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versus basim subcuneatis utrinque glabris, capitulis termina- 

 libus multifloris involucratis, involucri squamis ovato-lanceo- 

 latis acutis utrinque sericeis, floribus pentameris extus sericeo- 

 villosis. 



Lachnaea eriocephala, Heyne ex Wall. 



Daphne eriocephala, Wall. Cat. n. 1051. (Sine descrip- 

 tione.) 



Hab. — In open jungle at Galagama, in the district of 

 Saffragam, Ceylon. Common also on the Neilgherry moun- 

 tains, peninsula of India. Flowers in February and March. 



Descr. — A shrub 8-12 feet high. Leaves 3^-4 J inches long, 8-12 

 lines broad, green above, pale beneath, pennivenous, with the inter- 

 venium finely reticulated, membranous entire. Involucral scales 

 6-7 lines long, 3 broad, acute, with the margins above undulated. 

 Tube of the perianth tubular, 6-7 lines long, the lower half covered 

 with long white silky hairs, the upper half with much shorter ones : 

 limb 5 -parted: lobes elliptical, very obtuse, glabrous internally, serice- 

 ous externally. Faucial scales 5, inserted between the bases of the 

 segments of the perianth, obovate, truncate, and occasionally 2-3- 

 dentate. Stamens 10, in two series, the lower ones included, the 

 upper exserted : anthers linear. Style lateral, filiform, included : 

 stigma capitate, somewhat hispid. Ovary free, pedicellate, pilose at 

 the apex, 1 -celled, with a single pendulous ovule. 



Obs. — This species is readily distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding one by its glabrous, not silky, branchlets, very much 

 larger and glabrous leaves, and differently shaped faucial 

 scales. The hairs also on the external surface of the lobes of 

 the perianth are much longer. 



3. Gnidia (Dingia) sisparensis, Gardn. 

 G. sub-arborea, ramis dichotomis, ramulisglabris ad apicem 

 foliosis, foliis alternis subsessilibus oblongis obtusis vix re- 

 tusis utrinque glabris, capitulis terminalibus multifloris in- 



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