ArisfolochiacecB,'] ceylok plants. 291 



Hab. Very common in the south of the island, at no great elevation. 

 Norn. vulg. *' Bandoora-wel." 



The long tough stems are used for tying fences, and for other purposes, by the 

 Cinghalese, 



CXXXYIII. AEISTOLOCHIACE.E. 



1. ARISTOLOCHIA', Tourn. 



1. A. bracteata, Hetz, (Willd. Sp, PL iv. p. 160; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 



p. 490.)— c.p. 2256. 



Hab. Worth of the island, Gardner. 



2. A. Indica^ Linn. ; Eoxb. 1. c. p. 489. — A, lanceolata, Wight, Ic. 

 t. 1858.~c.p. 2258. 



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



Most variable in the size and shape of its leaves ; and these, in some of my spe- 

 cimens of what I take to be the present species, seem to make au approach in form 

 to those of ^. acuminata, Lamk. 



2. BRAGANTIA, Lour, 



1. B. WalHcbii, E. Br. in Wall. Cat. n. 7415 ; Wight, Ic. t. 520. 

 B, siliquosa, Miq, Trimeriza piperinas Lind. in Bot. Eeg. xviii. sub 

 tab. 1543.— c.^. 2257, 3457. 3533. 



Hab. Shady woods, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



Varies very much in the amount of pubescence ; in the size and shape of its leaves, 

 which are sometimes somewhat obovate ; and in the length of the seed-vessel. 



3. TRICHOPODIUM, Lindl., EndL 



Trickopns, G^rtn. 



Flores hermaphroditi. PeriantJiii lobi 6, biseriales, persistentes. 

 Stamina C, libera, sabsessilia, lobis periauthii opposita ; antUercB loculls 

 parum distantibus, parallclis, introrsis ; connectivo in processum lanci- 

 lorniem terminalem antliera longiorcm producto. Ovarium 3-loculare ; 

 loculis 2-ovulatia ; oduHs pendulis suporpositig. Sf?/liis brevissimus. 

 Stiginata 3, brevia, apicibus reflesis, bifidis. — Herba glabra, suhacauUs ; 

 foliis numcrosis, petiolatis, forma valde variis ; stipulis lanceolatis, 

 mentis, persistoitilits ; petiolis in medio longitudints florjgeyns ; ^^or'ihws 

 fasciculatis, longiuscule pedicellatis ; bracteis lanceolatis, acutis. 



1. T. Zeylanicum, Thw. — T. cordatum, T, intermedium, et T. aiigus- 

 tifolium, Lindl. in Bot. Ecg. xviii. sub tab. 1543. TricJiopus Zeijlayii- 

 <^us, Gsertncr, De Fruct. p. 44, t. 14.— c.p. 467. 



Ha3. Common on the sajidy mar^ns of streams, at no great eleva- 

 tion. Norn. vulg. '' Bin-tal." 



FoHa triangularia, lanceolata vel lineari-lanccolata, trl- vel tripli-nervia, 2-8 poll. 

 lo"ga, j5^/zW(? 1-8 poll, lougo. Flores circiter 1 lin. longi, nigro-brunnei, lobis peri- 

 anthii lanceolatis acutis. Fnictus 6-7 liu, longi ; pedicello longo, tcnui, apicem versus 



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incrassato. 



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