Myrsinace<B,'] ceylon plants, 173 



robust a 



Tsjeriam Cotiam, Wight, Icon. t. 1209. Basaal, Eheede, Hort. 

 Mai, V. p. 23. t. 12. An Tsjeriam Cottam, Eheede, 1. c. p. 21. t. 11 ? 

 ■c.p. 1804. 



Hab. Kornegalle and Batticaloa Districts. 



3. SAMARA, Linn. Herb. 



Choripefalum, A. DC. 



1. S. viridiflora, Thw.— S. Bheedei, Wight, Icon. t. 1591. Chori- 

 petalum mridifiorum, A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 88. Pu Walli, Eheede, 

 Hort. Mai. vii. p. 79. t. 42. An C. aurantiacum, A. DC. 1. c. var, i 

 c.p. 610 (741). 



3000 to 5000 



Flores polygamo-dioici. Masc. FiJamenta petalis multura lougiora. Ovarii 

 rudimentum parvum, stylo brevissimo, Fcem. Ovarium 3.Qvulatum. 



4. MYRSINE, Linn. 



M 



vm. p. 94. An M, lucida, WaU. ; A. DC. 1. c. p. 95 ?— c.p, 1806 (2599). 



Var. p.parvifoUa, A. DC. 1. c, et var. y grandiflord, A. DC. 1. c. ; 



night. Icon. t. 1211. An M. umbellata, A. DC. 1. c.P— c.p. 623, 

 3009, 2598. 



var. S. sessiliflora; fiorihus sessilibns rel snbsessilibus. — An M, 

 Forteriana, Wall. List, 6525 ; A. DC. 1. c. ?— c.p. 285. 

 Eab. Central Prorinee, very abundant up to an elevation of 8000 



So variable 13 this plant as regards the shape and size of the leaves and length of 

 the flower -pedicels, that some of its forms might well pass for distinct species, but 

 tnat intermediate oaea occur rendering it Impossible to separate them. Some of my 

 specimens have leaves varying from f to IJ inch in length, whilst other specimens 

 have them reaching to 7 inches, with a corresponding width ; the former occurring 

 upon the tops of the highest hills, and the latter in damp rich forests. 



6. ARDISIA, Linn. 



L A. panicnlata, Eosb. Fl. Ind.ii.p. 270; A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 126. 



A, Missionis, var. /? verticillata, A. DC. 1. c. p. 130. A. CourtaU 



ienns, Wight, Icon. t. 1215.— C.P. 1802, 



Hab. Central Province, not uncommon up to an elevation of 3000 

 feet. 



2. A. humiHs, Vahl, Symb. iii, p. 40; A. DC, L c. p. 129 (in parte). 



—Tmus humilis, Burm. Fl. Zeyl. p. 222. 1. 103.— c.p. 2829. 

 «T ^■^' Near the seashore, Galee District, common, ^Nom. vulg. 

 Loonoo-dang-gass." 



-Frutex 1-6-pedaHs. Folia ad apices ramulorum compressorum aggregata. Tani- 



^^^temiinales. Lr upa rxihv^. 



Well distinguished from the next species, with which it has been confounded, by 



, «^^^^ clu3tei-ed at the ends of the branchlets, its terminal panicles, and bright- 

 red fruit. 



