Mdasfomacece,'] ceylon plants. 113 



4000 to 5000 



4000 



Ardor parva. Folia 1-3 poll, longa, J-IJ poll, lata, pefioh l-l^ lin. longo. 

 Pelala cyanea vel raro albida. Baccce sphscricgc, 3-4 lin. in diam. 



M 



vel obloDgis, obtusia retusisve, basi cuneatis, brevi-pctiolatis ; pedun- 

 culis brevissimis vel subnullis : Aoribus camtellatis. subsessilibns.- 



C.F, 



2955. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 7000 feet. 



Arbor parva. FoUa J-1 poll, longa, 3-8 lin. lata, petiolo \-\ lin. longo, Felala 

 albida. £acca splisericse. 



Nearly allied to, and possibly a variety of, the preceding, from var. )3 of which it 

 differs principally in its leaves being cuneate at the base and a good deal smaller. 



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EamuKs ^i-alatis. 



21. M. Hookeri, Thw. ; foliis majusculis, corclato-lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis, sessilibus, subtus costa et venis primariis intramarginalique valdo 

 prominentibus ; pedunculis brevibus vel subnullis i pedicellis longius- 

 oiilis.^c.p. 2686. 



Hab. Ambagamowa. District, in shady forests, on tbe bants of streams, 

 at an elevation of 1000 feet. 



^ Frutex erectus, parce raniosus, 8-12'pedaIis. Folia 6-12 poll, longa, 1^-3 poll, 

 lata. Petala cyauca, Bacca sphpcrica?, 4 lin. in diam., rufescentes, denique nigro- 

 purpurese. 



22. M. Wightii, Thw.— .? Jf. amplexicaule, Wight, Icon. t. 279 (vis 



Eoxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 260.)— c.p. 2570. 



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



ArLor parva. JFoHa subnitida, cordato-lanceolata, plus minus acuminata, obscure 

 venosa, 2-5 poll, longa, |-H poll, lata, petiolo 1 lin. longo. Fedi'nculi brevissimi 

 vel snbaulli. Pedicelli conferti, lougiusculi. Feiala cyanea. Bacca sphscricse, 

 3-4 lin. in diam. 



The shape of the leaves and smaller size of the fruit seem to preclude the possi- 

 bility of the present being Roxburgh's plant ; and the winged ramuli and petioled 

 leaves of our plant do not agree with Dr. Wight's description of his species, though 

 his figure quoted above bears a very considerable rescniblance to it. 



2. Foliis (rinerviis. 



23. KI. Arnottianum, Wight, MSS. — Mugenta? capitellafa, Arn, 



Puff. 17 (335) ; Walp. Eep. ii. 182,— c.?* 1589 (1868). 



Hab. Hinidoon and Pasdoon Corles, and SafTragam District, at no 

 great elevation. 



Frufex vel arbor parva, 10-12-pedalis. EamuH terete^. J=b//d5 1-4 poll, longa, 

 4-2 poll, lata, juniora rufescentia. Capiiella 3-5-tlora, louge pedunculata. Petala 

 albida.^ Baccce spha^rieaij pisi magnitudine, nigro-purpurea^. 



24. M. Gardner!, Thw. ; ramults juniorihits anguste 4-alatis ; foliis 

 opacis, pellucido-punctulatis, rotundatis, ellipticis vel rhomboideo-ob- 

 l^ngis, abrupte breveque acuminatis, obtusis retusisve, basi in petiolum 

 brevem angustatis ; capitelUs 3-plurifloris, brevi-peduncidatis vel sessi- 

 libus.— c.p. 2387. 



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2000 to 5000 



Arbor parva. FoUa 1-3 poll, longa, \"\\ poll, lata, petiolo 1 lin. longo. Flore.^ 

 ^bi. Baccce sphajrica;, pisi magnitudiue, uigro-purpurese, 



