MubiacecB.'} ceylon plants. 151 



Gardner's JDi/sod. glomeratum^ from the Peninsula of India ; but I have no speci- 

 meus of the latter for comparison, 



3. S. scabrida^ Thw. ; frutieosa ; ramulis scabridis ; foliis ellipticis, 

 acuminatis, basi acutis, glabris; costa petioloqae scabridis; stipulis 

 connatis, aristato-fimbriatis, scabridis ;j^or?Jw5 terminalibus, sessilibus; 

 calyce plloso, dentibus 4, lineari-lanceolatis. — c.p. 3306. 



Hab. Near Ratnapoora. 



The single specimen I possess of this plant has leaves 2 to 3 inches long and | to 

 I4 inch wide, with a petiole about a quai-ter of an inch long. The flowers and ripe 

 fruit I have not seen. 



21. HYDROPHYLAX, Linn. 



1. H. maritima, Linn. (W. et A., L C. p. 441, cum syn. ; Wight, 



Icon. t. 760.)— c.p. 1672. 



Hab. Common near the sea-shore. Nom. vnlg. " Moohoodoo- 

 gattacola. 



22. RUBIA, Tonm, 



!• R. cordifolia^ Linn. (W, et A., 1. c. p. 442, cum syn. ; Wight, 



Icon. t. 187.)— c.p. 2705. 



Hab, Abundant near Badulla, Mr. Ondaatze. Not uncommon 

 throughout the Central Province. 



23. GALIUM, Linn. 



1. G. aspexifolium, Wall. (W. et A., 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1682. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 7000 feet. 



24. BORRERIA, Mey., DC. 



1. B. ocyiuoides, DC. Prod. iv. p. 544 ; Biirm. ] 

 ng. l.— c.p. 1684. 



Hab. Soiitli of the island. Moon. Gardner, Ferg 



\ 



Hab. Very abundant. 



25. SPEBMACOCE, Linn. 



inn. fW;. et A., 1. c. p. 438, cnm syn.)— An S. arti- 

 W. et A.. 1. c. cum svn. P— c.p. 1695, 1696. 



-- — J k'Vj 's-r ^-w. ^ _B -K ^- ^n^ -■ — ^ m* ^ 



I find it quite impossible to separate satisfactorily what T take, judging from the 

 *'elative length of the corolla-tube, to be these two reputed species, and doubt their 



teing reallj distinct. 



Il OvuHs pendulis, 



26. KNOXIA, Linn. 



1. K. corymbosa, Willd. (W. et A., I.e. p. 439, cum syn.; Wight 

 Must. ii. t. 128.)— c.p. 3619 (1691 partim). 

 Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



Cor^mdi rami ultimi pauclflori. Frucfus U lin. longi, 1 lin. lati. 



