458 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



volucratis, involucri squamis ovato-oblongis obtusis utrinque 

 sericeis, floribus pentameris extus sericeo-villosis. 



Hab. — Margins of woods near the top of the Sispara pass, 

 Neilgherry mountains : Wight and Gardner. Flowers in 

 February. 



Descr. — A small tree. Leaves 2-2% inches long, 9-12 lines 

 broad, green above, pale beneath, entire, slightly retuse at the apex, 

 pennivenous, with a rather coarsely reticulated intervenium. In- 

 volucral scales 6 lines long, 3^ broad, very obtuse. Tube of the 

 perianth tubular, rather infundibuliform upwards, 6 lines long, the 

 lower half covered with long brownish coloured hairs, the upper 

 half with much shorter ones : limb 5-parted: lobes elliptical, obtuse, 

 internally glabrous, externally covered with long brownish hairs. 

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

 perianth, obovate, somewhat 2-lobed. Stamens 10, in two series, 

 the lower ones included, the upper exserted : anthers linear- oblong. 

 Style lateral, filiform, included : stigma capitate, hispid. Ovary 

 free, pedicellate, covered, particularly at the apex, with long brown 

 hairs, 1- celled, with a single pendulous ovule. 



Obs. — This is a very distinct species from the other two, 

 its broad short leaves, and brown perianthal hairs distinguish- 

 ing it at first sight. 



ORD. NAT. TACCACEiE. 



Trichopus, Gaert. 



Char. Gen. — Flores hermaphroditi. Perianthium corol- 

 lini tubus cum ovario connatus, limbus superus, 6-partitus, 

 sub-aequalis, patens, persistens. Stamina 6, basi laciniarum 

 limbi inserta : filamenta brevissima, medio incrassata : antherce 

 introrsae, subreniformes, biloculares, loculis parallelis valde 

 discretis, connectivo pellucido apice longe apiculato, extus ad 

 basim bidentato. Ovarium cum perianthii tubo connatum, 



