^ 



EujyhorhiacecB,'] ceylox plants. * 281 



that I find it impossiLlc to separate tliem luto distinct varieties. In the ripe seeds 

 I can discover no trace of albumen sun-ouuding the embryo. 



Sect. 6. PHTLLANTHEiE.— J7ore5 apetali; perianthio Userialivel 



sub'hiseriali ; fructus loculis dispermis, 



32. PEOSORUS, Dalz., Thw- 



Cicca (Sect. Frosorus), Baill. Zi/gospermnm, Thw. MSS. olim, Baill. 



1. P. Indica, Dak, in Hook. Journ. of Bot. iv. (1852) p. 346 ; Tliw. 

 ibid vol. Yi. (1854) p. 298, t. 10 C, figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 ; et vol. vlli. (185G) 



p. 272.— c.p. 2155, 3099, 

 Hab. Not un 



" Carron-gass." 



2000 feet. JN*om, yulg. 



Flou. masc. numerosissimi, 1^ lin. lati. Discus convexus, gibbus, rugiUosus. 

 Tedicelli 3-4 lin. loitgi. Flor. r(E3r. terui. Pcdicelli 4-5 lin. longi. 



2. P. cyanosperma, Thw.— P, Gcertneri, Thw. 1. c. viii, p. 272, et 

 vol. VI, t. 10 C, figs. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10. Croton ? cyanospermum, Gsertn, 

 iJe Fruct. voL ii. p, 120, 1. 107. Zi/gospermum zeylanicum, Thw. MSS. 

 ohm ; Baill. Etud. des Euph. p. 620.— c.p. 2601. 



Hab. Ambagamowa and E-atnapoora Districts, up to an elevation, of 

 1000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Sooddoo-leyang-gass." 



Flor, masc. numerosi, 3 lin. lati. Discus coucavus, Isevis, cum calycis tubo 

 adnatus. Fedicelli 4-5 Un. Jougi. Floe. fcem. solitarii. Fedicelli 5-8 lin. longi. 

 ^ This and the preceding are entirely bare of leaves just before flowering. The 

 timber of both is useful for buildings, 



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33. FLUEGGEA, Willd. 



An Chorisandra, Wight, Ic. t. 1994 ? 



1. P. lencopyrus, WiUd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 757 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1875. 

 c.p. 2154. f ^ 5 ^ 



Hab. Very abundant in the hot, drier parts of the island. Nom. 



vulg. « Eatoo-pilla." 



In my specimens the ovary is 3-lociJar, and the style is tripartite, with the apices 

 bifid ; in other respects the plant is well represented in Dr. Wight's figure quoted 

 above. Two plants from the continent of India, given mc by Dr. Thomson, and 

 named respectively F, retusa and F. virosa, appear to be very closely aUied to the 

 preseut species, but have comparatively much shorter petioles, 



34 PELTANDBA, Wight. 



(Teones, tt, 1891, 1892.) 



1. P- flexuosa, Thw. ; suffruticosa, glabra ; ramis parum angulatis, 

 striatis, flexuosis ; foliis teneris, membranaceis, integris, ovatis, utrinque 

 plus minus acutis, longiuscule petiolatis. — c,^. 3571. 



Hab. Minnery, not common. 



^ Humilis, parce ramosa. Folia ejusdem stirpis magnitudine valde varia, glanco- 

 viridia, supcrue secus costam venas primariasque albo -areola! a, petlolo 1-S lin. lougo, 

 Inflorescentia monoica, rachi brevissima, bracteata ; bracteis lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 Sepala rotundata, membranacea. Flor, masc. numerosi, singulatim evoluti. Pedi^ 

 celli circiter 2 lin. longi. Flor. fcem. seepius solitarii ad basin rachcos. Fedicelli 

 circiter 7 lin. longi. Si]/Ius tvipartitus, lobis profunde bifidis, capitellatis. 



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