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ENTJMEBATION OF 



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In all the specimens of this plant I have examined, the filaments were free 

 to their very base, even in the unexpanded flowers, and the species appears to be 

 somewhat dicecious, as in soirm plants the ovai-ies of all the flowers are entirely 

 without ovules. - 



If Roxburgh did not make a mistake in his description of this plant, it will be 

 necessary to call the Ceylon Luvunga in this ' Enumeration,' Z. eleutherandra 

 Dalzell, or what is the L, Tavoijana, Wall., referred to by Wight in the Illust. i. 

 p. 108 ? 



^ I., eleutherandra, Dalz. Hook. Journ. of Bot. ii. (1850) p. 258 ; 

 Walp. Ann. li. p. 184— c.p. 1195. V ^ 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



This species would appear to be dicecious, as lu some plants the ovaries of all the 



flowers are entirely without ovules. It varies much in the shape and size of the 

 leaves. 



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12. PERONIA, Corr. 



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1. P. Elephantum, Corr. (W. et A. Prod. i. 96, cum syn. ; Wiclit, 

 Iconcs, t. 15.)— c.p. 1205. - j . s . 



« ^■^^' i^"'^^*' ^^^"^ P^^*^ ^^ *^« island, very abundant. Norn. vulg. 

 " Diwool-gass, ■ ■ . " 



, XXXYI. HYPERICACEiE. 



1. HYPEEICUM, Lin. 



1. H. Mysorense, Herb. Mad. (W. et A. Prod. i. m^j—Norysca 

 Mysorcnsis, Wiglit, Icones, t. 56.— c.p. 48. . 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 6000 to 8000 feet : not 

 uncommon. 



2. H. Japonicum, Thunb. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 2420. 



_ Hab. Abundant m paddy-fields and other wet places througliout the 

 island. - . I. & 



XXXVII. GUTTIFEE^. . 



1. GAECINIA, Lin. 



T,.^' ^ Cf^^offJa* Desrous. (DC. Prod. i. 561, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 illu8t. 1^ 12d, cxi.mnyrv.)—Camhogia Gidta, Lin. (in parte), et forsan 

 (^arc. Jtoxhurg/m, V\ ight, 1. c. cum syn.— c.p. 1172. 



Var. a ; fructii matiiro flavo. 



^3^> ^ ; frucfu maturo rubro. 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 1500 feet. ITom. vulg. 

 " Goraka-gass. ° 



_ morum fasciculi ;-Masc. 3-8, pedicellati, j^edicellis 7-10 lin. longis, apice pai-ce 

 irS pediceUati, jjedicellis 2-5 Un. longis. Fructm 2^-3 poU- 



There appeai-s to be in Ceylon but one species of Garcinia vv ith sulcated fruit, 

 but m all the figures and descriptions of it 1 have seen, no notice is taken of a 

 very marked character it has, namely, that the sulci or furrows are not continued 

 to the apex, but ternnnate at some distance from it, the apex itself being smooth 

 and depressed, and somewhat maniillu;f„rm. The gum which exudes from the tree 



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