■LeguminoscB .'] ceylon plants. 



91 



41. ATYLOSIA, W. et A. 



f \k^' ?^"^°""' ^; ^\\- ^rod. i. 257, eum syn.; Wight 

 t. 754.— Z^. jwa^or. W. et A.. 1. p— c.p. 55 (209, 224) 



» 



W 



Hab. /ery abundant amongst grass, in the Central Province, up to 

 I elevation of 4000 feet. Norn. vulg. " Atta-tora." 



2. A. albicans, Benth..— Cantharospcrmum alb 

 p. 256, cum syn.— c.p. 2783. 

 Hab. Hantanl, Gardner. 



S. A. rugosa, W. et A., 1. c. p. 257.— c.p. 1441. 

 Mab. Central Province, up 

 " Wal-Colloo." . 



4. A, scarabseoides, Benth. 

 A. 255, cum syn.— c.p. 1442. 

 Hab. Hot, drier narta of thi 



5000 



w 



42. BHYNCHOSIA, Lour. 



L R. cana, DC. (W. et A. Prod. i. 240, cum syn.)-c.p. 1280. 

 ilAB. Abundant-m the warmer parts of the island. 



1. 0.386 ;W. et A., 1. c. 238, cum syn.-cp. 1440. 

 ilAB. Jaitna, Gardner. 



S J' ^' aT^^^''^""^' S? ■ (^- ^* ^-' 1- ^- 239, cum syn. ; Arn. Pug. p. 14, 

 iiz, n. 42.)— c.p. 1424. • o t > 



Hab. Batticaloa District ; common. 



43. ABRUS, Linn. 



1. A. precatorius, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 236, cum syn.)— c.p. 1466. 



'. aT-^^;i" ^\ uncommon In the hotter parts of the island. IN'om. vul<r. 

 Uhnda-wel. ' " 



c3' f" ^^'^''^.f^'"'' WaU. ; foliolis lincari-oblongls, 7-10-jugi8 j pani- 



uns termmalibus, longe pcdunculatis, racemiformibus, i-amis earundom 



BUDsecuudis mcrassatis curvatis, pcdiccllos serie coutinua din seroutibus : 



c.p. 1467. 



spermis 



S-^B. l^ot uncommon in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



Darv ^r ®^^^''^^^' voluLilis, plus minus adpresse pilosus. Stipichv sfipellaqae 

 ionT' ^^^^^^^^-s^bulatie, Caiya: campauulatus, minute S-dentatus, pedicello sub- 

 ^^uuongus,^! lin. longus. Corolla calyce 3-4-plo longior, pallide purpurea. Zef/?i- 



fnii« 1 . ■* P^^- lo^ga, 3^—4 lin. lata. iS?»z«m^ subrotuadata, compressa, minute 

 tuberculata, nigra, 2 lia. lon^a, ^ 



44. NOMISMIA, W. et A. 

 t. 283'Lc''"^r''^*^''' ^' ^* ^' '^^^^' ^' ^^^^ ^^^ ®y^' ' Wight, Icones, 



Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. 



