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KUNADIYAPARAWITA MOUNTAIN, CEYLON. 



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IvUTACE.^. 



(HS, 159) Evodia Ro.i'harfjJdana^ Benth. 



Forming a small stunted tree witli curiously diminutive l<javes. 

 From tile very summit I measured one tree that was oidy a little over 

 2 ft. high. Con;nu)n below 2000 feet in wet zone. Also Indian hills, 

 Malaya, Sumatra, and Java. 



(Gl) Serpicula zeyhviicay Arn, 



Halokagk^.. 



Endemic, 



Found on wet rocks in the stream flowing from the very sumu]it. 

 '^ Upper mountain zone ; very rare. On Adam^s Peak, where it is 

 abundant; near the base of the U[>perinost cone/' 



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(1) Eagenia cordlfolia^ Wight. 



Myrtace^-:. 



Endemic. 



Summit ; plentiful in the wot zone. 



(33j 4:0) E. ci/clopJti/lla^ Thw. 



Endemic. 



Occasionalj at the summit^ wliere it forms a low bush. " Very rare ; 

 only found on ascent to Adam's Feak.'' Trimen. 



M E L ASTUM A C E .E , 



(55) Soncrila rostrata^ C. B* Clarke. 



Endemic. 



Moderately plentiful in shady, damp places. Triuien records 

 Ambegainuwa, Hiniduma, and lleigam Korale for this, but none of 

 these places are anywhere near to Kuuadiyaparawita. He regards it as 

 a variety. 



(21, 2^^ S. liiTsutula, Arn. 



Endemic. 



Growing in small clusters in damp crevices of rock. Flowers white, 

 but usually 'Meep rosy pink , . . Rare ; from Pedrotalegalla, foot of 

 Totapella, Horton Plains. ^^ Trimen. 



liUBIACE^. 



(5, 20) Hedyotls Lessertiana xav.Jlacescens^ Thw. Endemic. 



Forming small trees from 3 to 5 feet higb^ growing in abundance on 

 the shoulder immediately below the summit. Trimen records this 

 variety from Maskeliya, Adam^s Peak, and Galagama^ all places of higl 

 altitude. I have frequently obtained it in the Horton Plains. 



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(59) //. Gardneri^ Thw. 



Endemic. 



A most remarkable plant, with the appearance of a Dracccna^ and 

 easily distinguished by its abundant and profuse chartnceous stipules. 

 It is plentiful just below the very summit, and ap[)ears to die off after 



it attains a height of 8 feet. 



