Buliacew,'] ceylon pla:nxs. 



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LXXXI. EUBIACE^. 



Sect. 1. Coroll(B segmentis cestivatione valvatis, 



t Ovarii loculis bi-pluriovuIaUs, 

 X Placenta apicem prope loculi affixa, pendula. 



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1. NAUCLEA, Linn. 



f .Plaianocarpum. 



L N. coadunata, Eoxb. (DC. Prod. iv. p. 344, cum syn.)— c.p. 1658. 



^ Hab. Common m the warmer parts of the island. JN'om. vulg. 



xSakmee-gass. ^ 



ft Kaudeana, 



tim.)-c p ^1659^^' ^''^^' ^^^' ^' ""' '^'"'^ ^J^')-^' orientalise L. (^^r- 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Norn. vul<r. « Ha- 

 lamba-gass. ^ 



3.- W. parvifolia, Eoxb. (DC. 1. c. cum syn.)—]S'. orientalis, Linn, 

 \parttm.)—c.v. 780. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



4. N tnbulosa, Arn. ; foliis glabris (junioribus ad nen^os miimtis- 



sune puberulis), ovatis, obtusis vel parum acuminatis, basi rotundatLs 



suDcordatisve, petiolatis ; stipuUs magnis< membranaceis, obovatis ; pe- 



«wwcz^/2^ termmalibus, srepissime ternis, intermedio breviore vel sessiU; 



ca^^ee cylmdrico, subintegro, bracteolis obtusis longiore; stigmatelon^ 



guisculo, utrinque truncato ; capsuUs majusculis, oblongis, polyspermis. 

 c.p, lo5/, 



Var. /3. minor ; foliis capitulisquc minoribus. — c.p. 1656. 

 -U-AB Tar. a. Very abundant in the KokoolCorle. Var. /3. Hot, drier 

 parts of the island. 



Z^''/ ^ parva, Fo/ia siibmembranaceaj ramutissime reticulata, 2-6 poll, longa, 

 ^^^20^ 4-6 liu. longo. Capitula in anthesi circiter 1 J poll, in diam. (var. j8 pollicaria), 

 Fope basm foliis stipulisque 2 deciduis bracteata. Calyx 1-H lin. longiis. Corolla 

 purpurea. Anth^ns apiculatie. Capsnla 3-4 liu. longa. 



ttt Bentacoryna. 



5. N. cordifoUa, Eoxb. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1660. 

 -o-AB. Hot, drier parts of the island. Nom. vulg. " Colong-gass." 



^' W. peduncularis. Wall. Cat. 6091 ; Walp. Eep. ii. p. 512.— iV. 

 ^nUora, Moon's Cat. p. 14. An N, purpiirecB, Eoxb., var.?— c.p. 2820. 



-^AS' Saffragam and contiguous districts, up -to an elevation of 1000 

 leet, not uncommon. Central Province, rare. 



-drhor mediocris, ramulis parce coiupressia. PediuicuU 1-2 poll, longi, inter- 

 ^ lus pariun longior, pauIo infra medium bracteolis 4 parvis munitus. Capitula 

 anthesi 8-9 lin. in diara. Corolla ochracea, purpiirascens. 



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