136 ENUMERATION OF [Caprifoh'acere, 



I have little donbt that the first of the above varieties is the typical form of the 

 species, whilst in the latter variety, as well as in others described by previous 

 authors, the hracteoles must be looked upon as in an abnormal condition^ putting 

 on, as they do, more or less of a leaf-like appearance. 



|:|: Corolla segmeotfis 4. 



14. Ij. buddleioides, Desv. (W. et A,, L c, p. 383, cum syn.) — c.p. 

 2391. 



Hab. Drier parts of the island, up to an eleyation of 4000 feet. 



2. VISCUM, Tournef. 



w 



m 



1. V- orientalej Willd. (W. et A., 1. c, p. 379, cum syn.) — F- verru- 

 culosum, W. et A., Lc— c.p. 412 (480, 481, 1639). 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 7000 feet. 



2. V. capitellatum. Smith, (W. et A., 1. c. p. 380, cum syn.)— c.p. 

 1638. 



Hab. Very common in the warmer parts of the Island, often parasitic 

 upon species of Loranthus, 



3. y. spathulifolium^ Thw. ; ramis elongatis, teretibus, trichotomis, 



singulis ad basin involucre parvo cupuliformi cinctis; foliis opposi- 



tis, anguste spathulatis, obtusis, 3-nerviis ; Jloribus laxe spicatis.-— c.p. 

 336. 



Hab, Adam's Peak, Gardner. 



4. V. attenuatum, DC. (W. et A., L c, cum syn.)— c,p. 479, 1637, 

 Hab. Jaffna, Galagama, Gardner, 



5. V. moniliforme, Blume (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn. : Wight, Icon. 

 tt. 1018, 1019.)— c.p. 295. J & 



Hab. Common in the most elevated parts of the Central Province. 



LXXX. CAPEirOLIACE^, 



SECT. LONICEREM 



1. DICHILAIfl^THE, Thw. 



Jouni 



Lmn. Soc. Journ. (Bot.) ii. p. 164. 



1. D. Zeylanica, Thw. 1. c. ; H.f. et T. 1. c. p. 174.— C.P. 3422. 

 Hab. In forests between Galle and Eatnapoora, at an elevation o^ 

 1000 feet. ^ 



SECT. SAMBUCE^. 



2. VIBURNUM, Linn. 



1. V. embescens, Wall. (H.f. et T. 1. c. p. 177, cum syn.)— c.p. 1636. 

 Hab. Horton Plains, at an elevation of 7000 to 8000 feet. 



2. V. hebanthum, W. et A. Prod. i. 388 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1023 

 V. conaceum, Bl. Var. ^. H.f. et T. 1. c. V. Zeylanica, Gardn. MS 



— .p. 39 (73). ^ 



