^^ ENT7MEEATI0N OF iEhamnaoem. 



<( 



Hab. Very abundant, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. JN^om. rulg, 



Ma ha 



2. Z. xylopyra, WiUd. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1243. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



3^ Z. Jujuba, Lam. (W. et A., 1. c. ; Wight, Icon. t. 99.)— o.p. 1242. 



Hab. Anooradhapoora, Gardner. 



4. Z. GSnoplia, MiU. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 163.)— c.p. 1240. 



minya-wel." 



3000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Erra- 



Moon 



serruJatis, obtuse acummatis, minute apiculatis, basi obliquis, 3-5- 

 nerviis, transverse parallelo-venulosis, glabria, petiolo nervisque pu- 

 bescentibus ; cymis folio multo brevioribus, tomentosis ; stylis 3-4, ad 

 medium coalitas.— .? Z. Jiorrida, Both, nov. sp. p. 159.— c.p. 1241. 

 Hab. Matele, Jfoow J KornegaUe District, abundant. 



Frutkosa ^muli teretes, nigrescentes, jnniores tomeutosi ; aculeis solitai-iis 

 vel biDis Foha 2-3 poU. louga. |-U poll, lata, petiolo 3 \m. longo. Ovarium 

 rf-4-loculare. Nuculama globosa, circiter 8 lin. in diam., carnosa, viridi-pnrpura- 

 scentia, 2-4.si)erma ; pdamine osseo, ruguloso. 



^It IS difficult to surmise what can be tie Rhamnus Napeea, linn. Fi. Zeyl. 87, 

 the description of which agrees tolerably well with the characters of the present 



plant, except as regards the number of styles, which seems decisive against their 

 being identical. ° 



BERCHEMIA 



1. B. parviflora, Wall. (W. et' A. Prod. i. 163, cum syn • Wieht 

 Icones (19), t. 513.)— c.p. 2477. ^ ' ^ ' 



f ?nnn .^^^^^^^^f District, in the Central Province, up to an elevation 

 01 JOOOteet; not common. 



• n T Y^'f^^ ^'^^ ^^^''^s «'■« oblong-lanceolate, and not cordate at the base as 

 m Ur. Wight s figure, but m other respects the characters correspond. 



3. VENTILAGO, G^ertn. 



1. V. Maderaspatana, Gffirtn. (W 



Wight, Icones, t. 163.)~c.p. 1236. 



?"lSrf T '" *^^ ^''*' *^"'''' ^""^^ ""^ *^^ ^''^°^' "P to «^ ^^'^^«- 



RHAMNUS 



t. 159. — c.p. 2525. 



Central Province, 



parts 



£;.?; ^^''V'r''^' ^^'i^''^- MSS.;/^Z^Y. glabrls, ovato-Ianceolatis, 



enatlS. P^iJinrliilnsA E07Tiilo+io .^Kfi-i«„ -• i- •. 



acummatis 



xicuiati8 ; peduncults unifloris, axillaribus, ternis, puberulis, petiolo 

 iperne puberulo longionbus ; peialis nullis.— c p. 201 

 Hab. Most elevated parts of the Central Province. 



Jrhor parva. Samuli juniores puberuli. Folia U-2| poll, longa. J-U poU. 



