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ComlretacecB,'] cetlon plants. 10 



Var. 13. parvifolium. — P. parvifolium, Gardn. MSS.— c.P. 1596. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 8000 feet, Norn, 

 vulg. " Oonoonoo-gass." 



Arlor mediocris. Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, brevi -acuminata, glabra, l|-5 

 poll, longa, f-2i poll lata, petiolo 2i-4 lin. longo. Racemi pilosi, foliis brevlores. 

 Brup^e glabrae, transverse oblongse. 



powerful odour of prassic acid. 



bruised 



LXII. COMBEETACE^. 



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1. COMBRETUM, Loffl. 



1. C. Wiirhtianum, WaU. (W. et A. Prod. i. 317 ; Wight, Iconea 

 t. 227.)— c.p. 1601, 1602. 5 ^ ^ 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Norn, vulg, 

 ** Kadoorookettya-weL" 



Wben growing on the hills, this plant has somewhat larger flowers than when i1 

 occurs near the level of the sea. 



2. LITMWITZEEA, Willd. 



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Willd. (W. et A. Prod. i. 316, cum syn.)— c.p. 1594 

 not uncommon. Nom. vulg. " Baireya-gass." 



3. CONOCARPUS, Gajrtner. 



1. C. latifoHa, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 316, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 Ic^es, t. ^M.)—Anogeissus, Wall.— c.p. 1220. 



Hab. Open, grassy places, in the district north of Kandy, up to an 

 elevation of 1500 feet. I^om. vulg. "Daawoo-gass." 



4. TERMINALIA, Linn. 



Sect. 1. M^rohalanics, 



L T. Belerica, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 313, cum syn.)— c.p. 1605. 

 Hab. Open, grassy places, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Norn, 

 vulg. '* Booloo-gass.'^ 



2. T. Chebula, Eetz, (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1604. 

 Hab. Similar places with the last. Nom. vulg. " Araloo-gass." 



The drupes of this and of the preceding species are much valued as a medicine, 

 and are sold in the bazaars. 



3. T. parviflora^ Thw. ; foUis suboppositis, oblongis, abrupte acumi- 

 natis, integris, glabris, subtus minutissim'e reticulatis petioloque eglan- 

 umosis ; spids pilosulis, terminalibus, paniculatis, foliis subsequilongis ; 

 drupis ovoideis, carnosis, subpentagonis ; putamiiie profunde latcque 

 5-sulcato.— c.p. 618, 646. 



Hab. Margins of woods in the Central Province, up to an elevation 

 f/ 4000 feet; abundant in the Ambagamowa District. Nom. vulg, 

 Hampalanda-gass." 



