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MK. F. l.KWiS ON A VISIT TO 



List of the Plants, 



DlLLENIACK-l*:. 



(I) An'otrema imi/loriun vav. jivliolare^ Thw. 



EndcMiiic. 



Vory common on the siunmit with the next. 



(n, 53) 



var. rot}nnIatuin. Tliw. 



Enilemic. 



On rocks under shade. 



GUTTIFER.E. 



(25) Caloplnjihnn llucaitesii^ Planch, 



Endemic. 



Forming- a hubh-like tree growing at the very summit, but no others 

 of this species to be seen lower down. 



Ternstrcemiace^. 



(24) Ternsirwmia emanjinata^ Choisy. 



Eiidemic. 



A shrubby plant. " Upper mountain zone, especially by streams ; 



rather rare.'' Trimen. 



DirTEROCARPACE.E. 



(10) Stemonoporus Gardneri^ Thw. 



Endemic, 



A short tree with pale stem, growing in abundance at the summit. 

 The fwigs are many, short, stiff, terminating with cluster of leaves. 

 I have found this species in abundance on other exposed mountains in 

 'the same province, as at Wallankanda and Pettiagallakanda. TrimtMi 

 gives it as rare, and records it from Ttamboda^ Avhere Gardner collected 

 it, and from near Adam's Peak, 



(45) EUrocarpus zeylanicns^ Mast. 



TlLIACE^. 



Endemic. 



I only observed a single plant of this at the summit. *' Very rare. 



Adam's Peak, at about 5000 ft. 



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Trimen. 



Endemic. 



(2D, 50) E, glandulifer, Mast. 



Forming a bush from 2 to G feet high. Plentiful at the summit. 



Geraniace^. 



(8) Impatiens elongata^ Arn. Endemic. 



Growing in small grefiarious masses on wet rock, iust below 



the 



summit. Trimen says : '' Very rare ; only known from Adam's Peak, 

 where first collected by Mrs, Walker, I found it half-way up on the 

 Maskeliya side, at about 4500 feet, in abundance.'^ I myself carefully 

 examined the stream lower down for more examples of this remarkably 

 beautiful balsam, but entirely without success. 



