34 II. DILLENIACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Acrotrcma. 



8. A. Thwaitesii, 11. f. & T. in K< 10 Jnnrn. Bot. viii. 241, t. 4 A ; 

 leaves lanceolate pinnatifid to or beyond the middle, hairy above and on 

 the nerves beneath, scape very short, stamens about 20. 



In the Dolosbage district, CEYLON, Thvnit>^. 



Eootstock small, short. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1^ in., segments linear-oblong, acute, en- 

 tire or toothed; petioles very short. Pedicels 1-14 in., slender, pilose. Sepals hirsute. 



9. A. dissectum, Thwaites in Ifnnk. K<v: Jnnrn. Bot. viii. 242, t. 4 B; 

 leaves lanceolate interruptedly pinnatisect, softly hairy, scape very short. 



At Hinidoon Korle, CEYLON. Tim-alt?*. 



Eootstock horizontal. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 \ in., larger segments acutely lobed, with 

 two or more pairs of very small segments between eacn pair, white and silky beneath, 

 segments sometimes petiolulate. Pedicels slender, with spreading hairs. Flowers very 

 small, I in. diam. 



10. A. lyratum, Thwiitr* in Unl:. K>w Jnnrn. viii. 242 ; leaves linear- 

 oblong obtuse lyrate-pinnatilid toothed, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 

 base cordate, scape long naked below, pedicels glabrous, .stamens about 

 35. 



At Hinidoon Korle, in CEYLON, Tfnraitea. 



lock stout, ascending. /. " .".-12 by 2-4 in., coriaceous, term: 



equalling $ of the whole leaf, lateral segments ;5 f> pair, small, roundel, adnate l.y a 

 broad base, deflected, sharply toothed; petiole margined. X<-(ij<> l-ilin.; l>n. 

 nirvetl ; pedicels 1 in., often recurved. Sepals glabrous or puberulous. / 

 about ^ in- diam. 



4. SCHUftXACKERXA, Yahl. 



Erect or sarmentose shrubs, brandies flexuous. >riaceous, lateral 



nerves many, very strong. Flnwr* ydlo\v, i-l>raeteo!ate, in axillary m- ter- 

 minal secund simple or panicU-d sjiik '* .">. /', ///* .',. XA/////-//S 

 indefinite, many-seriate, unilateral, filaments very short united into a short 

 oblique cylindric posticous column ; anther-cells dehiscing longitudinally. 

 ('(trji.'t.-i :>,, distinct, pilose; .styles filiform-subulate; OYlllefl solitary, lli/tr 

 nii-fiflu indeliiscent. Seed erect, subglobo.se, arillate, testa crustaceoiis. - 

 DISTKIB. All Cinghalese. 



1. S. ang-ustifolia, //. /. < T. Fl. ///'/. <;<; ; leaves oblong-lance* ilatt- 

 tapering to a fine point sen-ate, spikes axillary simple or'panieled shorter 

 than the leaves. Tltw. Kunm. 4. 



At Hinidoon Korle, in CEYLON, abundant. 



Branches slender, young silky, old glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by l-l in., glabrous and 

 shining above, puberulous on the veins beneath, base rounded or narrowed : petiole 

 ^ in. Spike* 1-2 in. 



2. S. alnifolia, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 66 ; leaves broadly oval acute or 

 subacute sinuate or toothed, spikes axillary panicled shorter than the 

 leaves. Thw. Enum. 



Forests in the Ambagamowa and Hunasgiria Districts of CEYLON, Thwaites. 



Branches strigose, old glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 3-4 in., base obtuse, glabrous above, 

 beneath strigose on the nerves, and pubescent or glabrate between them; petiole eca- 

 brid or hirsute. Spike* 1-2 in. 



VAR. 1. SCABKA, Thw. I.e.; leaves scabrid with distant rigid hairs. 



