AND LINNJEUS'S ‘ FLORA ZEYLANICA.’ 189 
As there is no specimen of A. sarmentosus in the collection, we 
have only the drawings by which to determine what Linnsus 
meant by the name. The drawings were published on a reduced 
scale in Hermann's Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat. tt. 63 & 650, and 
show a plant with flat cladodes. By many subsequent botanists 
the name has been erroneously applied to a Ceylon variety of 
A. racemosus, Willd.; and specimens so named are common in 
herbaria. The sarmentosus of Thwaites, Enum. Plant. p. 337, 
is A. racemosus. More recently the name has been transferred 
to a Cape species, and is so applied by Baker in his revi- 
sion of the genus (Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xiv. p.625). Isee no 
reason to believe that Hermann’s figure was not made from a 
Ceylon plant*; and I am inclined to think it represents 4. gono- 
clados, Baker, a frequent species in several parts of Ceylon. 
But as the confusion can scarcely be cleared up in the absence of 
a specimen, the name A. sarmentosus, L., had perhaps better be 
abandoned. 
125. Polianthes tuberosa, Sp.316 P. tuberosa, L. 
126. Pancratium zeylanicum, Sp. P. zeylanicum, L. (drawing). 
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127. Crinum asiaticum, Sp. 292 .. C. asiaticum, L. (drawing). 
198. Burmannia disticha, Sp. 287.. B. disticha, L. 
129. Pontederia hastata, Sp. 288 .. Monochoria hastzefolia, Presl. 
130. Aloe hyacinthoides, Sp. 321 .. No specimen. 
. |Pandanus odoratissimus, L. f. 
131. Not named .. ossos cere cece | (drawing). 
132. Acorus Calamus, p. verus, No specimen. 
p.324 ........ eee a 
133. Flagellaria indica, Sp. 333....  F. indica, L. 
134. Lawsonia spinosa, Sp. 349 L. alba, Lam. 
135. Lawsonia inermis, Sp. 349 :.. L. alba, Lam. 
136. Memecylon capitellatum, Sp. | M. capitellatum, L., and another 
349 species of Memecylon. 
CC ee ur ar Br ur oossoo 
I look upon M. capitellatum as a well-marked species always 
to be easily recognized ; it is the “ Weli-kaha ” of the Singhalese 
and is well figured in Burman’s Thes. Zeyl. t. 30. Clarke has, 
however, reduced it to a variety of M. edule in Fl. Brit. Ind. 
i. p. 564; but his M. edule is a very large concatenation of 
plants, including also the quite distinct Jf. umbellatum, Burm., 
* Kora-kaha” of the Singhalese. 
One of Hermann’s specimens is a different and undeterminable 
Species of Memecylon. 
* The whole of the Drawings seem to have been made in Ceylon and no Cape 
plants are among them. 
