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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
calyce 5-clentato. — Ceylon — Hautane, altit. 2300 ped. ; v. s. 
in herb, meo et Hook. {Gardn. 99). 
This is a very distinct species ; the branchlets appear fistulose 
and angular ; the leaves are broader than other species, being 
6i inches long, and 4 inches broad, on a petiole of 2 or 2^ inches ; 
the panicle, on a lengthened peduncle, does not exceed 2 inches 
in length ; the flowers are small, and densely tomentose*. 
6. Mappia Gardneriana, n. sp. ; — folds oblongis, basi obtusis et 
insequilateribus, apice subito attenuatis, margine subrevolutis, 
supra fere glabris, subtus ferrugineo-glaucescentibus, et parce 
pubescentibus, punctis ci’eberrimis minutis notatis, nervis 8-ju- 
gis supra impressis, subtus prominentibus, fuscis, pilosulis, 
petiolo elongato, canaliculate; panicula subterminali, pilosa, 
pedunculo crassiusculo, petalis intus pilis dense vestitis, calyce 
denticidato. — Ceylon — Newer Elba, altit. 6000 ped.; v. s. in 
herb, meo et Hook. {Gardn. 98), Galagama {Thwaites, no. 492). 
This species greatly resembles M. fcetida ; the nervures of the 
leaves are sometimes a little barbate at base. The leaves are 
5i inches long, 2| inches broad, on a petiole of 1 or inch in 
length. It is one of the commonest plants of Ceylon, and called 
by the natives Gandapang, meaning “ stinking lamp,^^ on account 
of the extremely foetid odour of its flowers. 
7. Mappia Championiana, n. sp. ; — cortice suberoso, folds ob- 
longis, apice attenuatis, costae summo imoque recurvis hinc 
subconduplicatis, textura tenuibus, utrinque sparse pubescenti- 
bus, subtus pallide flavidis, neiwis paucijugis prominentibus et 
rufulis, reticulato-venosis, venulis in areolis liberis et furcatis : 
panicula cymoso-terminali, longe stipitata, 2-3-chotome ra- 
mosa, ramis elongatis gracilibus, floribus crebris dense pilosis, 
odore foetidis ; drupa ovali, putamine rugoso. — Ceylon ; v. s. in 
herb. Champ, et Hook. (Col. Walker, Major Champion). 
The leaves in this species are 4^ to 7 inches long, 2| to 3 inches 
broad, on a petiole f to 1 inch in length. It is certainly difFer- 
ent both from the M. Gardneriana and M. foetida, having leaves 
of much thinner texture, beautifully reticulated, and with fewer 
nervures, these scarcely exceeding 5 pairs : its flower stem and 
branchlets are much more slender ; on account of the foetid odour 
of its flowers, it also bears the vernacular name of Gandapang. 
8. Mappia Wightiana, n. sp. ; — folds lanceolato-oblongis apice 
subito attenuatis, a medio ad basin gradatim angustioribus 
textura tenuibus, utrinque glabris, subtus glaucescenti-pallidis, 
* A figure of this species, with ample generic details, will be seen in 
plate 8 of this work. 
