JSu^Itorliacece.'] ceyion piants. 273 



3. R- tinctoria, Eoxb. Cor. PL ii, t. 168 ; Willd. 1. c. p. 832 ; Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii, p. 827, cum. syn. — Croton coccinezim, Vahl; Willd. 1. c. p. 

 544. An C. punctatunii Ret2 ; Willd. 1. c. p. 546 ? — c.p. 2103. 



Hab. Not rmcommon in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. 

 " Hamparandella-gass.*' 



4. R. oppositifolia, Blume, Bijdr. p. 608. — Plagianthera oppositi- 

 folia, R at ZolL; Baill. Etude des Euph. p. 424— c.p. 196 (2106). 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Trutex vel arhor "paTyd^y partidus Juntoridus puLescentia stellata ochraceo-fuscis. 

 Folia ovato-lanceolata, ntrinquc angustata, acuminata, triuervia, 2-10 poll, longa, 

 subtus disculis aureis nitentibus parce conspersa, venis vcnulisque promineutibus, 

 petiolo ^-3 poll, longo. Capsula 3- vel 4-cocca, laivis, stellato-pubescens, coccia 

 subsphsericis. 



5. R. fuscescensj Thw. ; glabra, partibus jiimorihus, inflorescentia 

 foUisqu.e subtus disculis adpressis plus minus rufescentibus creberrime 



conspersis ; foliis oppositis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, penniveniis 

 vel aliquando sub-trmerviis, subtus venulis parum prominentibus ; cap- 

 sula 3- vel 4-cocca, sparse glandulosa, coccis subsphgericis. — c.p, 2105. 

 Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Arbor parva. Folia 2-6 poll, longa, 1-3 poll, lata, basi paruin angustata ; petiolo 

 i-li poll, longo, apice obscure biglauduloso, 



6. R- muricata, Thw. — Claoxylon muricatuMt Wight, Ic. t. 1886. 

 An RoUlerce aureo-punctatcE, Dalz. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. iii. 

 (1851) p. 122, varietas ?— c.p. 2108. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Arhor parva, subglabra. Folia apposita, cuneato-obovata, rostrato-acumiTiata, 

 grosse siuuato-deutata vel rarius sublutegra, subtus discidis aureis vel rufescentibus 

 creberrime conspersa, 2-7 poll, longa, 1-3 poll, lata, 2)eiiolo i-1 poll, longo. Cup- 

 ula 3-cocca, ecbiuulis subglabris teretibus flexilibus prope basin articulatis cadu- 

 cisque munita. 



7. R. digyna, Thw.— Cla ox y Ion digymim, Wight, Ic. t. 1S84.— c.p. 

 2109. 



Hab. Caltura. 



Arbor parva. Folia subtus discuhs rufescentibus creberrime conspersa, prope 

 basin biglandulosa. 



8. R. eriocarpa^ Thw. ; pubescens ; foliis oppositis, oblongo-laucco- 

 latia, integris vel parum undulatis, trinerviis, subtus disculis aureis 

 nitentibus parce conspersis, basi rotundatis vel subcordatis ; capmla 

 3-cocca, echinulis plurmiis patentim pilosis vestita, coccis subspbrericis. 

 Croton montanum, Herb. Wight; Wall. Cat. n. 7820 ^.— c.p. 2112. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, not very common. 



Frutex, pubcscentia stellata ochraceo-fulva plus minus tomentosus. Folia 2-8 

 poll. Jonga, 1-4 poll, l^iv,, pdiolo \-% poll, longo. Flor. masc. Alabasira coiiica. 

 Stamina nunierosa, connectivo non producto. Flor. rcEM. Ovarium stammibus 

 sterilibus plurimis cinctum. Styli lobi 3, mcdiocres, interne valdc plumosi. 



Wallich's plant, from Penang, has the staminal filaments hairy, whilst in the 

 Ceylon plant they are glabrous ; but in other respects the two plants appear to 

 agree perfectly. 



15. PODADElSriA, Thw. (gen. nov.). 



mtenuLxta. Flob. fcem, Frudus 



