300 RtlbiaceCB. {Neurocalyx. 



ate; cal.-segm. about \ in. (enlarged in fruit), ovate, acuminate ; 

 cor.-lobes rather more than half as long, very acute; fruit 

 pubescent. 



Damp shady places in forests in moist low country up to 2000 ft.; 

 rather common. Kukul Korale; Hiniduma; Ambagamuwa; Deltota; 

 Dolosbagie. Fl. March, April; very pale pinkish-violet. 



Also in S. India. 



The above description covers N. capitata, Benth. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 47 

 (where it is considered a distinct species). This appears to be the 

 commonest form, but cannot be separated. N. Hookeriana, Wight, is a 

 small form merely. 



3. N. Gardneri, Thw. Enum. 139 (1859). 

 Thw. Enum. 139. C. P. 167 1. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 47. 



Stem 2-4 in., stout, densely hairy ; 1. 6-9 in., oval or 

 obovate-oval, tapering to base, subacute or very shortly 

 acuminate, entire, thin, hairy on both sides, petiole very 

 short, stip. split, the halves ovate, acuminate, densely pubes- 

 cent ; fl. on short ped., racemes villous-hairy, bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 2-toothed near base ; cal.-segm. broadly ovate, 

 acuminate, hairy outside, cor.-lobes about \ length of cal.- 

 segm., oblong-lanceolate; fruit villous-hairy. 



Damp forests in moist low country; very rare. Pasdun Korale 

 (Gardner) ; Hewesse (Thwaites). Fl. Aug. 

 Endemic. 

 I have not met with this living. Much the most hairy of our species. 



4. N. Championii, Be?ith. in Thw. Enum. 139 (1859). 

 Thw. Enum. 139. C. P. 3417, 3480. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 47. 



Stem very short, 1-3 in., slender, closely ringed with 

 stipular scars ; 1. very closely placed, 3-6 in., obovate-oblong, 

 tapering to base, rounded or obtuse at apex, often somewhat 

 crenate, hairy on both sides (becoming glabrous above), 

 usually very bullate above, thin, petiole f-i \ in., stip. deeply 

 cut into 2 lanceolate acuminate segm. ; fl. on slender hairy 

 ped., racemes lax, few-flowered, bracts lanceolate, as long as 

 ped., with 2 very small lateral lobes ; cal.-segm., about \ in., 

 ovate, acute ; cor.-lobes equal to cal.-segm., linear-oblong, 

 fruit hairy. 



Damp forests in moist low region ; rather rare. Kukul Korale ; 

 Singhe Raja Forest; Nillowe Kande; Bambarabotuwa ; Hewesse. Fl. 

 March, April, and September ; calyx bright pink or white, corolla white. 



Endemic. 



Very like an Acrotrema in habit and foliage. Best distinguished 

 by its bullate leaves. 



