66 flora indica. [Dilleniacea. 



ovulata. Styli filiformi-subulati. Carpella indehiscentia. Semen 



erectum, subglobosum, basi arillatum, testa Crustacea. — Frutices scan- 



de?ites, ramis I'igidisflexuosis, foliis coriaceis conspicue penuinerviis, spicis 



axillaribus vel terminalibas paniculatis, floribus sessilibus secundis librae- 

 teolatis. 



An obscure and imperfectly described genus of VahTs, identified and characterized 

 by Arnott in 1834. It appears to have more affinity with the Australian forms of 

 the Order than any other tropical genus has. The specjes are all natives of Ceylon, 

 and require study in their native country to determine the amount of variation to 

 which they are subject. 



1. S. angustifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis longe 

 acuminatis serratis, spicis axillaribus foliis brevioribus. 



Hab. In Zeylania, TFalker! Gardner! etc. — (v. 8.) 



Rami juniores sericeo-incani. Folia basi rotundata vel angustata, superne glabra 

 nitida, subtus prresertim ad nervos adpresse pilosa, 4-6 poll, longa, 1-1^ lata. Pe- 

 tioli basi vaginantes, ^-pollicares. Panicula 1-2-pollieares, simpliees vel ramosi. 



2. S. alnifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis late ovalibus utrinque obtusis- 

 simis sinuato-crenatis, spicis axillaribus ramosis foliis diirridio brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. In Zeylanise montibus, Gardner! — (p. s.) 



Rami pilis adpressis scabri. Folia crassa, coriacea, 4-6 poll, longa, 3-4 lata, su- 

 perne glabra, subtus pubescentia. 



3. S. castanesefolia (Vahl, Act. Hafn. vi. 122); foliis late ob- 

 longis crenatis, panicula terrainali divaricato-ramosa multiflora. — Am. 

 in Edin. N. Phil. Journ. xvi. 315 ; Wight! III. i. 9. t. 4. 



. a. Tahiti (Arn. 1. c.) ; foliis utrinque acutis. 



)8. Grakamii (Am. 1. c.) ; foliis utrinque vel basi rotundatis. 

 Hab, In Zeylania! — (v. s.) 



Rami juniores ineani. Folia oblonga, forma admodum varia, breviter petiolata, 

 4-6 poll, longa, 2^-3^ lata; inferiora multo majora, interdum fere pedalia, crassa, 

 superne glabra, subtus ad nervos puberula. Panicula interdum foliosa. Flores mag- 

 nitudine varii. 



5. WORMIA, Eottb. 



Capellia, Blurae. 



Sepala 5, coriacea. JPetala 5. Stamina indefinita. Anthers basi- 

 fixce, lineares, apice pons dehiscentes, omnes conformes, vel interiores 

 elongatae, patentira recurvse. Ocaria 5-10, multiovulata, axi vix co- 

 hserentia, stylis longis subulatis terminata. Carpella demum ad sutu- 

 rara ventralem, dehiscentia. Semina arillata, testa Crustacea. — Arbore 

 interdum excels*?, floribus conspicuis, Jlaris, foliis pewninerviis, stipulis 

 petiolo adnatis, cito deciduis vel rarius persistentibus. 



This genus was founded by Rottboll in 1783, on a Ceylon plant. Decandolle, 

 in the Systema, united with this the L idia of Poiret, founded on a Madagascar 

 plant, and added the DHlenia dentata of Thunberg as a third species, but with well- 

 founded doubts as to the propriety of distinguishing it from RottboH's plant. The 



