

S2 ENUMEKATioN OF \_Hippocrat€ace(B. 



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versus baslu suLrotundatam sensim angustatis ; racemis conspicue 

 bracteatis, tomentosis. — c.p. 2674. 



Hab. Saffragam District, by the sides of streams, at no great eleva- 

 tion. ^ 



Arbor ingens. Ramuli quadraDgali, penduli, tomento ferrugineo caduco vestiti. 



Folia 3^-8 poll, longa, l-2-|- lata ; petiolo 2-4 lin. longo ; juniora tomento fugaci 



pilosa.^ Racemi foliis multo breviores, 4-8-flori. Bedicelli basi 1-bracteati, hradek 



oblongis, tomentosis, 2-3 lin. longis. Flores 4 lin. in expaus. Fructus immaturus 

 oblongus. 



^ The bractcated racemes, much smaller flowers, and oblong fruit, abundantly dis- 

 tinguish this froui the jireeeding species. 



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Sect. 3. Sepala 4*. Petala 0. 



Apotenum^ Blume, Bijdr. p. 218. 



Sloomi, W 



Fructus 



, ^^ht, illust. 1. 129; Icones, t. 111.— c.p. 3402. 

 Hab. Forests in the district between Galle and Ratnapoora ; not un- 

 common. Norn. vulg. "Domba-keena-gass." 



Arbor magua. Ramuli juniores tomento ferrugineo fugaci vestiti. 

 sphairicus. 



9. C- Burmanni, Wight, Illust. i. 129 ; Icones, t. 107, 108 ; 

 FL Zeyl. t. GO,— c.p. 242. 2447. * 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, at no great elevation. 



Fructus subsphajricns, rufo-brunneus, -J poll, in diam. 





XXiXVIII. HIPPO CEATEACE^. 



1. HIPPOCRATEA, Linn. 



L H. Indica, Willd. (W. et A- Prod. L 104, cum syn.)— c.p. 1164. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island; not uncommon, 



2. H. obtusifolia, Eoxb. ^W. et A.. I'r*. mim hvti . W^^Tl»f Jor^r 



t, 963.)— C.P. 3158. 



island. Nom. vulg. " Deyakirindi 



-2. KOKOONA, Thw. 



Hook. Journ, of Bot. vol. v. (1853) p. 379. 



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Stamina 5, petalis alterna ; filamentls subulatis, disco magno an- 

 nular! expanse smgulatim inscrtis. Ovarium semi-immcrsura, 3-locu- 

 lare; locuhs 4r-12-OYulaiis. Ovula erccta. ,Capsula triangularis, 

 locuJicide dcbiacens, valvis 3, lignosis. Semina imbricata, longe alata. 



1. K. Zeylanica, Thw. 1. c. t. 6.— C.P. 2584. 



IIab. Not uncommon on the bants of streams in the SaiFragam and 

 Ambagamowa Districts, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feetf Nom. 

 vulg. "Kokoon-gass." 



The inner ycUow bart of tliis tree is employed by the natives medicinally as a 



sternutatory, and an oil is expressed from the seeds, which is used for burniu" in 

 lamps. - ° 



