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ENUMEBATION OF [^Celastvacece, 



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Arhor mediocris. Folia glabra, 2J-6 poll. loDga, 1-3 poll, lata, petiolo 2-4 lin, 

 longo. * ' 



This would appear to differ from M, garcinmfoUa, Wall. (Wight, Icon. t. 761), 

 principally in its subsessile, more numerous flowers, and it "^SSS. probably prove to 

 be merely a variety of that species. 



2. M. ramiflora, Wight, Icones, t. 977.— c. p. 148, 1228. 



Var. /3 ; foliis minoribus, oblongo-lanceolatis, basi angustatis. 

 Hab. Abundant at Newera EUia and otker of the more elevated 

 parts of the Central Proyince. Var. ^ occurs in rather dry situations. 



. Fo/ia i-B poll. longa, J-2 poll, lata, petiolo 1-2 lin. longo, Peduumli i-2 

 lin. longi. 



This, like the preceding, is a very variable species, the size, form, and texture of 

 the leaves being modified according to the kiud of situation ia which it occurs. 

 Var. ^ bears a considerable general resemblance to M. microcarpa, Wight, Iconcs, 

 t. 975, but I have never seen the Ceylon plant with the peduncles and pedicels so 

 elongated as represented in that figure. 



3, KUBRIMIA, WaU., Ajmott. 



Bhesa, Ham., Arn., EudUch. Uhesa, Walpers. 



Ovarium libcrum, 2-loculare ; loculis 2-ovulati3. Ovnla basi affixa, 

 erecta, coHateralia. Capsnla 1-locularis, bivalvis, 1-2-spcrma. Semina 

 erecta, arillo carnoso, 



1. K. Ceylanica, Arn. Pug. x. 328.— c.P. 1225. 



Var. ^. montana; panicalis minus elong^th -, Jloribus maioribus. 



Hab. Var. a. In warm, moister parts of the island. Var. /3. Central 

 ProYince, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. JN^om. vule. **Palani?," 

 " Hoorakandoo," and " Alareya-gass/' 



Arbor magna.- Hamuli teretes, ^\^hn; juniorum apices acuti, stipnlis magnis 

 circumvolutis cito deciduis tecti. Folia glabra, 3-6 poll, louga, -|-3 poll, lata, 

 peiiolo J-H poll, longo. Fiores parvi, pallide virides. Capsular oblongje, carnoso- 

 conaceae, 4 poll, longse, rufescentea. Semina oblonga, fere ad apicem arilh 

 albido inclusa j testa membranacea, brunnea. 



carnoso 



4. CELASTRUS, Linn. 



Tn^' ^: Pa^»c«la*a» Willd. (W. ct A. Prod. i. 158, cum syn. : Wiffbt 

 Illust. 1. 172. t. 72 ; Icones, t. 158.)— c.p. 1232. 

 Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Sect. 2. — Ovarium disco immersum et cum eo consoUdatum. 



5. CATHA, Forsk. 



WiUd. : W, 



. -L ^" ®?**^S»iata, G. Don.— Cclasti'us emarginatus, 



A. rrod. 1. p. 160, cum syn.— c.p. 1235. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. Norn. vulg. " Deya-eringoo." 



2. C.fruticosa, TK^'. ; foliis parvis, oblongo-spatliulatis vel sub- 



trapezoideis, crenato-serratis, glabris, pctiolatis, subtus prominonti- 



rctaculatis ; corymlis axillaribus, multifloris, folio brevioribus.— c.p. 



3386. 



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