Celastracem.l ceyloi^ plants. 71 



t223.)— O. JT^j/?^^a/m, "W. ct A.,1. c. 0. WalJcerii, Planchon, Hook. 

 Lond. Jonm. v, 653 ; Walp. Ann. i. 180.— c.P. 1221. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of tlie island, at no great elevation. 



Folia 1-2 poll, longa, \-^ lata, petioJo 1 lin. longo. PediceUi 4-7 lin. longi, 

 prope medium articulati. Flores 3^-4 lin. longi. 



2. aOMPHIA, Sclireb, 



1. G- angustifolia, YaW, (W 

 sine dubio, Walhera serrata, 

 c.p. 2412. 



kaara-gass. 



tt 



3000 feet. Norn. vulg. '* Bo- 



The wood of this tree, which grows to the height of thirty feet, is useful for build- 

 iug purposes. 



LIII. STAPHYLEACE^. 



1. TUEPINIA, Ventn. 



r 



1. T. Nepalensis, Wall. (W. et A. Prod, i, 156 ; Wight, Icon. t. 972.) 



c.r. 218 (563, 569). 



Var. ^. montana; Jloribus majoribus* paucioribus. — ? T. pomifera^ 

 DC. Prod, ii. p. 3, cum syn. 



Hab. Var. a. Common in tlie warm, moister parts of the island. 

 Tar. /3 occurs abundantly in more elevated situations, up to 6000 feet. 

 Norn. vulg. *'Kankoombala-gas8/' " Attakirilla-gass." 



^ Stipulce inlerpefloiares triangulares, cito deciduse, Nuculatiia firma, suhglobosa, 

 vindia, nigro-purpurasccntia, deinde cinerascentia, ^-1 poll, in diam. 



The extreme forms of this plant might easily he taken for two distinct species ; 

 hut this is another instance of an elevated humid locality producing a form with fewer 

 and larger flowers than are exhibited in the same species when growing nearer the 

 level of the sea. 



LIV. CELASTEACILE. 



Sect. 1. Ovarium liberum vel ^ubliberum. 



1. PLETTROSTYLIA, W. et A. 



■ 



L P. Wightii, W. et A. Prod. i. 157, cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, 

 t. 155.— c.p. 329. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, up to no great elevation. 



2. MICROTBOPIS, WaU. 



^ Semina exarillata ; testa colorata. 



1. M. "WalUchiana, Wight, MSS. ; foUis obovato- vel oblongo-lan- 

 ccolatis, acuminatis, petiolatis ; jloribus axillaribus ramulinisque, sub- 

 sossilibus, confertis.— c.p. 43 (202, 374, 402). 



^ Hab. Forests of the Central Province and Saffragam, at an eleva- 

 tion of 2000 to ^W^ ffiet : abundant. 





