8 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



rugosis glabriusculis subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis grosse reti- 

 culars, stipulis inciso-lobatis, lacineis lanceolato-subulatis, 

 paniculis terminalibus parvis coarctatis bracteatis, bracteis 

 obovatis ad apicem fimbriatis, calycis lobis ovatis obtusis 

 margine denticulatis utrinque tomentosis, petalis oblongis 

 obtusis longitudiue calycis, filamentis valde complanatis, car- 

 pellis numerosis glabris magnis nigris. 



Rubus macrocarpus, Gardn. Herb. Flor. Ceyl. n. 262. 



Hab. — Common by the margins of woods on the plains of 

 Newera Ellia, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. Flowers 

 in June to October. 



Descr. — The old branches at length nearly glabrous. Leaves, 

 exclusive of the petiole, 3-5 inches in length, and about equal in 

 breadth : petiole \\-2 inches long. Panicle about 2 inches long, 

 contracted, subracemose. Calycine segments A\ lines long, 2\ lines 

 broad. Petals A\ lines long, rose-coloured. Fruit, when ripe, black, 

 hemispherical, and about an inch in diameter. 



Obs. — A very distinct species, admirably characterized by 

 its small compact panicles, petals, the length of the calycine 

 segments, and its very large, black, flattened fruit, which, 

 when fully ripe, but only then, has a very pleasant acidulous 

 taste. During my visit to the Neilgherry mountains in 1845, 

 I collected specimens of this species along with Dr. Wight, 

 both of us taking it for R. rugosus, but from which it widely 

 differs. The Ceylon and Neilgherry specimens agree in 

 every thing except that the tomentum of the latter is whiter. 

 The fruit is the same in both, large and black, while that 

 of R. rugosus is much smaller and bright-red. 



ORD. NAT. SANGUISORBACE^E. 



Alchemilla indica, Gardn. 

 A. foliis radicalibus subrotundo-reniformibus 8-9-lobis 

 supra sparse villosis subtus dense sericeo-villosis, lobis semi- 



