d NEW CEYLONESE 
J. NEW CEYLONESE MELASTOMA- 
De. CEA, 
i By G. A. W. Arnott, Esq. 
_ Tue following species have been col- 
lected by Col. Walker, in Ceylon, and 
most of them transmitted to Professors 
Hooker and Graham, in whose Herbaria I 
originally examined them. Some have 
been since found in the same island by 
Dr. Wight, while residing there for six 
weeks, in order to recover his health after 
a severe attack of jungle fever. I refrain 
ftom describing at present the new penin- 
sular species which I have received since 
the publication of the first volume of the 
dromus FI. Penins. Ind. Or. 
I. soNERILA. 
1. S. Ceylanica (Wight et Arn.) ; her- 
bacea erectiuscula, caule (3—10-pollicari) 
Tamoso, ramis acute tetragonis glabris, fo- 
liis petiolatis e late ovatis in ovato-oblonga 
argute serrulatis basi 3 —5-nervibus supra 
parce strigosis subtus glabris, petalis late 
ovalibus acutis, antheris cordato-ovatis ob- 
tusiusculis stylum equantibus, stigmate 
capitato, capsula turbinata 6-costata.— 
Seylanica, W. et A. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind 
Or. p. 322 (in adnot.). In montibus Cey- 
lani ad alt. 6000 ped. 
i When we gave this the specific name, 
twas the only species with which we were 
*quainted, from Ceylon : now that several 
are known, and indeed they are more nu- 
merous there than in any district of India 
a E dg perhaps be right 
fos : all the following 
m at conspicuously caulescent and 
un 
2 S. affinis (Arn.); herbacea, caule 
adscendente basi radiculoso (1—2-pedali), 
o glabro, ramis tetragonis calyceque 
dien vel Parce pilosis, foliis e late ovatis 
Min In oblonga acuminata argute serru- 
Supra 
"um brevibus sessilibus vel basi foliis 
gracilibus, petalis ovalibus 
ordato-oblongis apice at- 
um iformem subequantibus, 
= ~ capitato, capsula longiuscule tur- 
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binata 6-costata.—In Ceylano ad alt, 6000 
ped. 
Affinis habitu S. Brunonis et S. Ceyla- 
nice, at antheris attenuatis differt: folia 
tam in hac quam in S. Ceylanica sunt in 
isdem exemplis basi vel subæqualia vel 
valde inzqualia. 
S. glaberrima (Arn.); herbacea 
erecta, caule (6—8-pollicari) parce ramo- 
so, ramis acute tetragonis glaberrimis, fo- 
lis ovatis vel oblongis acutiusculis basi 
subtrinerviis utrinque glaberrimis incon- 
spicue et parce serratis, serraturis adpres- 
sis, racemis breviter pedunculatis, pedicel- 
lis secundis et calyce ad basin parce pilosis, 
petalis ovalibus acutis, antheris lanceolatis 
acuminatis stylum medio dilatatum sube- 
quantibus, stigmate punctiformi, capsula 
breve turbinata.—In montibus Ceylanen- 
sibus. 
Of this I have seen only one specimen, 
in Dr. Graham’s Herbarium. It and the 
two preceding have the stem and branches 
either glabrous, or nearly so ; in the follow - 
ing they are hirsute. 
4. S. hirsutula (Arn.); herbacea dif- 
fusa, caulibus elongatis (bipedalibus vel 
ultra) vage ramosis, ramis hirsutis, foliis 
longiuscule petiolatis cordato-ovatis obtu- 
siusculis argute serratis basi 3—5-nerviis 
supra strigoso-hirsutis subtus pallidis ad 
nervos venasque hirsutis ceteroquin gla- 
bris, racemis terminalibus subumbellifor- 
mibus sessilibus 3—5-floris, pedicellis ca- 
lycem parce pilosum equantibus, petalis 
ovatis acuminatis, antheris lanceolato-su- 
bulatis stylum superantibus, stigmate sub- 
capitato, capsula cupulato-turbinata sex- 
costata, costis equalibus valde prominulis. 
—In montibus Ceylani ad alt. 6000 ped. 
Flores majusculi. 
5. S. Wightiana (Arn.); herbacea 
erecta, caulibus (3—1-pedalibus) ramosis 
ramisque hirsutis, folüs petiolatis ovatis 
argute serrulatis ciliatis basi 3—5-nerviis 
supra hirsutis, subtus pallidis ad nervos 
venasque setoso-hirsutis, racemis termina- 
libus breve pedunculatis umbelliformibus 
paucifloris, pedicellis calycem hirsutum 
equantibus, petalis ovalibus acutis, anthe- 
ris lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis stylo 
MELASTOMACE, 
