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ENUMEBATION OF ' {_Eii^lorllacecB. 



35. KIBGANELIA, Juss., Baill. 



Sect, ovario 4- vel jpluri-loculari. — Anisoneina, A. Juss. 



1. K. xnultiflora^ Baill, £tud. des Euph. p. 614. — Anisonema multU 



flora, Wight, Ic. t. 1899. PhyllantJms muUiflorns, WiUd. Sp. PL iv. 



p. 581 ; Eoxb. n. Ind. iii. p. 664 P. pentandra, Herb. Eoxb. P. 



puherula, Miq. BJiamnus Zevlanicm, etc., Burm. Thes. Zeyl. p. 198, 



t. 88.— c.p. 2142. . J 1' * 



Var. ^ ; glabra.— P. scandens, Herb. Eoxb.— c.i*. 327, 2947. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, especially towards the north, 

 very abundant. Norn. rulg. " Wel-kyla." 



36. PHYLLAISTTHUS, Linn, ' 



1. P- Nirnri, Linn. (Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 659, enm syn.)— C.P. 2138. 

 Vbjc. ^ I sepalis 5,— Wight, Ic. t. 1894.— c.p. 2136. 

 Hab. a very abundant weed in gardens, etc. Var. /3. Hot, drier 

 parts of the island. Norn. vulg. " Pittawaaka." 



„?',^-y"^*"a^ Linn. (Eoxb. 1. c. p. 660, cum syn.)— P. leprocarmts, 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1895-4.~c.p. 2137. ^ J r r 



tawaaka." 



vulg, 



3^ P. rotundifolins, Klein. (WiHd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 584).-c.p. 2134. 

 Mab. Batticaloa, Gardner. 



4. P. Maderaspatensis, Linn. (Willd. 1. c. p. 575).— P. ohcordatus, 



Eoxb. I.e. p. 656.— c.p. 2133. 

 Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island, common. 



24^50?^^^^^^^^^^ ^'"^- ^- " P- '^' ' W^g^*' I^- *• 1895-2.-C.P. 



^^.^^^' ^ ^^^ common shrub or small tree in the northern parts of 

 the island. ^ 



Sect. 2. Emblica, Gajrtn. 



Q^T?; ^'^'^}^'''^']/^^'^^ (Willd. 1. c.p. 586, cum syn.; Eoxb. I.e. p. 



mih—Ambhca qmcinaUA, Gasrtn. : Wiffht. In. t. 1896.- 



feet. Nom. vulg, " Is^elli-gass, 



c.p. 2144. 



fition of 4000 



>f 



The fruit of this tree is much esteemRd as a medicine by the Cinfihalese. The 

 timber is used for buildings. 



Macreea. W 



implex, Willd 



, .„ ,. ,„. , 1- c. p. 573 ; Eoxb. 1. c. p. 654.— An Macra:a 



>longifolia, Wight, Ic. t. 1902-1 .P~c.r. 2139. 

 JlAB. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



8. P. Gardneri, Wight, Ic. t. 1902-3.— P. fruticosa, WaU. MSS. 

 TiMacrwa ovalifolia, Wight, Ic. t. 1902-4 ?— c.p. 5 (54, 296, 501). 



Var. ^.pubescens; tota planta plus minus pilosa.— c.p. 178. 

 ^AB. Lentral Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet. 



Differs from the preceding, which it closely rqsembles in habit, in the finner tex- 



