8 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon, 



Obser. I. — This,, which is perhaps the most beautiful 

 forest tree in Ceylon, I have much pleasure in dedicating to 

 the Honorable W. O. Carr, F.L.S., Senior Puisne Judge in 

 Ceylon, a gentleman who takes a lively interest in all that 

 relates to Horticulture, and to whom I am much indebted for 

 the facilities which he has afforded me for the investigation 

 of the Botany of the island. 



Obser. II. — The nearest affinity of this new genus is with 

 Gordonia, from which it is readily distinguished by its ex- 

 trorse anthers, and its plain, not plicate, cotyledons. Pyrena- 

 ria of Blume, and Godoya of Ruiz and Pavan, agree with it 

 in having extrorse anthers, but both are otherwise very dis- 

 tinct. 



Kandy, Ceylon; February 8th, 1846. 



Description of a new species of Anemia from the Neelgherry 

 Mountains. By George Gardner, F.L.S., Superinten- 

 dent of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Ceylon. 



In proportion as our knowledge of species of plants in- 

 crease, enquiries into the laws which regulate their dispersion 

 over the earths surface become surrounded with greater 

 difficulties. Until lately, Botanists were satisfied with the bare 

 statement of such facts as, — all Cacti are confined to the conti- 

 nent of America, — no true Heaths are to be found in Ameri- 

 ca, — no Roses exist in the Southern hemisphere, &c. Orders 

 and genera, however, which were considered to be peculiar to 

 particular countries have been found to possess a much wider 

 range, than was supposed. The genus Anemia is a remark- 

 able instance of that fact. Sprengel, who has given the latest 

 systematic description of the species belonging to it, enume- 

 rates 27; some of which, however, when more carefully 



