EufpJiorhiace^,1 ceylon plants. 285 



40. MELAIfTHESA, Blume. 



1. M. rhamnoides, Blume, Bijdr. p. 591 (non Fhyllaniltus rJiam- 

 noides, WiUd. vel Roxb.) ; Wight, Ic. t. 189^-1.— Phijllant his Tltts- 

 Idcea, Koen. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 665 (haud Bhamnus Vitis-Idcea, 

 Burm. FL Ind. p. 61). — P, cinerascens. Wall, An Melanthesa vir- 

 gata et M, racemosa, Bl. 1. c. ?— c.p. 2141. 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Nom. vuk. 

 ^'Gass-kyla." ^ 



Specimens from the Java Botanic Garden, nnmcd respectively MelmiJicsa virgata 

 and M. racemosa, Blume, appear to mc to differ in no essential respect from the 

 present plant, but they are not in a sufficiently perfect state to enable mc to deter- 

 mine satisfactorily. 



2. M. turbinata, Wight, Ic. t. 1897.— ilZ". ohUq^ua, Wight, Ic. t 

 1898-2. Thyllanilius turhinafus, Keen. ; Roxb. 1. c. p. Q&Q. P. patciis, 

 Bo:Tb. 1. c. p. 667. P. rliamnoides, Herb. Heyne. P, qlaucifolia. 

 Wall. Cat. n. 7911 P, X— c.p. 2143. 



mooroonga 



?> 



3000 feet. Nom. vule. " Wal 



41. GLOCHIDIOTT, Forst., Blume. 



Bi-adleia, Grert. Gynoon, A. Jnss. 

 (Nom. vulg. " Hoonoo-kirilla-gass.") 



1. G. Zeylanicum^ Thw. — Bradleia Zeylanica. Gsertn. De Fr. ii, p. 

 12, t. 109. P. obUqua, Wall. 



Var. a; tota planta glabra : floe. F(E]u:. stylo brevi, crassiusculo, — 

 c.p^2U9. ^ ^ ^ .y . 



yar. /3 ; rarmilis, petiolisyfoliis 3ubtus infloresceniiaqKiehre^i-iordQXi- 

 tosis; FLOE. FCEM. stylo subnullo. — "Falconer, n. 845, Amherst," in 

 Hort. Calc.— c.p. 3432.— An species distincta? 



Hab. Central and southern parts of the island, up to an elevation of 

 2000 feet. 



Arhor paiAra, Folia firma, oblonga, acumiaata, hasi rotnndata, obliqua, 3-6 poll, 

 longa, circiter 2 poU. lata, petiolo 2 lin. longo. Flares luubcllati. PeduncuU soli- 

 taru, axillarcs vcl supra-axillareSj petiolo 2-3-plo longiores. Sepala rotundata, sub- 

 ucuta. Flor. masc. Antherce 5-6. Flor. fceii. Ovarhtm 5-6-localare. Capsula 

 oblato-sphserica, semipollicaris. 



2. G. coriaceum, Thw. ; glabrum; foliis majusculis, coriaceis, ovatis 

 vel oblongis, obtuse acuminatis, mucronatis, basi obliquis, abmpte in 

 petiolum angustatis ; sepalis flaccidis, rotundatis vel late obloneis, sub- 

 acutis ; PLOE. MASC. antheris 3 ; floe. f(em. sessilibus vel siiosessili- 

 bus ; stylo erasso, breri, oblongo vel suborbiculari, apice 3-fisso ; cap- 

 sula subsphaerica, depressa, parum triloba.— c.p. 3016, 342, 2529. 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Arhor parva. Folia 2-6 poll, longa, l-2i poll, lata, petiolo circiter 2 lin. longo. 

 Flor. aiASc. Pedicelli 3-4 lin. lougi. Flor. FCEii. Capsula 4-5 lin. in diam. 

 An extremely variable species. 



3. Q, Jussieuianum. — Gmoon Jicssieuia?2um,^ig\it, Ic. t, 1908. G, 

 trimdrum, W. et A.?, Wight, I.e.— c.p. 2561 (?2560). 



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



I have received this species from Java, so thai it would appear to be widely dis- 



