270 ElfUMERATlON OF [EuphorUacea. 



4000 



6000 



MICROSTACHYS 



W 



1. M. Chamselea, A. Juss. — Tragia Cliammlea, liinn. ; ^ 



PI. iv. p. 326, cum syn. ; Eoxb, Fl. Ind. ii. p. 577.— c.p. 2132. ^^ 



Hab. Very common amqngst grass. Nom. vulg, " Eat-pittawaakka. 



5. PALCONERIA, Eoyle. 



1. P.insignis,Eoyle,Him.IUust.p. 354, t. 98, f. 2.— Var. omrio 

 triloculari.—F. Malaharica, Wight, Ic. t. 1866.— c.p. 654. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



Sect. §. AcALYPHE^ ; Jlorihus masc. periantldo uniseriali, segmentis 

 in cestivatione valvatis ; Jlor. fvem. periantMo uniseriali vel suh-hi- 

 seriali, segmentis in cestivatione s<Epissime imhricatis, 



* Monoic(e. 



1 



6. DALECHAMPIA, Plum. 



1 



D. bidentata, Blume, Bijdr. p. 632; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. vol. i. 

 lars altera, p. 417.— D. Indica, Wight, Ic. 1. 1882. B. veUtina, Wight. 

 c. 1. 1881.— c.p. 2170. 

 Hab. Gronagama, on the Lower Badulla road from Eandy; not 



common. 



My specimens appear to be intermediate in character between Dr. "Wight s I), 

 Indka and D. vehiiina, and agree very well with Blame's description. The analy- 

 sis of the male" flower in both Br. Wight's figures is incorrect, the filaments bemg 

 represented as free to the base, instead of cohering into a central column. 



7. TEAGIA, Plum. 



(Nom. vulg. *' Wel-kahambilleya.") 



1. T. cannabina, WiUd. Sp. PI. iv. -p. 326 ; Eoxb. FL Ind. iii. p. 575. 



c.p. 3569. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



2. T. involucrata, Willd. 1. c. p. 324 ; Eoxb, 1. c. p. 576, cum syn 

 p. 2099, 2100, 2951. 



Var. ^. montana; foliis ovato-lanccolatis, cordatis. — c.p. 3519. 

 Hab. Very common. Var, ^. Newera EUia. 



An extremely variable species, and I suspect that the preceding is but a form of i 



ADENOCHLiENA 



* « 



In Baillon's fitude des Euph. p. 472. Si/mphyJUa, Baill. 1. c. p. 473. 



Centrostylis^ Baill. 1. c. p. 469. 



1. A. Zeylanica, Thw. —Centrosti/Us Zeylanica, Baill. 1. c. p. 470. 



c.p. 396, 2111. , „ 



Hab. Eambodde and Happootelle, in the Central Province, at an 



elevation of 4000 to 5000 feet. 



Frutex suLerectus, parce r amosns, partibus junioribus pubesceiitia stellata a 



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