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. ENITMEEATIOS OF , , , [GtlttifercB. 



Var. a; folih ovatis, apicc rotuncktis vel retnsis.— c.r. 1173 

 y ^r, (:i;/(jhfs lance i . . , . . 



c.p. 731 (743, 755). 



acuminatis 



, , - \ J - — — ^ ' 



Hab. Var. a, hot, drier parts of tlie island. Var. B, Central Pro 

 vmce up to an elevation of' 3000 feet ; abundant/ Norn. vnlj?. "EHa- 



gokatoo-gass." 



A most yanable species, buth as to the shape of the leaves and length of the 

 peJunccs an.] pedicels. Although the extre.ne forms of vars. a and ^look v ry 

 d.ssHn.lar, I am unable to find any constant character by which to sepai-ate the J 

 A tenacious gummy matter exudes ft-om the trunk, but it is of no value 



1 



4. MESUA, Linn. 



1. M. ferrea, Linn. Sp. 734 ; DC. Trod. i. 562 : Wid 

 Iconcs, t. 118.— Jf. ]Vaaa/>a. Gard. m n,,Tn t'„,.„ ^' 



vol viu. p ^. Arbor Naghas, Burm. Zeyl. p. 25. 

 ceolahs etc., Fl. Zeyl. n. 203. iVa^a^^a>4;«, Euni 



Ma 



■c.p. 603. 



Var. a ; foUis laneeolatis, acuminatis. 

 Var. /3 ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis. 



Hab. Vars. a and ^, common about Galagama, especiallv the latter 

 "; ^^o"°r4xg^°^ .^^ ^C- P^^d^-- i- ^62 ■, Ebeede, Hort. Malab. 



iii. 63. t. 53. ? W 



Var. fi • foliia midto miuoribus.— c.p. 603. 



C.P. 2675. 



V 



" 5ya.n!fgi:."^ ''"'""' '" *-^^ Eatnapoora District. I^om. vulg. 



The figure in Tlort. Mai., quoted above, and from which M. Choi'.v nm.eirs to 



?o™ f 'His phnt' S^lff *'; ^^^1"' " ' J-'"'- '^^ -P-ent;i'ofTe usual 

 rormonlv roinded ^f ht f ''^^''^f™'" '.^^ P'-^^^^dnig iu its much larger leaves, most 

 commonly rounded at the base, its sessile 'or subscssile flowers, and larger fruit , 



C.P 3^4°*"'°"'""'^'^'"*' ^'Sl^*' ^'=°"'^^' *■ 11^' I"ust- i.' 127.- 

 • ^AB^ Forests between Gallc and Eatnapoora, at no great elevation. 



^nihJfoL'^'ZrZ :%"'''''' ''f} '.'^'''"''' *'"« plant, which is distin- 



oUiMiea trom 71/. /<?//tw by Its more suddenly acnminafcd leaves their b-mc morp 



ou'dcd, and m these being without the white coating on tte i m er ide so coT 



spicuous in the other two species, and iu its much smaller fbwcrs on longer' I'dicels. 



Wall 



nosia ; fesia membranacea, colorata. . uisimctis, car 



'. 



