EiiphorUaceceJ] cetion plants. 279 



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



Flor. masc. Stamina ssepissime 15, basi coalita, 5 externa breviora. 



27. SARCOCLINIUM, Wight. 



1. S. longifolium, Wight. Ic. t. 1887, 1888.— c.p. 596. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet. Nom. 

 vnlg. "Bairoo-gass." 



The leaves of this plant, as they are of a firm consistence and do not rapidly de- 

 compose, are used by the Cinghalese for thatching. 



2. S. Hookeri, Thw. ; foliis magnis, glabris, nitidis, cuneato-Ianceo- 

 latis, brevi-acuminatis, serrulatis, penniveniis, brevi-petiolatis ; stipuUs 

 magnis, a basi lata lanceolatis, acutis. Flor. fcem. Bacemis foliis sub- 

 ^quilongis, pendulis, glabris ; pedicelUs solitariis, infra medium artlcu- 

 latis ; sepalis triangularibus, discum aimularem magnum vis: exceden- 

 tibiis.— c.p. 3429. 



Hab. Near Eknalagodde, in the Eatnapoora District, at no great; 

 elevation, Nom. vulg. " Maha-bairoo-gass." 



Arbor mediocris. Folia 2-3-pedaIia, 5-7 poll, lata, vems primariis una ah altera 

 7-8 lin. distantibus, parallelis. Stipulce 1^-2^ poll, longse, striatse, fuscse. Floe. 

 F(EM. apetali (vel forsan petalis cito deciduis). PediceUi 5-6 lin, longi. Ovarium 

 obtuse trigonura, minute tomentosum. Shjius brevis, crassus, a medio S-partitus; 

 segmentls interne stigmatosis, apice emarginatis. Capsttlce cocci rotundati. Seminci, 

 sphaerica, semipollicaria. Embryo in medio albuminis copiosi ; eotyledonibus planis, 

 orbicularibus, radicula cyliudrica iisdem subsequilonga. Flor, masc, nondum vidi. 



28. AGROSTISTACHYS, Dalz. 



Hook. Joum. of Bot. ii. (1850) p. 41. BaiUon, fitude des Euph. p. 310. 

 1. A. Indica, Dalz. 1. c— c.P. 2156. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 2000 feet. 



Flor. masc. Fetala 6-8, albida. Stamina 8-13, basi in tubum brevem, pistilli 

 rudimeatum cingentem coalita. 



TRIE. BIOrULATM 



Sect. 5. Bjsiedelie^, — Perianthii hiserialis verticillo 



» 



interiore jpetalino. 

 Cal^cis sefffi^entis valvatis, 



BBIEDELIA. WiUd 



1. B. retusa, Spr.— i?. spinosa, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 979. Cluytia 



, WHld. 1. c. p. 883- C. spinosa, Eoxb. Cor. PI. ii, p. 38, t. 

 172 ; Eheed. Hort. Mai. ii. 1. 16.— c.p. 2161. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vnlg. " Eat- 

 takaala-gass." 



Folia acuta vel obtusa, in arboribus vetustioribus retusa. 



2. B, Moonii, Thw. ; arborea;^?m majusculis, oblongis, pamn 

 acutis, obtusis vel retusis, minute venosis, subtus viQosulis ; Jlorun 

 glomerulis axillaribus ; fructibiis ovoideis, parum acutis. — Cluytia re 



lusa. Moon's Cat. p. 71 (non Linn.).— c.p. 3475. 



