Acrotrema.] n. DILLENIACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 33 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Malabar and Travancore. 



Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 in., ciliate and covered with long distant soft hairs, otherwise 

 glabrous ; petioles 1-3 in., broadly winged, but not to the base. Racemes axillary, 

 2-3 in., pedicels 2-4 in., clothed with long hairs. /Sepals nearly in. 



3. A. uniflorum, Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 157 ; leaves obovate-oblong base 

 cordate entire or toothed scabrid on both surfaces, scape 1-2-flowered, very 

 short, stamens 30-50. H./.& T. Fl. Ind. 64; Thwaites Enum. 2. A. 

 bullatum, and A. sylvaticum, Thw. I.e. 2 & 3. 



Central and Southern Provinces of CEYLON, in shady moist places, alt. 2-4000 ft. 



Leaves 4-9 by 1-3 in., tapering to the cordate base; petiole {-2 in., narrowly 

 winged. Flowers small, pedicels 1-2 in. A very variable plant of which the following 

 varieties seem the best marked : 



VAR. 1. PETIOLARIS, Thw. I.e.; leaves narrow obovate, petioles 2-3 in. 



VAR. 2. ROTUNDATUM, Thwaites, I.e.; leaves very broad nearly entire, hairs stiffish, 

 petioles very short. 



VAR. 3. BULLATUM ; leaves narrow softly silky bullate, petioles very short, pedicels 

 appressed hairy. A. bullatum, Thw. I.e. 



VAR. 4. APPENDICULATUM ; leaves deeply serrate at the very base, almost lyrate, 

 petioles short. 



VAR. 5. SYLVATICUM ; leaves minutely pilose hirsute with rigid hairs on the nerves 

 beneath, base deeply cordate, petiole and pedicels short. A. sylvaticum, Thw. I.e. 



4. A. Walkeri, Wig/it ex Tfiwaites Enum. Ceyl. PL 3 ; leaves narrowly 

 obovate-oblong bullate sharply toothed ciliate laxly hairy above, base 

 auricled, raceme very short, stamens about 15. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5353. 



Central Province of CEYLON, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-4 by ^-14 in., rugose, dull red and hairy on the veins beneath; petiole 

 very short. Racemes axillary ; pedicels 1-2 in., laxly villous. 



VAR. ARGYRONEURON, Thwaites, I.e. 398 ; leaves larger, midrib and veins above 

 white. 



5. A. intermedium, Tliwaites Enum. 3; leaves, obovate-lanceolate 

 acute crenate-toothed coarsely hairy above, base auncled, petiole margined, 

 racemes short, subsessile, pedicels and calyx hirsute, stamens about 40. 



Bank of streams Ambagamowa district of CEYLON, Thwaites. 



Rootstock elongate. Leaves 6-12 by 1-2 in., more or less hirsute above, and 

 appressed hairy on the veins beneath ; petiole 1-1^ in., margined. 



6. A. lance ulaturn, Hook. Ic. PL under t. 157 ; leaves very narrowly 

 lanceolate sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, scape very short, stamens about 

 40. H.f. & T. FL Ind. 65 ; Thw. Enum. 3. 



Kittool Galle. in CEYLON. 



Rootstock short. Leaves 4-12 by |-1 in., acute, appressed hairy on the costa and 

 nerves beneath ; petiole 14-1 in., hairy, margined. Pedicels 1-2 in., hirsute. 



7. A. G-ardneri, Thwaites Enum. 3; leaves narrowly spathulate acute 

 sinuate with innexed rigid teeth glabrous above substrigo.se on the veins 

 beneath, scape very short, stamens about 15. 



Between Galle and Katnapoora, CEYLON, by banks of streams, Thwaites. 



Rootxtock horizontal. Leaves 2-4 by \-\ in., base auricled, nerves beneath with 

 appressed hairs. Racemes short; pedicels 1-2 in., with appressed hairs. Very near 

 A. lanceolatum, but differing in the number of stamens, perhaps nut a constant cha- 

 racter. 



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