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SCHIZOSTIGMA HIRSUTUM. (Arnt.) H^baceous decumbent or subrepent hirsute, stems simple, leaves opposite 
oblongo-lanceolate, entire pilose pale beneath, 2-3 inches long by 1 or a little more broad, stipules broadly ovate acute membranaceous, 
flowers white axillary 1-3 together about 1 inch long, subsessile with 2 bracts at the base, style filiform much exserted, cleft into 
4-7 divisions (according to the number of the cells of the ovary) filaments short attached to the centre of the anther, berry as large 
as a small cherry. Arnt. Ann . of Nat. Hist. iii. p. 20 ; — End. Suppl. I. p. 1393; — Tliw. En. Pi. Zeyl. p. 139. 
Ceylon. South of the Island, up to an elevation of 2,000 feet. 
PLATE No. XCV. 
STYLOCORYNE ELLIPTICA. (Thw.) A small glabrous tree 12 feet, leaves subcoriaceous entire elliptic or oblong 
acuminate attenuated at the base turning black in drying, 4-10 inches long, by 2-3 broad, petioles |--1§ inches long, stipules large oblong 
acute convolute, peduncles terminal 3 together, pedicels 3 about as long as the peduncles, bracteoles few about the base of the pedicels 
small squamaeform, calyx entire or slightly toothed, tube about 1 line long, corol white, tube 12 lines long hairy in the jaws within lobes 
oblong obtuse, 6-8 lines long, anthers sessile affixed by their middle, style shorter than the tube, stigma 2 cleft lobes acute ; berry about 
1 inch long fleshy about 10 seeded. Coffea 1 elliptica. Thw. En. Pi Zey. p. 154 ; — Stylocoryne ellipticn, l. c. p. 421. 
Ceylon, at no great elevation, 
PLATE No. XCVI. 
IXORA CALYCINA. (Thw.) A small tree, glabrous, leaves ovate or lanceolate acuminate cordate rounded or acute at the 
base, 1J-4 inches long by J-2 inches broad, petioles 1-2 lines long, corymbs terminal trichotomous, pedicels short crowded, bracteoles 
long linear, calycine segments entire lanceolate acute 3-5 times longer than the ovary, corol white, tinted with red, lobes oblongo 
rotundate acute much shorter than the cylindrical tube, berry ovoid or spherical crowned with the calyx. Thw. En. Pi Zey. p. 155. 
Ceylon, central districts up to 7000 feet. 
PLATE No. XCVII. 
IXORA JUCUNDA. (Thw.) A small tree 10-20 feet, leaves glabrous lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate acuminate attenuated 
at the base 4-8 inches long 1-4 inches broad, petioles 2-5 lines long, corymbs terminal pilose many flowered trichotomous at the base, 
primary division elongate, bracteoles small acute, calycine segments truncated shorter than the ovary, flowers white tinted with red, 
lobes about 2 lines long oblong acute, tube in variety a & (3 7-14 lines long, in variety y. 2-3 lines long ; berry subspherical, blackish- 
red. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 155. 
Variety [3 , leaves narrow lanceolate, calycine segments sub-acute, narrower than the lobes of the corol. 
Variety y, corol tube very short. 
Ceylon up to 4,000 feet. 
PLATE No. XCVIII. 
PAVETTA ANGUSTIFOLIA. (Thw.) A small shrub, leaves glabrous (young ones pilose of the veins beneath) linear 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 3-7 inches long, \-\ inch broad, petiole 1-5 lines long, stipules membranaceous apiculate hispid on 
the outside glabrous within, corymbs short trichotomous at the base pilose, pedicels longish, calycine teeth acute recurved at the 
apex shorter than the tube, corol white tube 7-10 lines long internally pilose, lobes acute 5 lines long, style very long, berry as large 
as a pea. Thw. En. Pi. Zey. p. 156. 
Ceylon. Central districts, banks of streams (specimen figured). I have the same or a closely allied species from Tiunevelly 
and Coorg. 
PLATE No. XCIX. 
PAVETTA INVOLUCRATA. (Thw.) Shrub 10-12 feet turning black in drying, leaves glabrous obovate or obovato- 
lanceolate, shortly acuminate, rounded or acute at the base 2-^-5 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, petioles to b inch long, capituli axillary 
solitary, pedunculate, involucrate, peduncles shorter than the leaves, involucre leafy, divisions imbricate membranaceous internally 
pilose, lobes of the calyx acute internally pilose shorter than the corol, corol white lobes acute equalling the short tube, style twice as 
long as the corol, berry spherical black, the size of a pea. Thw. En. Pi. Zeyl. p, 156. 
Ceylon. Central districts 5,000—7,000 feet. 
PLATE No. C. 
