30 - ENUMERATION OF [^BytbieriacciB. 



poll, lata, supeme nitida, subtus pallida, pubescenlia stellari tomentosa, petiolo \-\ 

 poll, longo, Fanicula termmales, lepidotse. Flores circiter 1^ liii. longi. Capsula 

 furfuraccEC, verrucosa^. Semina nigra, oblonga, 2 lin. longa, minutissime reticulata, 

 pubescentia stellari pallida decidua vestita, 



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3. WALTHEIIIA, Linn. 

 1. vr. Indica, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 67, cum syn.)— c.P. 1128. 



Hab. Bartticaloa, Gardner* 



4. MELOCHIA, Linn. 



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Prod. i. 66,' cum syn.) — c.P. 1127. 

 Hab. Very abundant. 



5. PTEROSPERMUM, Sclireb. 



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■1. P. suberifolium. Lam. (W. et A. Prod. i. 68, cum syn.)— C.P. 1136. 



•Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet, especially in the drier 

 parts of the island. Nom. vulg.^" Velenge." The wood is useful for 

 many purposes where toughness is required. 



6. KYDIA, Eoxb. 



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1. Z'C. axillaris, Thw. ; foliis integris, ovato-lanceolatis, Iscvibus ; 

 Jloribus solitariis, axillaribus. — c.P. 3126. . 



Hab. Near Badulla, at an elevation of about 2000 feet. 



Arbor mediocris. Folia 2^-4^ poll, longa, U-2 poll, lata, subtus pallidiora, basi 

 rotundata, petiolo 3-4 lin. longo. Involucelli fructiferi segmenta liueari-oblonga, 

 1 poll, longa, 3-3^ lin. lata. Cal^x cupuliformis, 5-dentatus, ^ poll, longus. Ova- 

 rium biloculare. Fructus hispidus. 



This species I have only seen in fruit, and am therefore not quite certain that it 

 is a true Kydia, The axillary inflorescence and the character of the foliage give it 

 a very different aspect from that of K. calycina. The latter species has not, so far as 

 I am*a\vare, been detected wild in Ceylon, though it most probably occurs so in the 

 north of the island. ' • 



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7. Gen. Not. JULOSTYLIS, Thw. 



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Livoluccllum 4-phyllum, persistens. Calt/x 5-partitus, persistens. 

 Corollm petala 6, basi coalita, subtus ad sinus plicato-appendiculata. 

 Tubus stamimus cylindricus, apice dentatus, anantnerus, medium versus 

 Jilaynentis 10, biserialibus, scquilongis, man anther iferis cinctus, basi 

 coroUse adnatus. Anlhercc reniformes. Ooariicm biloculare ; loculis 

 2-ovulatis ; ovulis collateralibus, adscendentibus. Stylus supra medium 

 bifidus. Stigmata diseiformia. 



1. J. an^ustifolia^ Thw. — Kydia angustifolia, Arn. Pug, PI. Ind. 

 Orient. 4 (322).— c.P. 1146. • 



Hab. South of the island, not uncommon. 



Jroor mediocris, parce raraoaa. Fotia 5-8 poll, longa, IJ-S poll.^ lata, pubescentia 

 stellari-hirsuta, subtus pallidlora, petiolo 3-5 lin. longo. Fanicula? terminales, 

 pendulse. Flores -J poll. lati. Corolla cupuliformis, pallida, iuteroe dimidio inferiore 

 rafa. Stylus versus apiccm dense lanuginosus. 



