6 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



subtus dense cinereo-tomentosis eleganter reticulato-veno- 

 sis, lobis ovatis obtusis terminalibus acutiusculis subtrilobis, 

 stipulis profunde fimbriato-incisis, lobis setaceis, paniculis 

 axillaribus petiolo brevioribus vel terminalibus compositis 

 confertis bracteatis, bracteis fimbriato-fissis, calycis lobis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis margine inciso-fimbriatis utrin- 

 que tomentosis, petalis calyce duplo brevioribus obovatis 

 obtusis apice subdenticulatis, filamentis complanatis, carpellis 

 numerosissimis glabris atro-sanguineis, stylis elongatis. 



Hab. — Bushy places on the Bopatalawe Plains, between 

 Adam's Peak and Newera Ellia, at an elevation of about 

 6,000 feet. Flowers in March. 



Descr. — Stems and branches with very few prickles. Leaves, 

 exclusive of the petiole, 3-8 inches long, 2^-4 inches broad : petiole 

 1-2 inches long, together with the midrib below slightly prickly. 

 Stipules 6-8 lines long. Flowers compact. Calycine segments 5 

 lines long, 2\ lines broad, the internal ones more acuminated and less 

 incised than the others. Petals white, 2\ lines long. Fruity when 

 ripe, about 8 lines in diameter, nearly black. 



Obs. — This beautiful, and very distinct species of Rubus, 

 was found on my return from a most interesting journey which 

 was made to Adam's Peak, in February and March 1846, 

 during which I was accompanied by my excellent friend W. 

 Fairholme, Esq., who shared with me all the pleasures of the 

 journey, as well as the pains and anxieties of being lost for 

 five days in the dense forest which stretches northward from 

 the Peak, during which period we had to live principally on 

 what roots and herbs we could pick up. It is to this gentle- 

 man that I dedicate the species. 



Rubus micropetalus, Gardn. 



R. scandens, fruticosus ramis teretibus petiolis pedunculis- 

 que minute cinnamomio-tomentosis aculeatis, aculeis deflexis 



