2 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



foliis breve petiolatis, ovatis vel ovali-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 penniveniis tritis foetentibus ; stipulis parvis cuspidatis; pedun- 

 culis axillaribus terminalibusque, paucifloris ; floribus albis. 



Obser. — Notwithstanding that the styles of the three 

 species which form this genus are not so deeply cleft, nor the 

 filaments so long, as they usually are in the tribe Anthosper- 

 mece, I believe that I am correct in referring it to that group ; 

 the mass of its affinities otherwise being with the genus Cop- 

 rosma. The name is derived from SvcrwSla stink, and StvSpov 

 a tree, from the very foetid nature of the plant. 



1. DYSODIDENDRON CEYLANICUM, Gardn. 



Descr. — Fruticosa dichotomo-ramosa, glaberrima, foliis breve 

 petiolatis ovali-oblongis basi cuneato-attenuatis vel subobtusis, apice 

 acuminatis, stipulis parvis, triangularibus, cuspidatis, deciduis, pedun- 

 culis axillaribus terminalibusque 1-3 floris, basim versus bracteatis, 

 pedicellis pedunculo brevioribus basi apiceque bibracteatis, floribus 

 4-meris, corolla infundibuliformis extus minuta pubescentia, fauce 

 hirsuta. 



Hab. — Common in forests in the Central Province of Cey- 

 lon, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. In flower nearly all 

 the year. 



Descr. — A shrub 8-12 feet high, highly foetid in all its parts. 

 Branches round. Leaves thin, green above, pallid beneath, 3-5 inches 

 long, 1^-2 inches broad, pennivenous, veins prominent beneath. 

 Peduncle about six lines long, when three-flowered, the middle flower 

 is sissile. Calyx : tube obovate, glabrous, adherent, bibracteate at 

 the base : limb 4-toothed, teeth broad, acute, winged about the mid- 

 dle of their margins with a thinner membrane. Stamens 4, included : 

 Ovary 2-celled, with a single erect ovule in each cell. Style filiform, 

 pubescent, included : Stigma deeply two-lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse. 

 Fruit an obovate, blue, fleshy berry, 4-6 lines long, crowned with the 

 small persistent teeth of the calyx, containing 1 -2-pyrenae : Nuclece 



