FlacourtiaceceJ] CEYLON plants. 17 



inermcs. Folia .1^-2| poll. louga, \-\\ poll, lata, apiee obscure et brevissime 

 acuminato, rotundato vel retuso. Peiioli \ poll, longi. Nuciilama pisi magiutu- 

 dine, subgiobosij pulposi, rubro-nigresceutes. 



^ There cau be little doubt, I think, of this being Ga^rtner's plant, from the number 

 of sepals being frequently 8, as he has figured them. Tt cau scarcely be the P. 

 macrophjUus, W. et A. Prod, i. 30, as the leaves are scarcely acuminated, and the 

 fruit is pulpy, not dry.' 



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Sect. 2, — Foliis basi eglanditlosis, 



2. P. Gsertneri, Thw. ; trunco armato ; foliis utrinque venis promi- 

 nentibus retieiilatis ; sepalis 10, rotundatis^ obtusis. — Limonia pusilla, 

 Gcxrtn. i. 279. t. 58, 4. 



Var. a. oblongifolins (c.p. 2497) ; /b/m oblongis, basi apiceque ple- 

 rumque rotuudatis. 



Var. ^. cordifolius (Scolopia pusilla, Moon^s Cat.) — c.p. 1076; foliis 

 ovato- vel rotundato-cordatia, obtusis vel subacurainatis. 



Var. y. lanceolatus (c.p. 64, 181, 211) ; foliis lancGolatis, basi apiceque 

 plus minus angustatis. 



Hab. "Warmer parts of tlie island, up to an elevation of 1500 feet. 

 Var. j3. Hot parts of the island, and especially near the seacoast. 

 Var. y. Hot, drier parts of the island. Norn. vulg. " Katoo-too- 

 roondoo." 



Jrior mediocris, Folia (varr. a. et 7.) 1-2 poll, longa, ^-f poll, lata; (var. fi.) 

 valde variantia. Nuculama subglobosa, pisi magnitudine, pulposa, rubro-nigresceutia. 



It is impossible to retain Gtertner'a specific name of pusillus for this, which forms 

 a large tree. The leaves of var. 7 are less coriaceous and more minutely retictdated 

 than those of vars. a and ^, and it may possibly b& a distinct species. 



3. P. acuminatus^ Gardner, MSS. (c.p. 1077) ; foliis glabris, ovato- 

 ianceolatis, longe acuminatis, apicem versus obtusum serratis, basi 

 angustatis; sepalis 10-12, late lanceolatis. 



"ab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 3000 

 vulg. *' Katookends 



Arbor mediocris, junior spinosa, denique inermis. Folia 2-3^ poll, longa, 

 1-1| poll, lata, subtus pallidiora, obscure et delicatule venosa. FetioU 2-3 lin. 

 l«ngi. Nuciilania subglobosa, cerasi magnitudine, carnosa, viridia, firma nee 

 pulposa. 



4. P. Hookerianus, Wight, MSS. (c.P. 629) ; foliis ovatis, subacu- 

 minatis, obtusis, basi angustatis, margine parce undulatis; sepalis 

 12-14, oblongia. 



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4000 to 7000 



Arbor ingens, junior spinosa, denique inermis. Folia l|-2 poll, longa, \ 

 !uta, valde coriacea, subtus venis prominentibus reticulata. Felioli vix 2 lii 

 ^uculania cerasi magnitudine vel majora, carnosa, viridia, iirma nee pulposa 



FLACOUETLEuE. 



3. FLACOURTI^, Commers 



c.p. 1650. 



1. P. sepiaria, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 29, cum syn.)- 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, up to an elevation of 1500 feet 



2. P. sapida, E,oxb. (W. et A., 1. c.)— c.p. 2583. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1500 to 3000 feet. Nora, 



vulg. " Oogoorassa." 



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