate, stellate papillose; ovary unilo- 
cular, with 4 ovules. Fruit an elliptic, densely hairy nut. 
Moist open ground near streams in the montane zone ; very common. 
Hakgala; Horton Plains; Nuvara Eliya; Naminakula; Pidurutala- 
gala. FI. all the year; pinkish. 
Schindler describes another species L. grandiflora allied to this, but 
I have not seen it and doubt if it is distinct. L. hirsuta Schindl. 1. c. 
p. 65 Wight 940 (no locality) may be from Ceylon but is more probably 
S. Indian. L. Wangerinii Schindl. seems doubtfully distinct from 
L. indica Schindl. 
3. L. glaberrima Schindl. |. c. p. 67. Serpicula indica Thw. 
Enum. p. 123 (1859) pp. 
Prostrate or erect, glabrous herb. Leaves, at least on the 
younger branches, opposite, the lower ones deciduous, petio- 
late; lamina obovate, 2—3-toothed on either side, teeth often 
serrate, up to 0-7 in. long, and 0-2 in. broad, glabrous, min- 
utely rugulose. Flowers moneecious, in axillary dichasia; 
terminal flower male; pedicel up to 0-2-0-4 in. long, glab- 
rous; calyx tube very short; lobes’ 4, subéreet) ovate, 
acuminate, rounded at the apex, glabrous; stamens 8; ovary 
unilocular, 4 ovuled; styles 4, cylindric, minute, capitate; 
female flowers sessile or subsessile; calyx tube ovoid-urceo- 
late, costate, rugulose, 8-nerved, glabrous; cal.-lobes 4, 
suberect, ovate, acuminate, obtuse at apex; ovary unilocular, 
with 4 ovules; styles 4, cylindric, minute, capitate, filiform- 
papillose; petals and stamens wanting. Fruit broadly cylin- 
drical, scarcely constricted at the apex, 8-costate, I-seeded. 
Montane zone; rather common. Adam’s Peak; Maturata; Hunas- 
giriya; Rangala. 
Var. minor (Thw.) L. zeylanica var. minor Schindl. 1. c. p. 68. 
Part II. 
