Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 5 



orthotropus : Cotyledonibus oblongis, obtusis : Radicula tereti, 

 obtusa, umbilico proxima. Frutex Ceylanicus, scandens, ra- 

 dicans : foliis oblong o-lanceolatis, utrinque acutis : stipulis mag- 

 niSy interpetiolaribus, basi connatis, apice bidentatis, deciduis : 

 capitulis terminalibus, breve pedunculatis, multifloris, involu- 

 cratis : involucro squamis concreto : fioribus albidis. 



1. — Leucocodon reticulatum, Gardn. 



Hab. — On trees in dense virgin forests in the Ambegamoa 

 district, Ceylon, at an elevation of about 4,000 feet. Flowers 

 in January. 



Descr. — Stem scandent, radicant, round, very much branched 

 above. Branches round, glabrous, leafy. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute at the base, acute or subaccuminate at the 

 apex, glabrous, veins prominent beneath, intervenium reticulated, 

 dark green above, pale beneath, 3-4y inches long, 18-20 lines broad. 

 Petiole 6-8 lines long. Stipules interpetiolar, oblong, bidentate at 

 the apex, connate for about a third of their length at the base, the 

 connate portion densely covered with ferruginous hairs internally, 12 

 lines long by 4 broad, of a thin membraneous texture, and of a pale 

 green color, deciduous. Flowers terminal, capitate, involucrate. 

 Involuerum subtended by two bracts similar to the stipules, broadly 

 campanulate, about one inch deep, and about \\ wide, 8-costate, 

 8-dentate, teeth broadly ovate, acute, the whole of a greenish white 

 color. Receptacle plain. Calyx : tube obovate, adhering to the 

 ovary, compressed : limb broadly and shortly tubular, margins sub- 

 entire, the whole of a whitish color, and about 3^ lines long. Corolla 

 superior, greenish white, about 8 lines long, infundibuliform, glab- 

 rous, 5-parted, lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute. Stamens 5 : Filaments 

 none : Anthers sessile in the throat of the corolla, sub-exserted, oblong, 

 attached by the base, 2-celled, introrse, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 

 inferior, 2-celled, with numerous round compressed ovules attached 

 to placentae, which protrude from the middle of the dissepiment, 

 crowned by an annular fleshy disk. Style filiform, exserted : Stigma 

 thick, conical, 2-lobed, lobes oblong, obtuse. Berry obovate, com- 

 pressed, 4-5 -angled, white, fleshy, crowned by the persistent tube of 



