ßg Anton K. Schindler. — Halorrhagaceae. 



costato-rugulosus , 8-nervius, glaberrimus, lobis 4 ex ovato acuminatis apice obtusis 

 suberectis glaberrimis laevibus, ovarium primum 1-loculare, 4-ovulatum, styli 4, paullo 

 attenuati, capitato-stigmatosi, filiformi-papillosi, stamina 0, petala 0. Fmctus late cylin- 

 dricus apice paullo constrietus calycis lobos corrugatos ferens 8-costatus costis in partes 

 3 breviter cuneiformes interruptis coriaceo-rugulosus , 1-spermus plerumque minute 

 pedicellatus. 



Ceylon (Thwaites C. P. n. 2811, Hance n. 16815). — Herb. Berlin, Boiss., 

 DC, Wien). 



7. L. zeylanica (Arn.) Schindler. — Serpieula zeylanica Arn.! ex Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. (1878) 431 (certe quoad Thwaites C. P. 146*)). — S. zey- 

 lanica Trimen! (non Arn.) Handbk. Fl. Ceyl. II. (1894) 147 (e. p., quoad cit. S. indica 

 Thwaites C. P. 146*)). — S. indica Thwait.! Enum. pl. Zeylan. (1859) 123 (e. p., 

 quoad specim. C. P. 146). — Haloragis oligantha Arn. Pugill. pl. Ind. or. (1834) 18 

 (non Wight et Arn.). — Suffrutex repens, in sicco saepe minute canaliculatus, radicans, 

 usque ad 0,4 m longus, ramis erectis vel suberectis foliosis teretibus in sicco canali- 

 culatis glaberrimis usque ad 0,16 m altis. Folia inferiora decidua, dense disposita, 

 elatinoidea, inferiora sparsa, superiora saepius pseudoverticillata, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, 

 integerrima vel utrinque vel asymmetrice 1 — 2-dentata, tunc saepissime tricuspidata, 

 dentibus angustissime triangularibus acutis, usque ad 1 5 mm longa et dentibus exceptis 

 usque ad 1 mm lata, suberecta, glaberrima, subtus minute rugulosa, apice in sicco 

 saepe macula cretacea praedita. Flores monoici, in foliorum axillis 3 ni in dichasium 

 dispositi; primarius tf pedicellatus, pedicello gracillimo suberecto vel incurvo glabro 

 laevi ± 1 mm longo , calycis tubus dense granulatus, lobis 4 ex ovato acuminatis 

 apice rotundatis ± 0,5 mm longis et ±: 0,3 mm latis glabris laevibus, petala 4, late 

 linearia, apice acuta et cucullata, glaberrima, laevia, ±2,4 mm longa et dl 0,4 mm 

 lata, stamina 8, filamentis sicut antherae 1,5 mm longis linearibus, ovarium foemineo 

 aequale sed reductum, styli 4, subcylindrici, plerumque minute capitati et papillosi; 

 secundarii 2 Q sessiles vel brevissime pedicellati, 0,5 — 0,7 mm longi et 0,3 — 0,5 mm 

 lati, calycis tubus urceolato-globosus , dense granulatus, 8-nervius, lobis 4 ex ovato 

 acuminatis apice rotundatis erectis glabris minutis minuteque granulatis, ovarium 1- 

 loculare, primum 4-ovulatum, demum 1-spermum, styli 4, capitato-stigmatosi et fili- 

 formi-papillosi, petala 0, stamina 0. Fructus 1-spermus, 8-costatus, costis in partes 

 4 — 5 interruptis, urceolatus, coriaceus, sessilis, ± 1 mm longus et 0,6 mm diametro 

 metiens. 



Ceylon: Centralprovinzen in einer Höhe von 1700 — 2600 m (Thwaites n. 146), 

 in der tropischen Begion (Walker). 



Var. minor (Thwait.!) Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. (1878) 431. — Serpi- 

 eula indica Thwait. ß. minor Thwait. C. P. 146 (e. p.) ex Clarke 1. c. — Serpieula 

 zeylanica Trimen! (non Arn.) var. ß. minor (Thwait.!) Trimen, Handbk. Fl. Ceylon II. 

 (1894) 148. — Planta minuta 30 — 60 mm longa caulibus filiformibus foliis oppositis, 

 aegre pro varietate aestimanda, est forma exigua, morphologice vix recedens. 



Ceylon: Adams-Pik, in großen Mengen an der Basis des obersten Kegels. 



8. L. eoeeinea (Blume) Kanitz in Fl. brasil. 2. (1882) 377 (e. p., quod cit. synon. 

 Epilithes coccinea Blume, descr. et ic. excl. — Epilithes coccinea Blume! Bijdr. (1826) 

 734. — Serpieula Epilithes Blume! Mus. bot. lugd. bat. I. (1851) HO. — Suffrutex 

 prostratus, minutus, robustus, rupes obtegens, caulibus multis prostratis et apice ramis- 

 que ascendentibus foliosis, ± 0,10 m longus glaberrimus. Folia subomnia opposita, 

 lanceolata vel late lanceolata vel anguste ovato-lanceolata , integra vel saepius utrinque 

 vel asymmetrice 1 — 2-serrata, lobis erectis acutis, apice acuta, ex ovato acuminata, in 

 petiolum brevissimum supra canaliculatum angustata, ±4 mm longa et ad 3 mm lata, 

 plerumque angustiora, glaberrima, coriaceo-crassiuscula. Flores monoici, in foliorum 



*) Thwaites C. P. 447 cit. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. II. (1878) 431. 



