Webera.] Rltbiace&, 327 



A shrub, with long spreading, cylindrical glabrous branches ; 

 1. 3-5 in., lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, subacute, quite 

 glabrous on both sides, venation reticulate, pellucid, prominent 

 beneath, petiole i-f in., stip. small, narrowly triangular, thick, 

 persistent; cymes irregularly umbellate, peduncles about as 

 long as petioles, ped. rather long, puberulous ; cal. and cor. 

 as in U. elliptiaun ; berry \— § in., depressed-globose, crowned 

 by rim of truncate, prominent, fleshy cal.^limb, smooth, pale 

 waxy, orange-yellow; seeds ovoid, compressed, pale brown. 



Montane zone, 3000-7000 ft.; rather common. Fl. Feb.-April, and 

 Aug.-Sept. ; pale yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 The Sinhalese carpenters at N. Eliya call this ' Wal-handun.' 



20. SCHXZOSTXGMA, Arn. 



A creeping, very hairy herb, stip. ovate, persistent ; fl. rather 

 large, axillary; cal. -limb short, segm. large, unequal ; cor.-tube 

 funnel-shaped, lobes 5, narrow, valvate; stam. 5, inserted in 

 upper part of cor.-tube, anth. slightly exserted ; ov. 5-celled, 

 with numerous ovules, stigmas 5, spreading; fruit a hairy berry, 

 5-celled, many-seeded. — Monotypic and endemic. 



S. hirsutum, Arn. in Ann. Nat. Hist. iii. 20 (1839). 



Thw. Enum. 139. C. P. 268. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 100. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 95. 



Stems prostrate, long, rooting at nodes, cylindrical, very 

 hairy, with short erect branches; 1. 2-3 in., lanceolate-oval, 

 acute at both ends, hairy on both sides, especially on veins 

 beneath, thin, petiole \-\ in., very hairy, stip. rather large, 

 ovate, acute, nearly glabrous, persistent; fl. solitary or 2 or 3 

 together, on hairy axillary ped.; cal.-segm. f in., both broadly 

 and narrowly lanceolate, acute, slightly hairy; cor.-lobes as 

 long as tube, oblong, acuminate, hairy ; berry crowned with 

 large cal.-segm., about \ in., nearly globular, densely covered 

 with long hair. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft. or higher ; rather common. Fl. Feb., 

 March ; white. 



Endemic. Apparently first collected by Finlayson (Wall. Cat. n. 8463), 

 who visited Ceylon in 1817-8. 



21. WEBER A, Schreb. 



Shrub or small tree, stip. simple, subpersistent, fl. moderate- 

 sized, in terminal paniculate cymes; cal.-limb short, segm. 5 

 cor.-tube short, hairy in throat, lobes 5, twisted in bud 



