EiipJwrUacecE.'] ceylon plants. 289 



Hab. Ambagamowa District and near Balangodde, at an elevation of 

 2000 to 3000 feet. 



^rior parva, parce ramosa, parti52is JumoriLtcs j)\los\s. Folia I5-4 poll, longa, 

 i-2 poll. lata,^^^^o/o 2-4 lin. longo. Fructus circiter J poll, in diani. ; viricli-ru- 

 fescentes, ssepius 3-sperini, Semina tunica externa carnosa, flavo-rubra. 



Sect, 4. Antidesme^ ; perianthio uuiseriali ; disco glanduloso maximo 



genitalia cingente. — Sectioni prcecedenti valde affinis. 



47. Aiq'TIDESMA, Linn. Burm. 



1. A. paniculatum, "Rosb., Willd. Sp. PL iv. p. 764; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. p. 770 ; Tulasne in Ann. des Sci. Nat. (Bot.) scr. 3, vol. xv. p. 228. 



A.puhescens, Eoxb. PI. Cor. ii. 1. 167 ; Willd. I.e. p. 763 ; Eoxb. FL Ind. 

 iii. p. 770 (non Tulasue) ; Wight, Ic. tt. 820, 821.— c.p. 773. 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Boo- 

 ambilla-gasa." 



2. A. Bunins 



W 



Lc. p. 186.^^. Jlexiteria, Linn, (partim). A. comptum, Tul. I.e. 

 p. 190. A.Jioribundinn, TuL L c. p. 189. Stilago Btinius, Linn. ; Eoxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. p. 758 ; Rheed. Hort. MaL iv. t. 56.— c.p. 6G0 (766). 



Var. jS ; foliis firmioribus ; injlorcscentia delicatioi'e et minus pubes- 

 cente.— An A. glahrum, TuL L c. p. 188?— c.p. 2922, 



Hab. Common up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Var. ^ ; Caltura. 

 Nom. vulg. ** Carawilla-cabilla-gass." 



3. A. lanceolarium^ Wight, Ic. t. 776. — A. lanceolatum, TuL 1. c. 



p. 195. Stilago lanceolaria, Roxb. 1. c. p. 760.— c.p. 2602. 



Hab. Ambagamowa, Ratnapoora, and Galle Districts, up to an eleva- 

 tion of 1500 feet. 



A very variable plant as regards the size and shape of the leaves. I have a small 

 form from the Singe Rajah forest, iu \x\\\c\i the leaves are linear-lanceolate, and some 

 of them not more than 2 Hites wide, but there is a gradual transition to the ordinary 

 form of the plant. 



4. A. Zeylanicum, Lam. Eticyc. Bot. i. p. 207; Spr. Syst. Veg. i. 

 p. 826; TuL Lc. p.209.— ^. Alexiterla, Linn, (partim) ; Burm. Thes. 

 Zcyl. p. 22, t. 10. (An A. sj/Ivestris, Lam. L c. ; S^^r. 1. c. ; Riiced. 1. c. 



v.t. 20?)— c.p. 2210. , _. 



Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. ' Heen- 



ambilla-gasa." 



5. A. montanum, Thw. ; arboreum ;' ramulis, petiolisJnforescenlia- 

 ^ViQ cinereo-tomcntellis ; foliis integris, subglabris, ovatis vel oblongis, 

 obtuse rostrato-acuminatis, superne ad costam canahculatis, basi acutis : 



's paniculatis vel simphcibus, axillaribus terminalibusque ; Jrac- 

 icis orevibus, latis, acutis ; florihus saepiusS-meris ; calyce cupuliformi, 

 lohis brevibus, rotundatis vel parum acutis. — c.p. 2208. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of »3000 to 6000 feet. 



Jrhor medioeris, ramosa. Folia 2-4 poU. longa, f -2 poll, lata, petioh 2-5 lin. 

 longo. P^d^2V^//fcalycesab£eqniIongi. Fl. masc. H/d/«^/^if^ m disco subla^yi ovarium 

 ahortivum matmllaiforrae cingente inserta. Fl. fcem. Fructus suhsphairici, parum 



compressi, pisi magnitudine, purpurei. - . , 



Closely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs m its larger leaves, 

 canaliculate ahove, longer petioles, and i)edicellatc prntamerons flowers. 



race mi 



