144 EHftTMEBATiON OF \^Buhiace(B, 



20. H- csemlea, W. et A., 1. c. — c.F, 1674 

 Hab. Sandy places, especially near tlie coast. 



, Diy. Oldenlandia, 



21. H. nmbellata. Lam. (W. et A., 1. c, p. 413, cum syn.)— -ET- poly- 



gonoides, Wall. — C.P. 125. 



Hab. Abundant, especially near tlie sea. Nom. vulg. " Saayam-mool." 



Used as a dye by the Cinghalese, 



22. H. Burmanniana, Br. (W. et A., I.e. p. 415, cum syn.) — S. in- 

 termedia, W. et A., 1. c— C.P. 1676, 2368. 



Hab. Very abundant in tlie warmer parts of the island. Nom. vulg. 



" Wal-patpaadagam.*' 



23. H. racemosa, Lam. (W. et A., L c. p. 414, cum syn. ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 312.)—^. hiflora, Br. ; W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.— c.p. 1679. 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, common. 



24. H-quadrilocularis, Thw,; herbacea,procumbens,ramosa,pilosula; 

 ramis subteretibus ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, utrinque subacutis, petio- 

 latis ; stipulis membranaceis, rotimdatis, ciliatis ; Jlorihus axillaribus 

 tei-minalibusque, 1-2-nis, sessilibus ; ovario 4-loculari, rarius 2-3-locu- 

 lari.— c.p. 3132. 



Hab. Badulla District, rare. 



Folia i-li poll, longa, i-f poll, lata, petiolo 1-5 lin. loBgo. Caly:t: turbinatus ; 

 hbis oblongis, ciliatis, interne setulosis, recurvis. Corolla tubulosa, interne glabra ; 

 lobis oblongis, acutis. Sif/his filiformis, exsertus. Stigmata tot quot ovarii loculi, 

 longiuscula, subclavata, reflexa, Capsida depressa, loculis ad basin deliiscentibus, 

 circiter 3-spcrmis. 



25. H. trinervia, (Ecem. et Sch.) ; W, et A., 1. c. cum syn, — c.p. 1681. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island. 



26. H. Heynei, Br. (W. et A., I.e. p. 416, cum syn.)— c.p. 1673. 

 Hab. Very common in the -warmer parts of the island. 



27. H. maritima, Wall (W. et A., 1. c. p. 417, cum syn.)— C.P. 1678. 

 Hab. Yery common near the sea. 



11. DENTELLA, Forst. 



E>ens, Forst. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 405, cum 

 armer parts of the island, not uncomm< 



c.p. 1683. 



+t Ovarii loculis l-ovulatis. 



+ 



Ovulis erectis. 



12. MORINDA, VaiU.* 



1. M. bracteata, Eoxb. (W, et A., L c. p. 419, cum syn. J Wight, 

 Illust. t. 126.) — ^An M. citrifolim, Linn., var. ? — c.p. 765. 



* The ovaiy in tbis genus appears to be normally two-celled, but these two cella 

 are converted into four by the introverted carpellary leaves being so produced laterally 

 as to reach the walls of the ovary. If this is the correct explanation of the ovanal 

 structure, the genus would have to be placed in the previous division of the fanuly> 



case 



