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3. P. suffruticosa, E. W. (W, et A., 1. c.)— c.p. 1101. 

 'Hab. Damboul, Gardner. 



XXIV. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



I. STELLAEIA, Linn. 



1. S. drymarioides, Thw.; foliis rotundatis, apiculatis, basi in petio- 

 lum angustatis, nervo intramarginali conspicuo munitis ; cymis terrui- 

 iialibus, subdichotomis ; floribus post antbesin cernuis. — c.p. 400. 



Hab. Hapootelle Pass, at an elevation of about 4000 feet. April, 

 1856. 



Caulis tetragonus, procumbens, elongatus, radicans, ramulis erectis. Folia \-\\ 

 poll, longa et sequilata, sjjarse pilosa, petiolo ]-4 lin. longo. Cyma viscoso-tomen- 

 tosse, ramis ssepe elongatis. Fedicelli flores subsequautes. Sepala h, ovata, sub- 

 acuta, fetalis albis divaiicato-Lifidis duplo longiora. Discus annularu parvus, 5- 

 lobus; lohis rotundatis, cum petalis alternantibiis. 



2. S. media, Sm.— C.P. 3090. 



Hab. Newera Ellia, pi^obably introduced. 



2. CERASTIUM, Linn, 



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1. C. IncQcum, W, et A. Prod. i. 43.— c.p. 2957. 



. Hab. Newera Ellia, Horton Plains, and otber very elevated parts of 

 the island* 



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In Ceylon specimens the leaves are lanceolate, and the flowers are of about equal 

 length with their jDedicels. 



C.P. 



3. MOLLUGO, Linn. 



1. M. uudicaulis, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 43, cum syn.' 

 2809, ^ \ . 



Hab. Colombo, etc. 



2. M. pentaphylla, Linn., including M, trijpJiylla, Linn. ; W. et i 

 1. c— c.p. 1096. 



Hab. Common in the wanner parts of the island. 



3. M. stricta, Lin. (W. et A. Prod, i, 44, cum syn.)— c.p. 1097. 

 Hab. Not uncommon with the preceding. 



4. M. cerviana, Scr. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1092. 



Hab, Common in hot, sandy places. Nom. vulg. " Pat-paadagan 

 Used as a medicine in fevers. 



5. M, disticha, Ser. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1094. 

 Hab, Near the seacoast ; not uncommon. 



6. M. Spergula, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1095. 

 Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



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4. GLINUS, Linn. 



1. G. ^ctamnoides, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 362.)— c.p. 2937 

 Hab. Not uncommon in the hot, drier parts of Ihe island. 



1 have found ten stamens in all the Ceylon specimens I have examined. 



