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ENUMEBATION OF 



[ Ci/cadece, 



CXLII. TEIUEIDE^. 



1. SCIAPHILA, Blume, Endl. 



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t Perianthio %-partito, Staminihus infiore masc, 3. — Aphf/Ueia, Cliampion. 



1. S. secundiflora, Tliw, MS. (Bentliaia in Hook, Journ. of Bot. 



vii. (1855) p. 10.)— c.p. 2665. 

 Hab. Forest of Gatteliatte, near Sittawake, at no great elevation. 



Mlzoma repens, raclicans. Scajpi crecti, 6-14 poll, lougi, albido-purpurascentes, 

 pauciflori. Bmctece latse, acutne. Flores racemosi, moaoici. FedicelH securidij 

 li-2i lin. longi. Perianthii segmenta longe subulato-acuminata, iinLerbia, circiter 

 1^ lin. longa. Flor. masc. superiores. AntJierce late sessiles, transverse oblong®, 

 eontigu®, alba^. Flor. fcem. Ovaria parum tuberculata. Sti/lus ovarium vk super- 

 aus, clavato-peniciUatus. 



2. S. erubescens, Mlers in Trans. Linn. Soc.^ xxi.48.—ApJi7/Uela 

 eruhescens, Champion in Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. vii. p. 468. — c.p. 

 2666. 



"Hab. NarawaUi 



Mr 



W. 



ft Ferianthio S-jpartito. Staminihus in Jlore masc. 4. — Ilyalisma, Champ. Miers. 



3. S. janthinaj Tliw. — Hyalisma jantJiina, Champion, 1. c. p. 466; 

 Miers, 1. c. p. 49. — c.P. 2664. 



Hab. Damp forests in the south of the island. 



Ohs, In all the specimens of the genus Sciaphila which I have examined, the 

 number of stamens in the male flower is half that of the lobes of the perianthj to 

 each alternate lobe of which a stameu is opposed. 



CXLIII. CTCADE.E. 



1. CYC AS, Linn. 



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1. C. circinalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. quoad plant. Malab. et Zcylan. 

 (gyn. aliis excl.) ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. p. 1077, cum syn. (non C. cir- 

 cinalu, Eoxb.). — C spha^rica, Roxb. ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 747 ; 

 Todda-Panua, Eheed. Hort. Mai. iii. tt. 13-21.— c.p. 3689. 



Hab. In scrubby hilly ground, up to an elevation of 1500 feet. !Nom. 

 vulg. " Maddoo-gass." 



The flour obtained from the seeds of this species is made into caltcs and eaten by 

 the Ciiighalcsej and is reputed a remedy for some disorders. 



