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Melastomacecs.^ . ceylon plants. Ill 



Hab. Ambagamowa, at an elevation of about 3000 feet. 



_ Jrl^or parva. Folia 3-4 poll, longa, 2^-3 1 poll, lata, peiioio 2 liu. longo. SacctG 

 (immatune) 8 lin. in diam. 



fi Disco calycino icevi vel ohscure radiatim costtilato. 



Ramulis teretihus. 



7. M. revolutuxu^ Thw. ; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-rotundatia, ob- 

 tusis, subcordatis, margimbus revolutis, brevi-petiolatis, venis primariis 

 utrlnque parum promlneutibus ; peduiicidis multifloris, plus minus 

 elongatulis raniosisq^uc ; pedicellis calyce dimidio longioribus i Jlorilus 

 parvis. — c.p. 2975. 



Hab, Eambodde, at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Arbor par\'a. Folia 2-3 poll, longa, fere a^quilata, petioJo 1 lin. loogo. Fetala 

 alba. Bacca nigro-purpureae, 4-5 liu. ia diam. 



8. M, umbellatum, Burm. Fl. Ind. p. 87. — M, ramijlorum, Lam. 

 DC. Prod. ill. p. 6; Wight, Illust. i 215. t. 93. M. umhellatum ot 

 ■M. ramijlomm, Blnme, 1. c. pp.863, 864, (quoad descript) — c.p. 387, 

 764, 1561, 1562, 



Hab. Very abundant, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 "Cora-caha." 



The leaj^es of this species, mixed with the wood of Moiinda citrifoUa aud 



Cissalpinia Sappan, are employed hy the Cinghalese for producing a permanent 

 red dye. 



* 9. M. angustifolium, Wight, leones, t 276.— C.P. 1556, 3346. 



Hab. Common on the banks of rivers, up to an elevation of 2000 

 feet. 



Frutex 6-8-pcdalis. Folia evenia, supcrne nitidula, ad costam caualiculata, subtus 

 opaca, pallidiora. Fedunculi ramosij siniplices vel subnulli. Fetala cyanea. Bacc<d 

 pisi magniludine, Bi^o-purpurecD. 



10. M. rostratum, Thw. ; foliis ellipticis, abnipte rostrato-acumi- 

 natis, obtusiusculis, basi acutis, inconspicue venosis, petiolatis ; pcdun- 

 culis multiflorls, brevibus vel subnuUis ; pedicellis calyce 2-3-plo lon- 



gioribns ; Jloribzis parvis.— C.P. 1560. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Jrbor parva. Folia (acumine ^-poll.) 14-24 poU. longa, i-U poll. lata, pefiolo 

 IJ lin. longo. Fetala alba. Anther(e cyanefe. Bacc<B sphscricae. 



11. M. fascescens, Thw. ; foliis membranaceis, nitidulis, obscure 

 Tenosis, ovatis vel ellipticis, basi plus minus angustatis, brevissime pe- 

 tiolatis ; panicuUs brevibus, parce ramosis, paucifloris ; pedicellis sub- 

 mdlis.— C.P. 287. 



Hab. Kokool Corle, at no great elevation. 



_ Folia (acumine 4-6-liii.) li-3 poll, longa, 6-11 lin. lata. Bacc^e spharica:, 4 

 'in. in diam. 



12. M. macrophyllum, Thw. ; foliis magnis, coriaceis, cordato- vel 

 subcordato-Ianceolatis, brevissime petiolatis ; pedunculis brevissimis vel 

 subnuUis ; pedicellis brevibus.— c.p. 2685. ' 



Hab. Ambagamowa District and Pasdoon Corle, at an elevation of 

 10(X) to 3000 feet. ' 



Folia 6-12 poll, longa, 2-3i poll. lata. Fetala pallide cyanea. Bacca sphaericsc, 

 4 lin. in diam. 



