456 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



an anagram of Gnidia. The two sections may be charac- 

 terized thus : — 



Sect. I. Eugnidia. — Flores tetrameri. 



Sect. II. Dingia. — Flores pentameri. 



Two only of the species, as already observed, are natives of 

 Ceylon, but I add also a description of the Neilgherry plant, 

 so that all the known Indian species may stand together. 



1. Gnidia (Dingia) insularis, Gardn. 



G. fruticosa, ramis dichotomis sericeo-villoso-tomentosis, 

 ramulis ad apicem foliosis, foliis alternis breviter petiolatis 

 lineari-lanceolatis obtusis mucronatis supra villosis vel gla- 

 briusculis subtus sericeo-villosis, capitulis terminalibus mul- 

 tifloris involucratis, involucri squamis oblongis acutis utrinque 

 sericeis, floribus pentameris extus sericeo-villosis. 



Hab. — In open jungle on the Hautane range, at an eleva- 

 tion of from 2-3000 feet. Flowers in February and March. 



Descr. — A shrub 8-12 feet high. Leaves 2^ inches long, 5-8 lines 

 broad, a little narrowed towards the base, membranous entire. 

 Involucral scales about 6 lines long. Tube of the perianth tubular, 

 6 lines long, the lower half covered with long white silky hairs, the 

 upper half with much shorter ones : limb 5 -parted, lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous internally, externally covered with long white silky 

 hairs. Faucial scales 5, inserted between the bases of the segments 

 of the perianth, oblong, slightly oblique at the apex. Stamens 10, 

 in two series, the lower ones included, the upper exserted : anthers 

 linear. Style lateral, filiform, included : stigma capitate, rough : 

 ovary free, pedicellate, pilose, 1 -celled, with a single pendulous 

 ovule. 



2. Gnidia (Dingia) eriocephala, Gardn. 



G. fruticosa, ramis dichotomis glabriusculis, ramulis foliosis, 

 foliis alternis breviter petiolatis lanceolatis acutis mucronatis 



