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CEYLON PLANTS. 



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Hab. Very common in the hotter parts of the island, up to an ele- 

 vation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Wal-karapinchee-gass." 



This is a very variable plaut in the size and shape of its leave§, which are always 

 very oblique at the base. The small-leaved state bears very considerable resem- 

 blance to Bergera Kcenigii, There seems to me to be scarcely sufficient grounds 

 for exclwdiug the present species from the genus Cookia. 



8. CLAUSENA, Burm. 



1. C- Wllldenovii, W. et A. Prod. i. 9Q, cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, 

 t. 339.— c.p. 1204. 



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Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



FoHorum juniornm rachis, cum foliolorum petiolulis, costuKs mar ginib usque 

 superne puberula. 



2. C. pubescens, W. et A,, 1. c, — c,P. 2546. 



Hab, Near Hanguranketty, at an elevation of about 3000 feet ; not 

 common. 



I suspect that this and the preceding will prove to be but varieties of one species, 

 for I can discover no character of any importance to distinguish them except the 

 dense pubescence npon tte ramuli and under surface of the leaves of the present 

 one. 



9. PAEAMIGNYA, Wight. 



1. P. monophylla, Wight, lUust. p. 108. t. 42.— c.P. 1201, 1202. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, up to an elevation of 2000 

 Nom. Tulg. " WaUangereya." 



10. Gen. Nov. ARTHROMISCHUS, Thw. 



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Calyx brevis, 4«dentatus. Coroll<B petala 4, oblonga. Stamina 8, 

 aequaha ; filamentis medio dilatatis ; antJieris pblongis. ^ Ovartum 

 gj^nophoro conspicuo suffultum, 4-locuIare ; loeiilis l-ovulatis. Ocula 

 pendula. Stylus longxis, cylindricus. Stigma dilatatum. Fructus 

 1-4-apennus. 



1. A. artaattis, Thw.— C.P. 1197,' 3115. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, at no great elevation ; not common. 



Frutex scanaeas, spioia rectis vcl apice curvatis armatus. Hamuli glabri vel 

 minute puberuli. Folia 1-foliolata, pelioh 2-4 lin. longo ; folwlo orato- vel 

 oWongo-acuminato, basi rotundato, 1^-3^ poll, longo, 7-15 Uu. \a.Ui ; petiolulo l^ 

 lin.' longo. J«*««^/i axillares, 1-S-ilori, jpe«?»ce//;* 3-4 lin. longis. FeMa ZVi^. 

 longa. Ovarium subsphrericum, gynophoro rotuuJato £cqinrongo sQbse<imlato 

 suffultum. Frudus pulposus, rotuudatus, flavescens, 4-8 hn. m diam. • 



Tliis plant differs from Lumma in the greater number of cells to the ovary, and 

 tkese being one-ovtaed ; from Taramignya its jointed leaf-stalk, small_ calyx, and 

 one-ovuled loculi distinguish it, wliUst from Malantia it is separated by its scandent 

 liabit, free filaments, and stalked ovary. 



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11. LTTVUNGA, Ham. 



1. I., scaudeus, Ham. (Wight, Illust. i. lOS.)—Limoma scandens, 



Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 380.— c.P. llOo. / . ^.^ . , 



Had. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 teet. 



