4 



SanvydaceiE.'] ' ceylon plants. ■ . 19 



Hab. Banks of rivers, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 "•Makooloo/' 



Arbor magna. Folia lanceolata, acuminata, serrata vel subintegra, basi plus minus 

 angustata, subobliqua. Sepala rotundata, petalis rotundatis, ciliatis, 1^ lin. longis 

 parce longiora. Squamulce rotundatse, acumiuatse, ferrugineo-strigosse. Nuculania 

 circiter 1 poll' ia diam., ferrugineo-tomentosa, demum nigrescentia. 



The fruit of tbis plant is used by Ibe Cioghalese for intoxicating fish. The dil 

 extracted from the seeds is employed as a remedy ia cutaneous complaints. 



vu 



p. 197.— c.F. 2640. 



2500 



3. H; alpinus, Wight, Ic. t, 942.— c,p. 2918- 



Hab. Saflfragam and Bintenne Districts, at no great elevation. 



2. TRICHADENIA, Tliw. 1. c. 



1. T. Zeylanica, Thw. I c. 196. t. 5.— C.P. 2505. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of about 3000 feet, uuL un 

 common. Nom. vulg. "Tettigass," 

 The oil extracted from the seeds is used for diseases of the skin of children. 



XVL SAMYDACEiE. 



1. GASEARIA, Jacq. 



1. C. tomentosa, Eoxb. (DC, Prod. ii. 51.)— c.p. 1248. 

 Hab. Jaffna and Sigre, Gardner, 



Hamuli pubescentes. Folia oblonga, ntrinque angnstata, obtusa, crenata, 3-4 

 'poll, longa, 1-11 lata, supcrue subglabra, subtus pubescentia. Feiioh pubescentes, 

 i poll, longi. Ovarium 3-placentatuni, ' 



• 2, C. Zeylanica, (C. ovaf a, WillcU C. esculent a, :Roxh.? Vareca 



Zeylanica, Ga^rtu. Fruct. i. 290. t. 60, 6.)— c.p. 415, 2603; foliis lan- 



. ceolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, integris vel obscure dentatis, nitidis, 



reticulatis, jnniorihus parce birsntis ; sfaminihiis 8 ; ovario birsuto, 3- 



placentato ; stigmate in medio depresso. * ^ r r 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, very common, up to an elevation ot 



1500 feet, Nom. vulg. " Wal-wareka." 



Arbor mediocris. . Folia 3-6 poll, longa, 1-2 poll. lata. Felloli i-i poll, longi. 



3. C. Championi, Thw. (c.P. 2608); foUis ovatis vel ovatoJance^atis, 

 acuminatis, glabris, nitidis, reticulatis; sfaminibusS; ovario glabro, 6- 

 placentato; 5%?Ha^tf piano, obscure 3-lobato. ,^^^ « . ' • 



IIab. Central Provmce, at an elevation of 300Q to 4000 ieet. 



Arbor mediocris. Itarnuli, cum fdhis junioribus, rufescentes, glabri. FoHa 3--6 

 poll longa, li-2f lata. Fetioli M poll, longi. ^ . 



4. C. varians, Thw. ;• foUis glabris, subopacis, integris vel rarius 

 parce crenatis, obscure reticulatis, basi acutis; staminihus ssepissime 7; 

 ovario glabro, 2-placentato ; stigmate obscure 2-lobo. . 



^ Var. a. ovata (c.p. 2604 and 2657) ; foliis ovatis vel ovato-lanceola- 



tis, acuminatis. i - -i. 



Var. i3. minor (c.p. 3365) ; foliis ut in var. a, sod multo mmonhus. 



