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3, XANTHOPHYLLUM, Eoxb. 



1. X. flavescens, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 39, cum syn.)— c.p. 1244. 

 Hab. South of the island, at no great elevation. 





XX. TAMAEISCINE^. 



1. TRICHAITRUS (Arn; MSS.), W. et A. 



1. T. ericoidea, Am. MSS. (W. et A. Prod. i. 40, cum syu: E. W 

 lUust. j^ B.)— c.p. 1254. 



Hab. Neeombo, Puttam, and Moolitivoe, Gardner. 



XXI. ELATINE.^. 



1. BERGIA, Linn. 



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1. B, verticillata, W. et A. Prod. I. 41, cum syn.— c.p^3551. 

 Hab. Swampy places in the Batticaloa District. 



ammannoides 



[)xb. — Elatine (Bergia) ammannoides, W 

 Wight, Illust. p. 54. t. 25 A.— c.p. 1543. 

 id, Gardmer. 



XXII. SESUVIACE^. 



1. TRIANTHEMA, Sauv. 



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L T. crystallina, Vahl, (W. et Prod. i. 355, cum syn.)— c.p. 3552. 

 Hab. Batticaloa District. 



2. T. obcordata, Roxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 355, cum syn. ; E. W. 

 Icon. t. 288.)— c.p. 1102. 

 Hab. Very common on tlie seacoast of tlie island. 



. 3. T. decandra, Lin. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. t. 296.) 

 —c.p. 1104. ^ ^ . 



^^ Hab. East of .the island, Gardner; Colombo, etc. iNom. vulg. 

 ' baarana." Used as a medicine. 



2. SESUVIUM, Linn. 



1. S. repens, Eottb. fW. et A. Prod. i. 361, cum syn.)— c.p. 1098. 

 Hab. Trinconialee, Gardner. 



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XXIII. POETULACE^. 



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1* PQETULACA, Tourn. 



1- P. oleracea, Lin. (W. et A. Prod. i. 356, cum syn.) — c.p. 1103. 

 Hab. Abundant throughout the island. Nom. vulg. *'Genda-kol; 



2. P. quadrifida, Lin. (W. et A., 1. c. CTlm syn.) — c.p. 1100. 

 Hab, Very abundant. Nora. vulg. "Heen-genda-kola." 



