BalanopTiorecB.I ceylon plants. 



293 





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A very distiuct species, characterized bj its narrow very coriaceous leaves cioselv 

 dkmeter!"" ^' """'^'' '^''''' ''^""'- '^^'^ ''"'^ ^ '^"S^*^^ oblons73 iSj 



Miq. ]. c. p. 554; ^Yiglit, Ic. t. 1942?— c.p. 3688. "^ 



" ,7^,«- 9^ .foi'Pst trees, up to aa elevation of 2000 feet. Norn. vulg. 

 Mala-mirns-wel," " Wal-merris-wel," " Wal-gam-mirris-wel." 



f ^<<^< ^^''^^}}'^'^' ^^^^- (^^^^t- riper, p. 55. t. 5G ; Wight, Ic. 

 !.■ ^S^-^^^^^^^ Walheri, Miq. in Hook. lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 

 p. 43G; \\alp. Ann. iii. p. 344?— c.p. 3625. 

 Hab. Central Province. 



Closely allied to the preceding, from which it seems to differ but little, except in 

 the texture aud colour of the foliage and ia its more oblong fruit. 



5. P. arborescens, Eoxb. (El. Ind. i. p. 159; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 



TOi. 1., pars altera, p. 452 ; Illust. Piper, t. 54 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1940.)— 

 J". X?«>tM, Micj. 1. c. p. 53, t. 53. An P. Zeylanicum, Miq. in Hook. 

 Journ. of Bot. iv. p. 436 .P— c.p. 35, 2461. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 



6 P. arcuatum, Blume, Enum. PL Jav. i. p. 67 ; Miq. lUust. Piper. 

 p. 57. t. 48.— c.p. 2177, 2178. -t- h i- 



Hab. More elevated parts of the Central Province. 



Very nearly allied to the preceding, from which it differs principally in its smaller 

 leaves, shorter spikes of flowers, and the distinctly peltate bracts of its male flowers. 



CXL. CHLOEANTHACE.E. 



1. CHLORAWTHUS, Sw. 



1. C. brachystachys, Blume, Fl. Jav. p. 13, t. 2 ; Miq. PL Ind. 

 -oat. 1. p. 801, cum s^n.—Ascarina serrata, Bl. Enum. i. p. 80. Sar- 

 catidra chloranthoides, Gardner in Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. tL p. 

 d48 ; Walp. Ann. Iii. p. 353 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1946.— c.p. 2207. 



Hab. Not uncommon in forests of the Central Province, at an eleva- 

 tion of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



CXLI. BALAJVOPHOEE.E. 



1. BALANOPHORA, Forst, 



1. B. Indica, Wall. Cat. 7247 ; Weddell in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, 

 vol. XIV. p. 167, t. 9, fig. 11-22 ; Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxii. 

 p. ^.—Langsdorffia Indica, Arn. in Hook. Ic. Plant, tt. 205, 206, ot 

 m Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 36.— c.p. 200. 



Hab. Forests in the Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 

 5000 feet. 



