Apoc^/nacecB,} cetlon plants. 191 



2. AZIMA, Lam. 



(Wight, Elust. ii. p. 156.) 



1. A. tetracantha, Lam. (Walp. An 



1. c. p. 157. t. 153.)— c.p. 2216. 



Hab, Hot, drier parts of the island. 



CIIL APOCYNACE^. 



1. WILLUGHBEIA, Eoxb. 



^' ^^' Ceylanica. — Chilocarpus Ceylanicus, Wight 

 Wmchia cirrhifera, Gardner, MSS.— c.p. 1829. 

 Hab. Not uncommon in forests, up to an elevation of 



^ Fpidus caraosus, suLsphBericus vel parura pyrifoniiis, flavo-rubescens, 4-5 poll 

 jn diani. Semina oblonga, compressa, f poll, longa, \ poll, lata, ieda tenui, mem. 

 oranacea, coiylcdonihus caniosis, rufescentibus, radicula parva. 



The large, handsome fruit of this species is a favourite food of monkeys. 



4000 



2. CAEISSA, Linn. 



■ 



(Norn, vulg. " Karanda-gass.") 



cum sjn. ; Wight, 



Ic. t. 426.)— c.p. 1823. 

 Hab. Jaffna, Gardner; Kornegalle. 



2. C. diffasa, Roxb. (A. DC. 1. c. ; Wight, Ic. t. 427.)— C.P. 1823. 

 Hab. Very abundant m the hotter parts of the island. 



r 



3. OPHIOXYLON, Linn. 



1. O. serpentinum, Willd. (A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 342, cum syn. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 849,)— c.p. 1834. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. "Ai- 

 Ifawaireya." 



2 O. densiflorum, Thw.— 0. Ceylanicum, Wight, Ic. t. 1291. O. 

 ^^Igherrense, Wight, Ic. t. 1292. Taherncemontana densiflora. Wall. 



Ldw. Bot. Reg. V. 15. t, 1273; A. DC. Lc. p. 373.— c.p. 1836. 

 Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 6000 feet. 



4. ALYXIA, E. Br. 



L A. Ceylanica, Wight, Ic. t. 1293.— C.P. 1835. 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, at an elevation of 1000 to 2000 feet 



Florea flavidi. Carpella matura, coccinea, 2-7-spernia. 



5. HUIfTERIA, Roxb. 



(Nom. vulg. "Maddeya-gass.") 



1. H. Zeylanica^ Gardn. MSS. — Cameraria Zeylanica, Eetz ; 



