Zeguminosce,'] cetlon plant3. 97 



Var. ^.pilosa; planta tota patentim dense pilosa. 

 Hab. Abundant in similar situations to tlie last. Var. jS. Hantani 

 District.. ]N"om. vulg. "Bin-seyembala." 



Cassia alata, Linn.^ has become naturalized in various parts of the island. 



58. JOITESIA, Eosb. 



1. J. Asoka, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 284, cum syn. ;' Wiffht, Icon. 

 t. 206; Walp. Ann. iv. 609,)— c.p. 653. 



Hab. Sides of streams, under the shade of larger trees, up to an ele- 

 vation of 3000 feet'. Yery abiindant in the Bintenne District. I^om. 

 valg. " Deya-ratmal." 



HUMBOLDTIA, Vahl 



1. H. laurifolia, Vahl, (W. et A. Prod. i. 285, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 Icones, t. 1605,)— c.p. 328. 



Hab. Very abundant in the Ambagamowa and Eatnapoora Districts, 

 on the shady banks of streams. Nom. vulg. " Gal-karanda." 



60. DIALIUM, Linn. 



1. D. ovoideum, Thw. | foUolis bijugis, suboppositis, cum impari, 



lanceolatis, apice retusis, supeme glabris, subtus sparse minutissime 



puberulis ; paniculis terminalibus adpresse incano-pilosis, folio longi- 



oribus ; bracteolis lanceolatis, cito deeiduis ; sepalis lanceolatis ; legu- 



mine ovoideo, parce compresso, subsessili, 1-2-spermo, velutino. — c.p. 

 3149. 



Hab. Districts north of Kandy, at no great elevation. Nom. vulg. 

 '* Gal-seyembala-gass." 



Jrbor ingens, ramulis rugosulis. Toliola 2-3 poll, longa, f-li lata, petiolulo 

 tumidulo 2 Tin. longo. Flores albidi, circiter 3 lin. longi, pedlcelHs parum longiores. 

 ^Anthera oblongse, extrorsse, in anthesi filamentis suba}quilonga3. Ovarium iu disco 

 anuulari viridi sessile, 2-ovuJatum ; sii/lo subulato, apice obtusiusculo. Legumen atro- 

 bruuneum, 7-8 lin. longum, 5-6 liu. latum. Semiua rotundata, compressa, striata, 

 nitida, ochraceo- vel rufo-bruanea, 4 lin. longa. 



The fruit of this species is of an agreeable acid flavour, and is sold in the bazaars. 

 The wood is strong and handsome, and well adapted for ornamental furniture. 



CYNOMETBA 



1 



. C. raxniflora, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 293 ; Walp. Ann. iv. 601.) 

 P. 1500. 



Var. a ; foliolis omnibus 1-jugis. — c.p. 3604. 



Var. /3. heterophylla ; foliolis versus basin innovationum 2-jugi8, ver- 

 sus apicem 1-jugis. 



Hab. Var. a. Batticaloa District. Var. /S. Trincomalee, Gardner. 

 Caltura District. Nom. vulg. " Gal-mendora-gass." 



Not having been so fortunate as to obtain the flowers or fruit of var. a, I am un- 

 able to determine whether var. ^ is really distinct, as a species, from it, but I almost 

 suspect it will prove so, the leaflets being much leas acuminated, and slightly different 

 la other respects. 



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