248 J. G. BOERLAGE ON CHIONANTHUS GHAERI. 
indigenous species of that island until a century afterwards, in 
1864, by Thwaites in his ‘ Enumeration of Ceylon Plants,’ where 
it is called Hypolythrum costatum, Thw. Probably it is a 
somewhat rare plant, though its area of dispersion is very large, 
the species extending to Singapore, Penang, Java, Australia, and 
Samoa. On the last-named island the fruits are eaten by the 
natives. 
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