Aerotrema.] ik. dillbniace^. (Hook. £ & Thoms.) 33 



WEamBN FENiiisiiLA, Malabar and Travancoce. 



Xeflwes 6-12 by 3-6 in., oiliate and covered with long distant soft hairs, othei'wiae 

 glabrous ; petioles 1-3 in., broadly winged, but not to the base. Racemes *:siUary, 

 2-3 in., pedicels 2-4 in., clothed with long hairs. Sepals nearly J in. 



3. A. unlflorum, ffaok Ic. Plant, t. 157 ; leaves obovate-oblong base 

 cordate entire or toothed scabrid on both surfaces, scape 1-2-flowered, very 

 short, stamens 30-50. H.f.ds T. Fl. Pnd. 64; ThwaUes Enym. 2. A. 

 bullatum, and A. sylvaticum, Thw. I.e. 2 & 3. 



Central and Southern Provinces of Ceylon, in shady moist plaices, alt. 2-4000 ft. 



Leaves 4-9 by 1-3 in., tapering to the cordate base ; petiole 4-2 in., narrowly 

 winged. Flowers small, pedicels 1-2 in. — A very variable plant of which the following 

 varieties seem the best marked : — 



Vab. 1. PETioLAKis, Tliw. l.c. ; leaves narrow obovate, petioles 2-3 in. 



Vak. 2. KOTUUDATDM, Thwaites, l.c.; leaves very broad nearly entire, hairs stifEsh, 

 petioles very short. 



" Vae. 3. BULLATUM ; leaves narrow softly silky buUate, petioles very short, pedicels 

 appressed hairy. — A. bullatum, Tliu). l.c. 



VAR. 4. APPENDicoLATBM ; leavcs deeply serrate at the very base, almost lyrate, 

 petioles short. 



Vak. 5. svlvaticim ; leaves minutely pilose hirsute with rigid hairs on the nerves 

 beneath, base deeply cordate, petiole and pedicels short. — ^A. sylvaticum, Thw. l-o. 



4. A. Walkeri, Wight ex Thwaites Bnum. Ceyl. PI. 3 ; leaves narrowly 

 obovate-oblong bidlate sharply toothed ciliate laxly hairy above, base 

 auricled, raceme very short, stamens about 15. Hook. Bot. Map. t. 6353. 



Central Province of Ceylon, alt. 2-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-4 by 4-14 '^'-i rugose, dull red and hairy on the veins beneath ; petiole 

 very short. Bacemes axillary ; pedicels 1-2 in., laxly villous. 



Vak. akgyeonedron, Thwaites, l.c. 398 ; leaves larger, midrib and veins above 

 white. 



5. A. intermedium, Thwaites Enfjim. 3; leaves, obovate-lanceolate 

 acute creuate-tootbed coarsely hairy above, base auricled, petiole margiued, 

 racemes short, subsessile, pedicels aud calyx hirsute, stamens about 40. 



Bank of streams Ambagamowa district of Ceylon, Thwaites. 

 Sootstock elongate. Leaves 6-12 by 1-2 in., more or less hirsute above, and 

 appressed hairy on the veins beneath ; petiole 1-1 J in., margined. 



6. A. lanceolatum, Hook. Ic. PL under t. 157 ; leaves very narrowly 

 lanceolate sinuate-toothed, glabrous above,, scape very short, stamens about 

 40. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 65 ; Thw. Enum. Z. 



Kittool Galle. in Ceylon. 



Bootstock short. Leaves 4-12 by 4-1 in., acute, appressed hairy on the costa and 

 nerves beneath ; petiole I4-I in., hairy, margined. Pedicels 1-2 in., hirsute. 



7. A. Gardneri, Thwaites Enum, 3 ; leaves narrowly spathulate acute 

 sinuate with inflexed rigid teeth glabrous above substrigose on the veins 

 beneath, scape very short, stamens about 15. 



Between Galle and Eatnapoora, Ceylon, by banks of streams, Thwaites. 

 ■ Bootstock horizontal. Leaves 2-4 by \-l in., base auriclud, nerves beneath with 

 atmressed hairs. ' Bacemes short; pedicels 1-2 in., with appressed hairs.— Very near 

 A^Umeeolatum, but diflering in the number of stamens, perhaps not a constant cha- 

 racter. 



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