190 ENUMEBATION OF {Salvadoraoecs. 



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2. J. ang^nstifolium, Valil, (A. DC. 1. c. p. 303, cum syn. : Widit, 

 Ic. t, 698.)— c.p. 1807. 



Hab. Very abundant in tlie hot, drier parts of tlie island, and very 

 variable in the shape of its leaves. 



3. J. rigidum, Zent. (A. DC. 1. c. p. 305 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1247, cum 



syn. seq.) J. myrtophyllum, Zenk. ; A, DC. 1. c. p. 304. J. tetrapJus, 

 Wight & Gardn. in Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. v. 27. p. 55.— c.p. 1809. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



Bamuli puberuli. 



w 



t. 700.)— c.p. 1810. . ^ ^ 



Hab. Yery abundant in the warmer parts of the island. 



Obs. Jasm, laurifolium, Roxb., occurs in gardens, but I Lave never found it in a 



wild state. 



Sect. 2. Trifoliolata, A. DC. 



5. J. flexile, Vahl, (A. DC. 1. c. p. 310 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1253 ; Burm. 

 Thes. Zeyl. p. 127. t. 58. fig. 1.)— c.p. 724 (1814). 



Hab. Kot uncommon, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Foliola oblonga vel lanceolata, acuminata, basi rotundata vol acuta. 



Sect. 3. Alternifolia, A. DC. 



6. J. hnmile LiiiEu (A. DC. 1. c. p. 313.) J. revoMi, Sims, var. /3 ; 



w T^ ; ^4- P- ^^^ ' "^ig^t. Ic. t. 1258, cum syn. seq. J. biananiaceum, 

 VV all., et J. aureum, Don. — c.p. 1811. 



Hab. Elephant Plains, Gardner; below Horton Plains, at an eleva- 

 tion of 6000 feet. 



2. NYCTANTHES, Juss. 



^"iSiQ*""''"'''*^*^*'*' ^"^^^ ^^- ^^- Prod. viil. p. 314, cum syn.) 



c.p. 1808. 



•n iti^-' ^^^^^' G-ardner. Not uncommon in native gardens and near 

 JJuddliist temples, but hardly truly wild. Nom. vulg. " Saipaala-gass." 



A colouring matter is obtained from the coroUa-tube of this plant, which is em- 

 ployed by the native priests for dyeing cloth yellow. 



Cn. SALVADOEACE.E. 



(Planchon in Ann. des Sc. Nat. (Ser. 3) x. p. 189). 



1. SALVADORA, Linn. 



Wightiana 



Planch. MSS. in Herb. Hook. S. Indica, Wight, 

 xiiust. u. p. 229. t. 181 (.P Eoyle). 8. Persica, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 389; 

 ^ecaisno m Jacq. Voy. vol. iv. p. 140, adn. ; Walp. Ann. i. p. 547 (non 

 ti.Fersica, Lmn.).— c.p. 2267. 



Hab. Near the seacoast, towards tlie north of the island. 



