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Lian. ; DC. Prod. i. 704, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. t. 98 ; Ulust. -p. 164. 

 c.p, 1252. ^ 



Hab. North oS the island, Gardner. 



L. XANTHOXTLACE^. 



1. XAIfTHOXYLON, Linn. 



1. X. Rhetsa, DC. (W. et A. Prod. i. 148, cum syn.)— c.p. 3490. 

 Hab. Central Province, W, H, Wright, Esq,; near Colombo, W. 

 ierguson. Esq, J>rom. vulg, *' Kattoo-keeua-gass." 



This tree so i)recisely corresponds with Roxburgh's description, that there cau be 

 no doubt of its being the Fagara Rhetsa of that author. 



2 X. triphyllum, Juss. (Wight, Illust. i. 169; Icon. t. 204.)— X 

 Zeylamcnm, DC. Prod. i. 728, cum syn. Evodia triphylla, DC. 1. c. 

 p. 724, cum syn.— c.p. 538, 2501. 



Var. ^ ; foliis digitatis, 5-foliolatis. ■ 



Hab. Very abundant, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. Var, i3. Near 

 Itotnapoora. JNTom, vulg. *^Loonoo-anienda-gass." 



3. X, tetraspermum, W. et A. Prod. i. 148,— c.P. 386. 

 Hab. Central ProA^nce, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



_ Fndex scandens, ncalcatus. Folia impari-piuuata, raclii aculeata. Foliola 2-3- 

 juga, cum impari, subscssilia, eostulis seepissime aculeatis. Flores parvi, abortu 

 dioici, tetrameri, albidi, rosoo-tincti. Masc. Petala obloaga, acuta, calycis segmciitis 

 multo longiora. Stamina in lobis disci ovarium abortivum cingeatis inserta. (harii 

 abort, loborum apices recurvato-unciuati. 



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2, TODDALIA, Juss. 



TTT^'n '^ **^^*®*^**' P^^^" C^* ^t ^' I^rod. i. 149, cum ^jii.)—T.Jiorihinda, 

 _WaU. Plant. As. Ear. ii. 17. t. 232 : Wislit, Illust. i. 169. t. 66.— c.p. 



1250, 2413 (1251). 



^ Hab. Very abundant 



" Koodoomirris-wel.'* 



JN'om. vidg. 



A most variable plant, as regards the shape and size of the leaflets, the extent of 

 acuJeation, and the amount of the red pubescence with which the younger parts are 

 clothed. The large-based aculei are common to the stems of all the varieties, and 

 therefore furnish no character for their separation. 



3. CYMINOSMA, Gacrtn. 



1- C. pedunculata, DC. (W. et A. Prod. i. 117, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 iJlust. i. 165. t. 65.)— c.p. 1219. 



Hab. Common, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. Nom. vulg. " An- 

 kenda-gass." 



Nnculania rotunJata, 5-7 lin. in diam., albida. 



4. AILANTHUS, Dcsf. 



1. A. Malabaricus, DC. Prod. ii. p. 89, cum «yn. ; Wight, Icon. 

 t. 1604— c.p. 3456. 



Hab. Kear Colombo, Mr. W. Ferguson ; district of tlie Seven Corlcs. 

 ^om. vulg. " Koombaloo-gass," " Wal-biling-gass." 



Brucea Sumahaua, Roxb., is become a troublesome weed, but it docs uot appear 

 to be indigenous. . ■ 



