LegumhoscB.'] ceylon plants? 



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LX. LEGUMINOSJE. 



SuBORD. 1. PAPILIONACEJE. 



1. HEYLANDIA, DC. 



latebrosa, DC. (W 



Abundant in the Ba 



c.p. 1275 



2. CROTALARIA, Linn. 



(Nom. vernac. " Andanahiriya.") 



1. C, biflora, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 190, cum syu.)— c.p. 3325. 

 Hab. Hotj drier parts of the island, Gardner, 



2. C. prostrata, Eoxb. (W. et A., L c. p. 189, cum syn.)— c.p, 126G 

 [partim). 



Hab. Batticaloa District. 



3. C. ferruginea, Grali. (Bentli. Loud. Joum. of Bot. ii. 476, cum 

 Byn.)— c.p. 1265, 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



4. O. evolvuloides, W. et A. Prod. i. 188.— c.p. 126G {partim), 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



5. C. bifaria, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 188, cum syn. ; Wiglit, Icones, 

 t, 30.)— c.p. 3593. 



Hab. Central Province. 



6. C. multiflora, Bentli. 1. c, p, 478 ; Walp. Eep. v. 437.— c.r. 1268. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



7. C. Wightiana, Grali. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 181.— .** C. scahrella, W. 



et A., I.e.)— c.p. 2772. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 3000 feet. 



A very variable species, and I suspect tLat C. scalrella, W. et A., is only a form 

 of it. 



retnsa, Linn. (W. 

 Very common, up 

 andanahirya-gass. 



c.p. 1274. 



. Nom. vulg. 



9. O. verrucosa, Linn. (TV. et A., I.e. cum syn.; Wiglit, Icoucs, 



200.)-c.P, 1273. 



Hab. Abundant, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Nom. vulg. '^Nil- 



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10. C. semperflorens. Ventn. (Walp. Eep. v. 439, cum syn.) — c.r. 12 

 (280). 



4000 to 7000 



W 



c.p. 1264. 



Hanna. 



3000 feet. Nom. vulg. 



The Cinghalese make cord of the strong ilbrc of this plant. 



W. et A., 1. c. p. 183, cum syn. ; Wiglit 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



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