CEYLON PLANTS. 



Bytfneriacece,'\ 

 Hab. South of tlie island, not uncommon. Norn. vulg. " Attoona. 



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7. STERCULIA, Lin. 



L 



L S. Balanglias, Linn. (W. et A, Prod. i. 62, cum syn. ; Wight, 



Illiist. p. 78. t. 30.)— c.p. 1142.. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island, common. 



2. S. guttata, Uoxb. (W. et A. Prod, i, 62, cum syn, ; Wight's Icon. 



t. 487.)— c.p. 2723. 

 Has. Amhagamowa District, at no great elevation. 



' 3. S. urens, Eoxb. (W, et A. "Prod. i. 63, cum syn.)— c.p. 2858. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, not uncommon. 

 4. S. foetida, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. 1. 181 and 



364)— c.p. 1140. :i ivT 1 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts of the island. iNom. vuig. 



"Telemhoo." The seeds arc eaten by the Cinghalese. 



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8. PTERYGOTA, Eadl. 



1. P. alata, Br. in Brown et Bennett, PL Jar. Ear. 234.— P. Box- 

 burghii, Sch. et Eadl., AYalp. Eep. v. 103. Sterculia alata, Eoxb. Lor. 



iii. p. 84. t. 287.— c.r. 2963. 



Has. Banks of the Mahawellieanffa, at Ilaragam. 



9. FIRMIANA, Marsili. 



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1. P. colorata, Br. 1. c. 235, cum syn.— c.p. 2566 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



X:?tX. BTTTXEEIACB.^. 



1. GITAZUMA, Plum. 



1. G. tom^ntosa, H.B.K. (W. et A. Prod. i. 64; Wiglit, lilust. 78. 

 t. 81.)— c.p. 1114. 



Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. 



2. Gen. Nov. PITYRANTHE, Thw. 



Calyx ui-ccolatus, 3-4-lobatu3. Pctala 5, fequalia, subcnneiformia 



Stamina /er«*7/a 15, tcrnatim cum alterls 5 stcnhhustimi,^ 'PSt 

 n.r,„;u,>„:„ „u „„.:„ . /;7„„..„/,\. IHipiHs vel nno basi coha;rentibu8 ; 



fil 



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aninens aanatis, loqulis aivaricaus. <vi.u/ 1"-" ^— "^, - --- - „ 



2.ovukti8; ovulis superpositla ; stylh 5, arete coalitis ; ^^'i?'«'™ 

 minutis, simplicibus. Capsula intfata, turbiuata, sapissime l-sperma, 



loculicide dehiscens. ■ ^ , ,. , „y,v.„^ fti.. 



Genus Kleinhovice affiue, sed calyce urceolato, petalis jeqnalibus, hla- 



mentis subliberis et ovario sessili differt. 



1. P. verrucosa, Thw.— JfZe/w/^oi'mi^errMw^a.Gardn.MS.— C.P.4144. 

 ■ Hab. Abundant in the Batticaloa District ; Jaffna and Tnncomalee, 

 Gardner; 'PwiAam, A. O.Brodie, Esq. , ia 



Jrbor. Folia obovata, crenata, basi rotunduta, 3-ncrvia, 2-6 poll, longa, 1 3 





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