264 ENUMEEATION OF {ITrttcacea. 



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Hab. Hot drier parts of the island; not uncommon. Norn. vulg. 

 "Eitti-gass," 



The liber, or inner bart, is carefully removed entire from portions of the trunk of 

 the proper length, and used by the natives as sacks for contaiuing rice and other 

 articles. • 



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19. STBEBLUS, Lour., Blume. 



Epicarpurus, Blume, olim. 



1. S. asper. Lour. Fl. Cochin, ii. p. 615 ; Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. 

 Bat. ii. p. 79, cum. syn. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars altera, p. 278. — 

 Epicarpurus orientalis, Bi. Bijdr. p. 488 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1961. Trophis 

 aspera, Eetz ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 761. — c.p. 2214. 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Norn. vulg. 



" Gatta-nittool." 



20. TAXOTROPHIS, Blume. 



(Mus. Bot. Lugd, 3at. ii. p. 77.) 



1» T. Roxbnrghii^ Blume, 1. e. p. 78, cum, syn. ; Miq. Fl, Ind. Bat. 

 vol. i. pars altera, p. 279. — Epicarpurus spinosus, "Wight, Ic, t. 1962 

 (partim). -E. Timorensis, Dene. TropMs spinosa, Flor. Ind. iii. p. 762. 

 —c.p. 1074. 



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



Cotyledones camosse, valde insequales, quarum major minorem et radiculam brevem 

 amplectens. 



2. T- Zeylanica, Thw. — Epicarpurus Zeylanica, Thw. Hook. Journ. 



of Bot. iv. (1852) p. 1, et toL iii. t, 11.— c.p. 2213. 

 Hab, Haragam, near Kandy. 



Trutex ramosuSj parce spinosus, 8-10-pedalis. RamiiH puberuli. Folia glabra, 

 membranacea, lanccolata vel trapezoideo-lauceolata, obtuse acuminata, mucronulata, 

 serrata, minute glanduloso-punctulata, Infloresceyitia racemosa ; masc, brevis, ob- 

 longa, confertiflora ; fcem. pauciflora, pedicellis fructiferis elongatis et apice incrassa- 

 tis ; sepalis parvis, dcmum refluxis, non auctis. Cotyledones subcequalcs^ foliaecje, 

 pHcato-convolutse. Radicula longiuscula. 



21. DOBSTENIA, Plum, 



1. D. Indica, Wight, Ic. t. 1964.— c.p. 29 (519). 

 Hab, Common in damp woods of the Central Province, at an eleva 

 tion of 3000 to 6000 feet. 



22. UROSTIGMA, Gasparr. 



1. U. reU^osum^ Gasp. (Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. i. pars altera, 

 p. 333, cum syn, ; Wight, Ic, t. 1967.)— -Km^ religiosa, Linn.— c.p. 

 3672. 



Hab. Common ahout native terajiles, being held in great veneration 



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by the Cinghalese Buddhists. Nom. vulg. "^o-gass 



2. U. Aruottianum, Miq. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. vi. p. 564 ; 

 Walp. Ann. i. p. 688. — An Ficus lucida. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. p- 485?— 

 c.p. 2856. 



