34 II. DiLLBNiACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Aerotrema. 



8. A. Thwaltesll, H. f. & T. in Eew Journ. Bot. viii. 241, *• 4 A ; 

 kaves lanceolate pinnatifid to or beyond the middle, iairy above and on 

 the nerves beneath, scape very short, stamens about 20. 



In the Dolosbage district, Ceylon, Thwaites. 



Rootstock smaU, short. Leaves 3-6 by 1-lJ in., segments linear-oblong, acute, en- 

 tife or toothed; petioles very short. PedlceU 1-14 in., slender, pilose, bepals hirsute. 



9. A. dlssectum, Thwaites in Hook Eew Journ. Bot. viii. 242, t. 4 B; 

 leaves lanceolate interruptedly pinnatisect, softly hairy, scape very short. 



At Hicidoon Korle, CErLON, Thtaaites. 



Bootstoeh horizontal. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 i in., larger eegments acutely lobed, with 

 two or more pairs of very small segments between each pair, white and silky beneath, 

 segments sometimes petiolulate. Peddcela slender, with spreading hairs. Mowers very 

 small, 1^ in. diam. 



10. A. lyratum, Thwaites in Hook Kew Journ. viii. 242 ; leaves linear- 

 oblong obtuse lyrate-pinnatifid toothed, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 

 base cordate, scape long naked below, pedicels glabrous, stamens about 

 35. 



At Hinidoon Korle, in Geyloh, Thwaites. 



Eootstoch stout, ascending. Leaves 3-12 by 2-4 in., coriaceous, terminal segment 

 equalling | of the whole leaf, lateral segments 3-5 pair, small, rounded, adnate by a 

 broad base, deflected, sharply toothed i petiole margined. Scape 1-3 in.; bracts re- 

 curved ; pedicels 1 in., often recurved. Sepals glabrous or puberulous. Flowtn 

 about J in. diam. 



4. SCKUMACKERZA, Yahl. 



Erect or sarraentose shrubs, branches flexuous. Leaves coriaceous, lateral 

 nerves many, very strong. Flowers yellow, 2-bracteolate, in axillary or ter- 

 minal secund simple or panicled spikes. Sepals 5. Petals' 5. Stamens 

 indefinite, many-seriate, unilateral, filaments very short united into a short 

 oblique cylindric posticous column; anther-cells dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Carpels 3, distinct, pilose ; styles filiform-subulate ; ovules solitary. £ipe 

 carpels indehiscent. See4 erect, subglobose, arUlate, testa crustaceous. — 

 DisTEiB. All Cinghalese. 



1. S. an^ustifolia, H. f.&T. Fl. Ind. 66 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 tapering to a fine point serrate, spikes axillary simple or panicled shorter 

 than the leaves. Thw. Enum. 4. 



At Hinidoon Korle, in Ceylos, abundant. 



Branches slender, young silky, old glabrous. Leaves 4^6 by 1-lJ in., glabrous and 

 shining • above, puberulous on the veins beneath, base rounded or narrowed; petiole 

 ^ in. Spikes 1-2 in. 



2. S. alnifolia, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. m; leaves broadly oval acute or 

 subacute sinuate or toothed, spikes axillary panicled shorter than the 

 leaves. Thw. Enum. 



Forests in the Ambagamowa and Hunasgiria Districts of Ceyloit, Thwaites. 



Branches strigose, old glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 3-4 in., base obtuse, glabrous above, 

 beneath strigose on the nerves, and pubescent or glabrate between them ; petiole sca- 

 brid or hirsute. Spikes, 1-2 in. 



Vab. 1. scABEA, Thv). I.e. ; leaves scabrid with distant rigid hairs. 



