4 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon, 



culatis, stipulis lati ovatis, cuspidatis, deciduis, pedunculis brevissimis 

 terminalibus, floribus aggregatis, sessilibus, basi bracteatis, 4-5-meris, 

 corolla infundibuliformis minuta puberula fauce hirsuta. 



Hab. — Shevagherry hills, Peninsula of India. Wight. 



Descr. — Branches round. Leaves 3-4^ inches long, 1-2 inches 

 broad, pennivenous, veins prominent beneath. Calyx 4-5-toothed, 

 teeth ovate, acuminate. Corolla infundibuliform, about 3 lines long : 

 limb 4-5-cleft, lobes obtuse. Stamens 4-5-faucial : Filaments short, 

 complanate : Anthers included. Ovary 2-celled, with a single erect 

 ovule in each cell. Style short, included : Stigma 2-lobed, lobes 

 flattened obtuse. 



Obser. — The specimens which I possess of this species, 

 and which I owe to the kindness of Dr. Wight, are far from 

 being in a good state for describing. There can be no doubt, 

 however, that it belongs to this genus, and is very distinct in 

 many respects from the other two species. 



LEUCOCODON, Genus novum. 



(Ord. Nat. Rubiace^e, Trie. Gardenie^e.) 



Char. Gen. — Flores in apice pedunculi dilatati aggregati, 

 sessiles,involucro magno campanulato cincti, squamis concreti. 

 Calyx : tubo obovato, compresso, cum ovario connato : limbi 

 superi subintegerrimi. Corolla supera, infundibuliformis, 

 fauce nuda: limbi, 5-partiti, lobis planis, patentis, oblongo- 

 lanceolatis. Stamina 5 : Filament a subnulla : Ant her w oblon- 

 gse, subexsertse. Ovarium inferum, biloculare, disco epigyno 

 depresso : Ovula plurima, in placentis bilobis dissepimenti 

 utrinque affixis, anatropa. Stylus simplex, exsertus : Stigma 

 conicum, bipartitum, laciniis oblongis, obtusis. Fructus bac- 

 catus, carnosus, 2-locularis, indehiscens. Semina plurima, 

 subrhomboidea, compressa. Embryo intra albumen carnosum 



