HhamnacetB.'} . ceyion plants.- 73 



Hab. Banks of the Maha^yelliganga, near. Nawalapittya, in the 

 Central Province, 



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Frufex inermis, 8-10-pedalis. Bamidi aiigulosi. Folia |-1J poll, longa, 4-7 

 lin. lata, petiolo circiter 1 lin. longo. Flores parvi, 1 ]in. in exp. Fetata 5, aibida. 

 Stylus brevis. Stigmata 3, brevia, recurvata. Cajmil^ 3-loculares, pisi magnitu- 

 dme, rubiginosa;, transverse striatae. Semina coccinea, nitida ; arillo parvo, albido. 



6. EVONYMUS, Li 



mn. 



L E. revolutua, Wight, Illust. i. 178; Walp. Rep. i. 531.— c.p. 579. 

 Hab. Newera and other yery elevated parts of the island. 



Arbor mediocris. Folia opposita vel terua, stepe rotundata. Flores virides, pur- 

 purascentes. 



2. E. dichotomus, Heyne, (W. et A. Prod. i. 160, cumsyn.)— c.p. 171. 

 Hab. Galagama, on the banks of streams. 



3. E. "Walkeru, Wight, 1. e. ; Walpers, 1. c.— j&. Zeylanicus, Jloon, 



Cat. p. 17.— c.p. 478. 



Hab. Very abundant in the southern and central parts of the island, 

 up to an elevation of 30QP feet. 



Closely allied to the preceding, from which it differs principally in its shorter 

 petioles and flower-stalks. 



7. GLYPTOPETALUM, Thw. 



Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. viii. (1S5G) p. 267. t. 7 B. 



J^^ores tetrameri.^ Fetala superne bifoveolata. Antherarum loculi 

 ad apicem connectivi maximi mnati siti, basi divergentes. Ovarium 

 pyramidato-tetragonum, 4-locuIare, Ovula in loculis singula, ab apice 

 pendula. Capsulm rotundatse, l-4-8perma3. Semina ariUata. 



L G. Zeylanicum, Thw. 1. c— C.P, 589. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Folia opposita, lanceolata, serrata, glabra, 4^-6 poll, longa, I}-2i poll, lata ; 

 !petiolo 4 poll, longo. Cijmarum sui^ra-axillarium pedtiTiCidi 1-1^ poll, longi ; 

 pedicelli divaricati, \ poll, longi. Flores albido-virescentes, 4 lin. lati. Semina \ 

 poll, longa, ovoidca ; arillo rubro ultra medium attingente ; testa flavo-rufescente. 



8. ELJEODENDEOIT, Jacq. 



c.p. 1227. 



cum 



Var. /3. montami7n ; Jlorihiis nuculaniisqne majoribus. — c.p. 2520. 

 ^ Hab. Var. a. Hot, drier parts of the island. Var. ^. Central Pro- 

 vince, at an elevation of 3000 to 4500 feet. ' 



I can find nothing to distinguisK the two varieties of this species except the larger 

 flowers and fruit of var. A and the petioles of this form are usually somewhat shorter 



than in vnr n 



m var, a. 



LV. KHAMNACE^. 



1. ZIZYPHUS, Tourn. 







I. 2. rug^osa^ Lam. (W. et A. Prod, i, 162, cum syn. ; Wight, Icon. 



t. 339.)— c.p. 2719. 



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