Aquifoliacea.] cetlon plants. 



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MACBEIGHTIA 



1. M oblongifolia, TIiw. ; foliis subcoriaceis, oblongis acuminah-R 

 basi rotunJatis, subtus ad nervos cum petlob brevf fiilvo S S' 

 denique glabm. Flor. fcem. solltariis, brevi-peduncuk is SS 

 hispiao, ad basm 3-partito ; hbis acutis ; ovario piloso, 6 ocukri £! 

 c^lanns subsph^encis, fulvo-tomentosis, S-G-spermis.-c.P. S' 



(liniiiJio longiore, alhumme uon ruminato v"xuuj,is 



so Li nZ'.if? *''!i^.°'i*f'f.'' specimens of this plant bearing ripe and unripe fruit, 



n iTe Sr ''"*"''' ^^."' ^* ^' ^ ^^'"^ Macreightia, but it agrees with thii geuus 

 m the characters my specimens exhibit. ^ 



3. MABA, Forst. 



Vax. ^. microphylla; foliis parvulis.— c.p. 1916. 



x<ArIhW,f.^'/''H'' m^.ioribus, membranaceis, parum acuminatis 

 Inm svn y V^^'l^^"^^i^tts.-^. ^5.«,,,, Spr. ; A. DC. 1. c. p. 242, 

 V.!^?- _.^' -).t^{5'/'^/''-f«*5*. Wigbt, Ic. tt. 1228, 1229.-C.P. 3395. 



liis lanceolatis vel lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis. 



JlAB. Varr. a. and /•} TTnf rl^;.,^ ^„^^c ^r 4k_ ;„i__j -tt-. . a 



. y. Am 



nv^rs. Nom.yulg. "Zabo^Lwkyrgrss."' ""^ "' "" "' '''''^' " 



variet;p?nf'^!v'"^ ^"*^^ *""^ *° *^^ examination of tlic several very aiffcrcnt-lookiu'r 

 chariftPP ; ,P, ' e^^Pccting to discover some sufficiently important constant 

 fonnfr-wf f ''u ^'^^.'^ separate them specifically, but I find them so completely 



jr. 



baSt,f; ^^^- ?•- ^""^ ^; ^«*' 'i"^'' PaJ^ts of the island, 

 rit!^ 7^ I>istrict, and near Eatnapoora. Var. 8. Or 



in cousidering 



them nil ^'^^^'^^ ^y intermediate forms, that I have no hesitation 



called ti, ''^ f^i'^'f ™ting only one very variable species : variable, it may truly be 



ivhilsi' in t , "^^'^^ "' '''"■• ^ ''^'"'^ sometimes not a quarter of au inch in length, 

 >uiibt in var. 5 they reach to five inches iu length. 



XCYII. AQUIFOLIACE^. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



t Flores tetrameri. 



1. I. denticulata, Wall. (Wigbt, Ulust. t. 142.)-c.p. 573. 

 ^AB. iiopatalawa Plains, at an elevation of 'o^y^ feet. 



Arhor nia<nia. iJa 



■ft'/ia snh ^ J-^niuu angmosi, minutissime puberuli, cito glabn, cincrascentea. 



poll lon^^^™Tf' ^^^^^' oblonga, abrupte rostnilo-acuiniuata, acute serrata, 1|-3J 



suLuuir^^'i* \^ ^^^^' ^^*^' siccitate fuscescentia, peiiolo 2-3 iin. longo. Pedunculi 



Corolf.'^x A^}^ ^""^® elongati. PedicelH 3-4 Un. longi, umbeUati vel sparsi. 

 '" 03-4 Jin. m exn. 



ft Fiorea pcntnmeri. 



2. I. Wightiana, Wall. (Wight, Ic. t. 12i().)-c.P. 2056, 3^i84. 



