258 ENUMERATION OF [ UrticacecB. 



considerable period, whilst in others it is exceedingly fugarious. The pruinose 

 whiteness of 'the under surface of the leaves disappears sooner or later in difl'ereut 

 plants. 



2. If. orbicularis, Thw. ; ramulis jitniorihtis ?usGO-ior(ieTitel\\^ ; foliis 



orbicularibus vel late obovatis, ad apicem ramuli confcrtis, 5-6-nis, tri- 



plinerviis, glabris, subtus albido-pruinosis ; petiolo costaciMe subtus ad 



basin tomentellis ; gemmisjlorigeris secus ramulum sessilibus, 4-floris; 



squamis rotundatis, externis glabris ciliatis, internis ferrumneo-pilosis. 

 — c.p. 2699. . ^ ^ , ^ if 



Hab. Ambagamowa District, at an elevation of 4KXX) feet. 



Folia f-li poll, in da?im., petiolo 2-3^ lin. longo. 



3, la. fuscata, Thw. ; arborea ; ramulis, petiolis, Jbliis suhtws infto- 

 re^c^^mque ferrugineo-tomentosis ;foliis versus apicem ramuli alternis, 

 ovatis vel ellipticis, utrinque parum subabrupte angustatis, triplinerviis ; 



nervis lateraUhits ad medium folii vel ultra attingentibus, externe ve- 

 nosis. — c.p, 413. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 6000 to 8000 feet. 



Arbor 20-pedaiis. Folia 2-4 poll, lon^a, |-2 poll, lata, superae glabra, pefiolo 

 5-9 lin. longo. Gemmc€ florigenB glomeratse, axillares et infra folia et secus ramulum 

 dispositffi. Flares \\ lin. longi, cum pedicellis subscquilongis, pallide fulvo-pilosi, 

 lobis periantkii decidnis. Frucius .^\xhi>]i\\i\^nc\xs>, semipollicaris, pedicello 7-8 lin. 



longo. 



10. CASSYTHA, Li 



mn. 



1 



let. 1847.)— c.p. 1923. 



W 



. i;. xo^/ .f U.J:', lyiit). 



Hab. Not uncommon in the hotter parts of the island, especially near 

 the sea. 



Lauraceis affines. ^ 



1. HERNANDIA, Plum., Blume, Endl. 



^}.' , «• soaora, Linn. (WiUd. Sp. PI. Linn. iv. p. 327, cum syn. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1855.)— c.p. 2914. 



Hab. Not very uncommon near the seashore in the neighhourhood 

 of Galle and Matura. \ 



2. GYEOCARPUS, Jacq., Endl. 



1. a. Asiaticus, Willd. (N. ah E. Syst. Laur. p. 701, cum syn.)— <? 

 Jacquinii, Eoxb. PI. Corom. i. t. 1.— c.p. 2202, 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island ; not uncommon. 



CXXXIII. UETICACE^. 



TRIE. TIRTICEJE. 



1. FLEURYA, Gaud. 

 Gaud. (Weddell, Arch, du Mus. ix. p. 115 ; cum 



