154 ENUMEBATION OF {^Ruhiacecs. 



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30. COPFEA, Linn. 



1. C. Travancorensis, Herb. Mad.; W. et A., L c. p. 435. — C 



trijlora. Moon's Cat. p. 15 (non Forst.) — c.p. 2458. — An C Bengha- 



lensis, Roxb. var. ? 



Hab. Warm, moister parts of the island, up to an elevation of 3000 



feet. Worn. vulg. "Gas-pitcba. 



Frutex 4-S-pedalis. Bamuli aJscendentes, pilis brevibus scabri. Folia 1-4 poll. 

 loBga, J-2 poll, lata, pefiolo circiter 1 lin. longo, Baccce spheericoe vel parum 

 oblatEC, nigTEe, 4-5 lin. in diam. (siccse) subdidymse. Semina hemisphserica, ad 

 hilum excavata. 



2. C- "Wightiana, Wall, (W. et A., 1. c. p. 436 ; Wigbt, Icon. t. 

 1598.)— c.p. 1654. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, 



Biifering from the last principally in its more horizontal ramification and smaller 

 leaves, but, as remarked by Wight and Arnott, the two are probably forms of one 

 species. 



3. C.?elliptica, Thw. ; dioica, glaberrima ; foliis subeoriaceis, in- 

 tegris, ellipticis vel oblongis, acnminatis, basi angustatis, petiolatis ; 

 stipidis majusculis, oblongis, acutis, convolutis ; pedunculis termma- 

 libus, ternis ; pedicellis snbajqnilongis, ternis, folio mnltum brevi- 

 oribus ; bracteolis paucis, parvis, squaniseformibus, versus basin pedi- 

 cellorum sparsia ; calyce integro vel minutissime denticulato ; coroUcs 

 tubo intus ad apicem piloso, lohis oblongis obtusis duplo longiore. 

 Masc. Anilieris sessilibus, linearibus, apicmatis, inclusis, medio affisisj 

 st^lo tubo breviore, subclavato ; stigmatis lobis angustis, cobserentibus ; 

 ovarii rudimento subnullo. — c.p. 3482. 



Hab. Hinidoon Corle, at no great elevation. 



Arhor parva 10-12-pcdalis, (sicca) nigrescens. Folia 4-10 poll, longa, 2-3 poU. 

 lata, petiolo J-l| poll, longo. CaJycis tuLus 1 lin. longus. Corolla alba, tnho 12 

 lin. longo, lobis oblongis, obtusis, 8 lin. longis. FLfcem. ignoti. 



This species is placed provisionally only with Coffea, with which it agrees in many 

 respects, until the structure of the female flower is known : it will then probably be 

 found to be generically quite distinct. 



C, Arabica, L., so extensively cultivated in the island, springs up in the forests 

 from seeds carried by birds, monkeys, etc., but cannot be considered indigenous. 



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31. PEISMATOMEEIS, Thw. 



Hook. Kew Jonm. Bot. viii. p. 268. 



Calyx cupuliformis, subinteger. Corollce segmenta camosa, prisma- 

 tica, basi excavata. Filamenta brevia. Antherce inclusse, apicibua ex- 

 sertis. 



1. P. albidiflora, Thw. 1. c. t. 7 A.— c.p. 728. 



Hab. Not very uncommon in the southern and central parts of the 

 island, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



This plant would appear, at first sight, to offer an exception to the character oi 

 the section in w^hich it is placed, but the convolute rcstivation of the corolla is o 

 necessity modified owing to the peculiar form and fleshy structure. 



32. IXORA, Linn. 



1. 1. coccinea, Linn. (W. et A., 1. c. p. 427 ; Wight, Icon. t. 153., 

 c.p. 190. 



