Sapro«ma.] lxxv. eubiacbj!. (J. D. Hooker.) 193 



3. S> frairi'ans, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/11; glabrous, leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic obtusely acuminate, flowers in small axillary and ter- 

 minal cymes, calyx-teeth broadly triangular. Serissa fragrans, Bedd. Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 14. 



NiLGHERRT Mts.^ OH the westsm slope; and Tinnetellt Hills, alt. 2000 ft., 



"Foetid -vrhen crushed" {Bedd.). Branches smooth, ultimate compressed. Leaves 

 3-4 by 1^—2 in., green ■when dry, membranous ; pet.iole A-jg in. ; stipules entire or 

 toothed. Cymes small, rarely i in. long, few-flowered, trichotomous ; bracts minuted 

 Flowers very odorous. Calyx cupular. Corolla \ in. Style-arms 2 linear, short. 

 Fruit ellipsoid, 1 -seeded. 



4. S. scabridum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 1.34/12; branches scabrid, 

 leaves long-petioled elliptic acuminate, base acute, petiole and midrib scabrid, 

 flowers terminal ses.sile, calyx hairy, teeth 4 linear-lanceolate. Serissa scabrida. 

 Thio. Enum. 151. 



Ceylon ; near Eatnapoora, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-3 by f-l^ in. ; petiole \ in. ; stipules connate, scahrid, aristate-fimbriate. 

 — This I have not seen. The character is taken frond Thwaites, who had but one 

 specimen, without flowers or ripe fruit. 



Sect. II. Dysodidendron. Pedimeles 1-3-flowered. Anthers with 

 filaments. Seeds usually 2, plano-convex. Leaves opposite, 



5. S. ceylanicum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/12; glabrous, leaves 

 shortly petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal 1-3-flowered slender, calyx-teeth 4 triangular. Dysodidendron ceylani- 

 cum and Wightii, Gardn. in Cale. Jsrwrn. Nat. Hist. vii. 2, 3. Serissa cey- 

 lanica, Thio. Enum. 150. S. Wightii, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 15. Lasian- 

 thus foetens, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 517. 



Western Peninsula ; on the Ghats, alt. 3-6000 ft., from Malabar southwards in 

 moist woods, Wight, &c. Ceylon ; in fore.sts of the central province, alt. 3-6000 ft., 

 Walker, &c. 



A shrub or small tree, foetid when bruised; branches pale, smooth, ultimate 

 compressed. Leaves 4—5 by ^-2 in., sometimes oblanceolate, green when dry, mem- 

 branous ; petiole xs-i ''i' ! stipules connate, toothed. Peduncles J-IJ in. ; bracts 

 and bracteoles minute. Calyx-tube obconic, glabrous. Corolla ^ in., purple. Style- 

 arms 2, short, linear. Fruit ^ in., obovoid, obtuse, "bright blue, very foetid" (Bedd.). 

 Seeds plano-conver. 



' Sect. III. Triadicla. Flowers in corymbose cymes. Anthers subsessile. 

 Seeds ellipsoid. Leaves often 3-4rnately whorled. 



6. S. ternatum, Hooh.f. in Gen. PI. ii. 131 ; glabrous, leaves 3-nately 

 whorled petioled elliptic or lanceolate acuminate, cymes axillary solitary or 

 fascicled, flowers corymbose, calyx-teeth 4r-6 triangular. Kui-z For. Fl. ii. 29. 

 Psederia ternata, Wall. Cat. 6248, and in JRoxh. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 

 520; DC. P)-odr. iv. 471. Serissa ternata, Kurz Andam. Pep. App. A. 40. 

 Mephitidia, sp., Grif. Notul. iv. 267 ; Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 476. 



Eastern Himalaya; Mishmi and Bhotan mts., Griffith. Kh^sia Mts., alt. 

 2-3000 ft., Be Silva, &a. Burma, Griffith. Andaman Islands, Kurz. 



Branches pale or dark, smooth, rather stout, ultimate angled. Leaves 4-10 by 

 1-3J in., rather coriaceous, greenish when dry, midrib and petiole (^ in.) sometimes 

 scaberulous; veins often straight and parallel, as in Lasianthus ; stipules ^in.. lance- 

 olate with needle-like points, glabrous or pubescent. Peduncles 5-lj in., with bristles 

 at its base, bracts and bracteoles small lanceolate ; pedicels J in. Calyx glabrous, 

 shortly campanulate. Corolla 5 in., pubescent, while. Style-arms. 2, linear* Frmt 

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