66 FLOKA iNDiCA. [DUkniacea. 



ovulata. Slyli filiformi-subulati. Carpella indehiscetitia.^ Semen 

 erectum, subglobosum, basi arillatum, testa Crustacea. — Prutices scan- 

 dentes, ramis ri(/idisJlexuosis,Mnscoriaceis conspicue penninerviis, spicis 

 axillaribus vel tei-minalibus paniculatis, floribus sessilibus secundis bibrac- 

 teolatis. 



An obscure and imperfectly described genus of Vahl's, idcntiBed and characterized 

 by Arnott in 1834. It appears to have more aEBnity with the Australian forms of 

 the Order than any other tropical genus has. The species are all natives of Ceylon, 

 and require study in their native country to determine the amount of variation to 

 which they are subject. 



1. S. angustifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongo-Ianceolatis longe 

 aouminatis serratis, spicis axillaribus foliis brevioribus. 

 Hab. In Zeylania, Walker! Gardner! etc. — (w.s.) 



Rami juniores sericeo-incani. Folia basi rotundata vel angustata, superne glabra 

 nitida, subtus prfcsertim ad nervos adpresse pilosa, 4-6 poll, louga, 1-1-j lata. Pe- 

 tioli basi vaginantcs, ^-poUicares. PaiiiculiC 1-2-pollicarcs, simplices vel ramosi. 



3. S. alnifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis late ovalibus utrinque obtusis- 

 simis sinuato-crenatis, spicis axillaribus ramosis foliis dimidio brevi- 

 oribus. 



Hab. In Zeylanise montibus, Gardner! — (u. s.) 



Ila7ni pilis adpressis scabri. Folia crassa, coriacea, 4-6 poll, longa, 3-4 lata, su- 

 perne glabra, subtus pubescentia. 



3. S. castanesefolia (Vahl, Act. Hafn. vi. 123) ; foliis late ob- 

 longis crenatis, panicula terminali divaricato-ramosa multiflora. — Am. 

 in Edin. N. F!dl. Joiirn. xvi. 315 ; JFiglit! III. i. 9. t. 4. 

 a. Va!du (Arn. 1. c.) ; foliis utrinque acutis. 

 /3. Gruliamii (Arn. 1. c.) ; foliis utrinque vel basi rotundatis. 

 Hab. In Zeylania ! — (v. .s.) 



Panii juniores incani, Folia oblonga, forma admodum varia, breviter petiolata, 

 4-6 poll, longa, 2^-3^ lata ; inferiora multo majora, interdum fere pcdalia, crassa, 

 superne glabra, subtus ad nervos puberula. Panicula interdum foliosa. Flares mag- 

 nitudine varii. 



5. WORMIA, Eottb. 



Capellia, Blumo. 



Si'pnla 5, coriacea. Petala 5. Stamina indefinita. AnUierit basi- 

 fixEP, lineares, apice poris dehiscentes, omnes conformes, vel interiores 

 elongates, patentira recurvEe. Ocaria. 5-10, multiovulata, axi vix co- 

 hferentia, stylis longis subulatis terminata. Carpella dcraum ad sutu- 

 rara ventralcra, debiscentia. Semina arillata, testa Crustacea. — Arbores 

 i lite I'd mil e.vcelsce, floribus conspicuis, favis, foliis penninerviis, stipulis 

 petiolo adiiatis, cito ih'ciduis vel rariii.i persistentibus. 



This genus was founded by llottboll in 1783, on a Ceylon plant. DecandoUe, 

 in the Systcma, united with this the Leiiijia of Poii'ct, founded on a Madagascar 

 plant, and added the Dillenia dentata of Thunberg as a third species, but with well- 

 founded doubts as to the propriety of distinguishing it from Rottboll's plant. The 



