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ENUMERATION OF 



\^Malvac€ce. 



2. PAVONIA, Cav. 



1. P. odorata^ Willd. (W. et A. Pi'od. i. 47, cum syn.) — c.r. 1125. 

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



2. P. Zeylanica, Cav. (W. et A,, I, c. cum syn,) 



I have not met with a plaut corresponding quite with the description given of 

 this, and suspect it is but a form of the preceding, which I find with the leaves of 

 the involucel varying in number from eleven to fifteen. Its flowers, when fresh, are 

 either white or very pale red, becoming of a dull reddish colour when dry. '- ^ 



3. HIBISCUS, Linn. 



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1. H. Stirattensis^ Linn, (W, et A. Prod. i. 4.8, cum syh.) — c.p. 1118. 

 Hab, Very common in the hotter parts of the island. ]N"om- Tulg. 

 " Naapiritta." 



3. H. furcatus, Eoxb. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.) — c.p. 727. 

 Hab. Very common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. K"om. vulg. , ^ 

 *' Heen-naapiritta." 



3. H. Ijampas, Cav. (W. et A, Prod. i. 48, cum syn.) — c.p. 3555. 

 Hab. Near Nilgalla, in the Badalla District. 



4. H. panduriformis, Burm. (W. et A. Prod. i. 50, cum syn.) — c.p. 

 3528. 



Hab. Borders of a tank, at Tooakimy, in the Atakalan Corle. Sep- 

 . temhcr, 1857. - * 



, 5. , H, vitifolius, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.) — c.p. 1122. 

 Hab. JN"ot uncommon, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



6. H. eriocarpus; DC. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.) — c.p. 1119. 

 Hab. In the hot, drier parts of the island, up to an elevation of 1500 

 feet. ^ ^ 



■7. H. micranthus, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 51, cum syn.) — c.p. 1126. 

 Hab. Hotj drier parts of the island, very abimdant. 



4. PARITIUM, Ad. Juss. 



1. P. tiliaceum, Ad. Juss. (AV. et A. Prod. i. 52, cum syn,)— c.p. 1120. 

 Hab. Not imcommon up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Norn. vulg. 

 "Bellipatta." The liber is used by the Cinghalese for rough ropes, 



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5. ABBLMOSCHUS, Med. 



Nom. vulg. " Kapookanissa." 



1. A. an^osus. Wall. (W. et A. Prod. i. 53, cum syn,) ; involucello 

 (caTycc, W. et A,) aubpersistente ; calyce membranaceo, tenero, spathee- 

 formi, cum corolla deciduo, " * 



Tar. a. ^randiflorus ; petiolis scabris, nee hispidis; corolla majore, 

 flava; seminibus subpyriformibus. — c.p. 2567. 



Ybx, ^. purpnreus ; petiolis pilis rigidis hispidis; corolla purpurea, 

 venis pallidioribus ; seminibus globosia. — c.p. 1117. 



Hab. Var. a. Not uncommon in the Central Province, up to an ele- 

 vation of 4000 feet. Var. /3. Newera Elba. 



