Eryth'oxylca;.'] CEYLON PIANTS. 53 



3. SALACIA, Limi. 



1. S. oblonga, Wall. (W. et A. Prod. i. 106, cum syn. ; Wiglit, 

 Iconcs, t. 97 ; Illust. t. 47 B.)—c.v. 1061, 3148. 

 Hab. Commou in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



Wight 



3000 feet. Norn. 



I 



2000 



vulg. '*Himbootoo-wel/' 



The natives eat the pulp of the ri])e, rather large, spherical fruit, 



3. S- prinoides, DC. (W. et A. Prod, i' 105 ; Wight, : 

 — c.r. 1165. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 

 " Heen-himbootoo-wel." 



4. S. diandra, Thw. ; foliis integris, ovatis, obtuse acuminatis, basi 

 angustatis, brevi-petiolatis, subtus nitidis, delieatule reticulatIs;^or2iM5 

 tetrameris, diandris. — c.p. 2720. 



Hab. Central Province and Saifragam District, up to an elevation of 

 ■ 2000 feet ; not common. . 



Frufex scandenSj siccitate nigrescens. Folia 2-4^ poll, longa^ 1-lf lata; pefiolo 



1-2 Hn. longo. Flares axillarea, solitarii ; pedlcello pctiolo sequilongo. Fdala 



rohmdata, unguiculata, in anthesi horizontalia^ lateribus reilexis ; calycls segments 



triangularibus multo lougioribus. 'Staminum Jilamenta brevia ; anthera extrorsrc, 



loculis subsj>hi:uricis, liorizoiitaliter dehisceutibus. Ovarium biloculare, loculis bi- 

 ovulatis. 



XXXIX. MALPIGHIACE.E. 



1. HIPTAGE, G^rtn. 



1. H, Madablota, Gsertn. (W. et A. Prod, i, 107, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 lUust. i. 139. t. 50.)— c.p. 659. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



2. H. parvifolia, W. et A., 1. c.— C.P. 1166, 1167. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, Gardner, 



Platynema laurifolium, W. et A., described as from Cc^lou, is probably 

 cultivated there only. Specimens in Hook. Herb, arc from Sincaporc, but it may 

 Tiot be wild there. 



XL. EETTHEOXYLE^. 



" . 1. SETHIA, Kunth. 



1. S. Indica, DC. (W. et A. Prod. i. 106, cum syn.; Wight, Illust. 

 1. 136. t. 48.)— c.p. 1168. 

 Hab, Hot, drier parts of the island. . 



. Mr. Oudaatzc informs nic that* an enipyrcumatic oil or wood-tar, used for pre- 

 serving the wood employed in the construction of native bouts, is obtained fiuni the 

 ^uod of this tree. 



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