280 ENUMEEATION OF \^Eupliorbiacece. 



Hab. Equally common with the preceding, up to an eleration of 

 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Patkaala-gass." 



The Cinghalese cousider this quite distinct from the preceding, which it however 

 very closely resemhles, differing iu its somewhat larger leaves, axillary, not spiked 

 inflorescence, and ovoid fruit. They are proLably mere varieties of one species. The 

 timber of both is useful for building purposes. 



30. AM AN O A, AubL 



1. A. patula, Thw.— ^. Lidica, Wight, Ic. t. 1911. Cluytia patida, 



Eoxb. Cor. PL vol. ii. p. 37, 1. 170; Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 884.— c.p. 



2151, 2164. 



Hab, Not uneominon in the hotter parts of the island. 



Arbor parva vel mediocris, glabra. Folia oblonga vel rotundata, longiuscule 

 acuminata, 2-7 poll, longa. Flores pilosuH. Cajpsula cstipitata vel stipite brevis- 

 simo, parce longiuscule pilosa. 



2. A. pallida, Thw. ; arborea, partihus juniorihus pallide fulvo-pu- 

 bescentibus ; foliis oblongls, lanceolatis, acuminatis, mucronatis, basi 

 acutis ; Jlorihus glomeratis, axillaribus, esterne incano-pubesccntibus ; 

 cavsula subsessili, longiuscule pallide fulvo-pilosa. — c.p. 2166. 



Hab. Hanguranketty, near Eandy. 



Arbor parva. Folia 1^-5 poll, longa, ^efiolo 2-3 lin. longo. Capsula panim 

 depressa, eirciter 3 liu. in diam. 



^3. A. fermginea, Thw.; arborea, partihus juniorihus ferrugineo- 



pilosis ', foliis subcoriaceis, oblongis, obtuse rostrato-acuminatis, superne 



glabris, nitidis, subtua opaeis, pilosulis, venis venidisque prominentibus ; 



Jlorihus axillaribus, glomeratis, ferrugineo-pilosis ; capsula atipitata, 



femigineo-tomentosa. — c.p. 24-07. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



Arbor parva. Folia 2-5 poll, longa, peiiolo 2-3 Hn. longo. Capsula parum 

 depressa, 4 Un. in diam., slij}ile 1 hn, longo. 



4. A, collina, BailL ttnde des Euph. p. b9,%—Cluytia collina, Koxb. 

 1. c. t. 169 ; Willd. L c. p. 883.— c.p. 2163. 



Colonna Corle, rare. Nom. vulg. " Madara 



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Nanopetalum, Hassle., a specimen of which I have received from M. Binnendijk, 

 in habit resembles the present genus, as well as iu its valvate calyx and stipitate 

 capsule ; but in its exalbuniiuate seeds it reseiubles ActepJilla, 



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Calycis segmentis imbricatis. 



31, ACTEPHILA, Blume. 



Anomospermum^ Dalz. An Savia, Willd. ? 



1. A. WTeilgherrensis, Wight, Ic. t. 1910.—^. Javanica, Miq. Fl- 

 Ind. Bat. vol. i. pars altera, p. 356. Savia Actephila, Hassk. Cat. Boy. 

 p. 243. An Anomospermum excelsicm, Dalz. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 

 iii. (1831) p. 228 ?— c.p. 2532, 3430, 3431. . 



Hab. Not very uncommon in the central and southern parts of the 

 island, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Arbor parva. Folia ovate- vel elongato-lanccolata, plus minus acuminata, basi 

 cuneata, 2-8 poll, longa, 1^-3^ poll, lata, petiolo \-~\i poll, longo. PediceUi lou- 

 gitudine valde varii. 



An extremely variable plant, and the dilFerent forms so merge into one another, 



