152 ENTJMEEATiox OF \_Ruhiace<£. 



2. K. stricta, Gtertn. De Fruct. i. p. 122. t. 25.— X mollis, Br. ; W. 

 et A., I.e. cum syn.— c.p. 3620 (1691 partim). 



Hab. Common in the Central Province, on the liills. 



Corymhi rami ultimi pluriflori. Frnctus f lin. longus. . ' 



Differs from the last iu its longer, iiarro\YeL- leaves, its subumbellate and elongated 

 branches of the corymbj and in its much smaller cocci. 



3. K. Zeylanica, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 440, cum syn. ; excl. K. 



stricta, Gsert.) — c.p. 1690. 



Hab. Common in the southern parts of the island, up to no great 



elevation. Norn. vulg. *'Ella-rat-mool." 



. 4. K. platycarpa, Arn. Pug. 26 (344) ; Walp. Eep. ii. p. 468.— c.p. 



1689 (2470). 



Var. /3. hirsuta.—X, Mrsuta, Arn. 1. c; Walp. 1. c. p. 469.— c.p. 



1688. . 



Var. y, foliosa; foliis majoribus, plus minus hirsutis, ovatis vel lan- 

 ceolatis ; corymhis foliosis ; lohis calycinis longioribus (uno maxuno 

 sicut in varr. aliis).— c.p. 51 (118, 210, 422, 505). ^ ■ 



Hab. Very abundant in the Central Province, at an elevation ot 

 4000 to 7000 feet. Varr. a and /3, amongst grass ; var. y, m damp, 

 rich ground. 



An extremely variable species as regards the size of the leaves and amount of 

 pubescence on the several parts of the plant, but the several forms merge insensibly 

 into one another. 



27. CAWTHIUM, Lam. 



1, C. didymum, Gsertn. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 425, cum syn.)— ^wm- 

 hellatum, Wight, Icon. t. 1031. C undulatum. Champion, in Hook. 

 Kew Joum. of Bot. iv. p. 198.— c.p. 1667, 3511. 



Var. /3. lanceolatum. — C. lanceolattim, Arn. Pug. 24 (342). c.p. 

 2513. 



Var. y, rosiratum ; foliis ellipticis, rostrato-acuminatis ; floribits 

 paucioribus, suburabellatis, parum longioribus ; fructihus parum ma- 

 joribus. — c.p. 2607. 



Var. 6. ffrandifolium ; foliis multo majoribus, superne nitidissimis. 



—c.p. 3419. 



Hab. A^arr. a and j8, abundant up to an elevation of 4000 feet; 

 varr. y and S, near Batnapoora. 



2. C. montanum, Thw. ; arboreum, inerme ; foliis yalde coriaceis, 

 ovatis vel orbicularibus, obtusia, pauciveniis, brevl-petiolatia ; peditn- 

 culis asillaribus \ florihus 5-meris, subumbellatis. — c.p. 2610, 2653. 



Var. /3. minus ; foliis minoribua, utrinque parum angustatis ; ^^»i- 

 cellis post anthesin recurvis.^c.p. 1685. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



Prsecedenti valde affinis, et quoad inflorescentiam varietati 7 ejusdem simniin^*» 

 forsan varietas. 



3. C. parviflorum, Lam. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 426, cum syn.)— c.p. 1662 

 (1653). , . , 



Hab, Very abundant up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



4, C. macrocarpum, Thw. ; fruticosum, subscandens, spinosaTn^; 

 lis teretibus, rufo-piloaulis ; foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, ^^^ 



