Ltliacete,^' ceylon plants. 337 



Hab. Extremely abundant in tlie warmer parts of the island. Norn. 

 Tulg. " Pota-wel." 



The seeds are eaten by the Cinghalese, after being a long time boiled. 



■2. P. remotiflora, Hook. Ic. PL ii. t. 133.— An P. oxypJtyllits, Miq. 



FL Ind. Bat. iii. p. 181. t. 38?— c.p. 2432, 

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



Planta juvenis : Caidls filiformis, elongatus, super truacos arborum rcpens et 

 iisdem arete adiiicrens. Folia parva, plus minus conferta, rotundata, apiculata, pro- 

 funde cordata, 7-nervia, prominentim reticulata, brevi-petiolata. 



Jt will be seen bj the above description of it that the young state of this plant is 

 so unlike the appearance it subsequently assumes, that without tracing the transition 

 from one to the other it would be difficult to believe them to belong to one species. 



TRIE, III. ACOROILEM 



10. ACOEUS, Linn. 



1, A. Calamus^ Linn. (Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 169; Kimtlij Ennm. iii. 

 p. 87, cum gyn.) — c.p. 3745. 



Hab. Not very uncommon in native gardens. Nom. vulg. " Wada- 

 kaha." 



The roots and leaves arc used medicinally by the Cinghalese. 



CLXIL LILIACE^. 



1. ASPARAGUS, Linn. 



(Norn. vulg. " Hatawviareya.") 



1. A.falcatus, Linn. (Willd. Sp. PL ii. p. 152; Bm-m. Thes. Zeyl, 

 t. 13. f, 2. ; Linn. FL Zeyl. No. 123.)— c.p. 2298. 



Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



Hami scandcntes, angulati, aculcati. Folia 2\-^ poll, longa, l-l^ lin. lata, acuta, 

 sessilia, solitaria vel fasciculata. Racemi 5-7 lin- longi, 8-1 flori. PediceUi 2 

 lin. longi, infra medium articulati. BraciecB parvfe, ovatee, acuta;. PeriantJui seg- 

 mcnta oblonga, obtusa, 1 lln, longa. 



2. A. racemosus, WiUd. (Eoxh. Flor. Ind. ii. p. 151 ; Wiglit, Ic. t. 

 2m}.)—A.florihuncla, Kunth, Enum. v. p. 98, cum syn. An A, acerosus, 

 Eoxb.?— c.p, 2299 (737 partim). 



Hab. Abundant in the warmer parts of the island. 



^ Fo/ia 4-1 poll, longa. Sacemi scsquipollicares, ad apicemflorigeri. PediceUi 2 

 lin. longi, infra medium articulati. Periantkii segmenta \\ lin. longa. 



3. A, sarmentosus, Linn. (Kimth, 1. c. p. 97, cum syn.)- C.P. 2300 



(737 partim). 

 Hab. Not uncommon, up to an elevation of 5000 feet- 



FoUa 4-6 lin. lon^a ^\ lin. lata, plus minus fasciculata. Eacemi elongati, foliis 

 terminnti. PedlceUi2Y\M. longi, paullo supra medium articulati. Penantlm segmenta 



1 2-1 "A lin. longa. , , 



This, like the preceding species, has wider leaves when growing m the hiUs than 



when occurring near the sea. 

 The species are all used medicinallv by the Cinghalese, 



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