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CEYION PLATJT9. 



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2. LIMONIA, Lin. 



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1, *Ii. alata^ Herb. Madr. (W. et A*, 1. e. p. 92.)— c.p. 1191. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of tlie island J common. Nom.vulg. "Toompat- 

 kooroondoo-gass." 



2. I.. Missionis, Wall. (W. et A., I. c.)— c.p, 1194. 



Hab. Hotter parts of tlie island. Worn. vulg. "Pambooroo-gass." 



Ovarium 



3. GLYCOSMIS, Corr. 



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1. G. arborea, DC. (W. et A., I, c. cum syn.) — c.p. 180. 

 Hab. Abundant in the hot, drier parts of the island. I^om. vulg. 



" Dodang-paana-gass. " . - 



Mlaineiita dilatata, supra medium latissima, ad apicem angustata. 

 glaudulosum, breve, gynopboro spliEeroidali angustius. Stj/Ius depressus, brevis, 

 stigmate discoideo distiacto retinilatas. ^ 



Thig must certainly be the Limonia arhorea of Roxburgh (Cor. Plant, t. 85), 

 though the analysis of the flower accompanying his figure expresses far from cor- 

 rectly the character of the species. 



2. G. pentapliylla, DC. (W, et A., 1. c. 93, cnm syn.)— C.P. 1192. 

 Hab. Very common, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Filamenfa ut in specie pr?ccedenti. Pisiillum, una cum g7jnoplioro mediocri, 

 subcylindricum, truncatum. Frucius pulposus. _^ 



This is a very variable species as regards the shape and size of its leaves, but 

 may always be distinguished from the preceding by the much smaller panicles and 

 different shape of the pistil and gynophore. 



3. G- bilocularis, Tbw. ;. foliis pinnatis ; folioUs alternis, breri- 

 petiolulatis, trapezoideo-lauceolatis, apice obtusis ; panicuUs axillaribus, 

 brevissimis, paucifloris ; ovario biloculari.— c.p. 3362 (olim cum c.p, 

 1192 mixta). 



" Hab, Maturatte District, at no great elevation. 



Frutex, 

 sessiles. 



Florcs sub- 



Foliola lf-2|^ poll, longa, 5-8 lin. lat?i, subtus pallidiora. 

 Calyj; 5.fidus, segmeutis triangularibus. Petala 5, albida, minute rufo- 

 punctata, oblonga. Filamenta alterna breviora, multum et irregularitcr dilatatn, 

 iiJteme concava, FuViUum, una cum gynoplioro, conicum, truncatum. * _ 



This hears a considerable resemblance to some forms of the preceding species, 

 but its two-celled ovary, besides other diffevenccs. proves it to be quite distinct. 

 Its technical characters would perhaps bring it within the genus Sclerostyhs, but its 

 nearest affinity is certainly with the s])ecies of Glycosmu, 



4. MUBBAYA, Koenig. 



L M. exotica, Lin. , , r • i . ^ • /. z-- 



Var. a. huxifolia ; ramulis confertia, glabria vel tomento^ ; /o^^^a^ 



B^bcoriaceis ; calycis segmentis triangulanbus.— itf. exotica, W . et A., 



I.e. 94, cum syn.— c.p. 1200. , . - i ^ . 



Var. 0. paniculata ; folHs majoribus, membranaceis, venis subtus 

 prominentibus ; calycis segmentis oblongis.— Jf. paniculata, VV. et A., 



I- c. cum syn.— c.p. 1199. . • ^, 



Hab. Var. a in gardens only. Var. ^ common m the warmer 

 parts of the island, and up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Worn. vulg. 

 "Attaireya-gass." 



