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BarringioniacecB.'] ceylon piakts. 119 



2. A. lanceolata.— j5«^^, (A,) lanceolata, Wigtt, lUust. li. p. 15 ; 

 Icones, t. 530. Syzygium lanceolatum, W. et A. Prod. i. p. 330, cum 

 syn. An Eugenia (A.) WigJUiana, Wight, lUust. ii. p. 15; Icones, t. 

 529, cum syn. P— c.p. 2863. 



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LXY. EAEEINGTONIACE^. 



1. BARRINGTONIA, Forst. 



t Cali/ce jprimum indiviso vet apce mmtite aperto, denique in lolls 2-3 longitu- 



dinaliier fisso. 



1. B. speciosa, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 333, cum syn.: "Wight, 

 Icones, t. 547.)— c.p. 3610. J & * 



Hab, On the sea-shore, between GaUe and Matura. 



2. B. racemosa, Eoxb. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 



152; Thomson in Linn. Soc. Journ. ii. p. 47. t. 1. fig. 3.)— c.p. 2682. 



Var. a; calyce juniore indiviso, apiculato. 



Var. ^; foliis Jtorihusque minonbus, pedicellis longioribus, calyce 

 juniore ad apicem minute aperto.— 5. Ceylanica, Gardn, MSS. 



Hab. Warm, moister parts of the island, up to an elevation of 1500 

 feet. Nom. vulg. "Deya-midella-gass." 



tt Calyce ii-IobOf lohis imlricatls, Stravadium, Juss, 



|3. B. acutan^um, Gsertn, (W. et A., L c. cum syn.J— c.p. 1592 

 (1593j. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the islan'd, up to no great elevation. Nom. 

 vulg. "EUa.midella-gass." 



2. CAREYA, Eoxb. 



1. C. arborea, Eoxb. (W. et A. Prod. i. 334, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 lU^t. ii. p. 20, tt. 99, 100.)— c.p. 3169. 



Mab. Central Province, in exposed, grassy places, up to an elevation 

 of 5000 feet. IN'om. vulg. '' Caliaata-gass." 



Ovula in lociQis biserialia, singula dimidio inferioro mcmLraua pkceutali vestita. 

 The bark of this tree is very astringent, and is used medicinally and for tanning. 



In Barringt^nia and Careya I find the young leaves furnished with very minute 

 stipules. 



3. ANISOPHYLIiEA, Br. 



AnisopJiylluvi, Don. Tetracrypta^ Gardner and Champion. 



1. A. Zeylanica^ Benth. in Niger Flora ; Hook. f. and Th. in Linn. 

 Soc. Journ. ii, p. 86. — Tetracrypta cinnamo^noides, Gard. and Ch. in 

 Hook. Journ. of Bot. i. p. 314, and v, p. 378. t. 5.— c.p. 2205. 



Hab. Southern and central parts of the island, up to an elevation of 

 1500 feet. JN'om. vulg. " Wellapeyenna-gass,." 



Calycis lobi persistentes. Fructus indehiscens. Embryo csalbuminosus, axialis, 

 cotyledonihm nullis vel subnuUis. 



