Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 3 



crustaceous, one-celled, one-seeded. Seeds erect : Testa membranace- 

 ous. Embryo in the centre of a hard fleshy albumen, orthotropous : 

 Cotyledons foliaceous : Radical inferior, terete, about twice as long as 

 the cotyledons. 



2. DYSODIDENDRON WIGHTII, Gardn. 



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

 ovato-vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel longe acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 stipulis parvis, triangularibus, cuspidatis, deciduis, pedunculis axillari- 

 bus terminalibusque 1-floris, basim versus bracteolatis, pedicellis pedun- 

 culo brevioribus basi bracteolatis, apice nudis, floribus 4-meris. Corolla 

 infundibuliformis extus puberula, fauce nuda, tubo basi intus pilo- 

 siusculo. 



Lasianthus ? — Fcetens, Wight in Cat. Jour. Nat. Hist. 

 Vol. VI. p. 517. 



Hab. — Common in woods about the Avalanche^ Neelgher- 

 ries. Wight and Gardner. Shevagherry hills_, Peninsula of 

 India^ Wight. Flowers in August. 



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

 round. Leaves 3-3^ inches long, 10-15 lines broad, pennivenous, veins 

 prominent beneath. Peduncle about 4 lines long, bibracteate a little 

 above the base and at the apex. Calyx : tube obovate, adherent, 

 glabrous, ebracteate at the base : limb 4-toothed, teeth broad, acute. 

 Corolla, white ? infundibuliform, about 6 lines long : limb deeply 

 4-cleft, lobes obtuse. Stamens 4, included. Ovary 2-celled, with a 

 single erect ovule in each cell. Style filiform, puberulous, included : 

 Stigma 2-lobed, lobes obtuse. Fruit " succulent, baccate, obovate, 

 2-seeded," according to "Wight. 



Obser. — The Specimens from the Shevagherries agree 

 with those from the Neelgherries in every thing except the 

 leaves,, which are not so much accuminated. 



3. DYSODIDENDRON GLOMERATUM, Gardn. 



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

 bus, ovatis vel elliptico-oblongis, basi rotundatis, apice acuminatis api- 



