338 ENrMEBATiON or ILiliace^. 



2. DBAC^NA, Vand. 



1, O. elliptica, ThuDb. (Kuntb, Enum. T.p.- 14.)— 1>. spicata, Eoxb. 

 var. floribus minoribus. Cordyline Sieholdii, Planck Miq. Fl. Tnd. 

 Bat. iii. p. 557, cum syn.— c.p. 2293- 



Hab. Sliady places, up to an elcYation of 4000 feet. 



Folia oblonga, oblongo-laiiceolata vel liueari-lanceolata, longiusculc acumiuata, 

 basi acuta, 6-12 poll, longa, i-2 poll, lata, petiolo bipoUicari. Flores pallide 

 virides, 4-5 lin. longi. 



5. SANSEVIERA, Tlumb. 



1. S. Zeylanica, Willd. (Kunth, Enum. v. p. 18. cum syn.)— c.p. 



2297. ■ , - 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island. Nom. vulg. "Keyanda.' 



■ The leaves of ibis plant yield a fibre of very excellcDt quality. 



4. DIANELLA, Lam. 



1. D. ensifolia, Hedoute, (Kuntb, Enum. V. p. 50, cum syn.)— -Z>. 

 ncmorosat Lam. Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 164. (excl. syn. Eumph.)— c.p. 

 3213. 



Hab. Common in the Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 

 feet. Nom. vulg. "Mon£era-pattang." 



5. DISPORUM, Salisb. 



1, D. Iieschenanltianum, Don, (Kunth, Emim. iiii. p. 207, cum syn. ; 

 Wiglit, Ic. t. 2048.)— -D. Mysorense and B. Ceylanicum, Wight, Ic, t, 

 2049.— c.p. 2319. 



Hab. Central Provmce, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet, on the 



margins of woods. 



SMILAX 



W 



Wall 



in Wall. Cat. No. 5123. S. NilgJierrensis, St.— c.p. 75 (808). 

 Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 



2. S. ovalifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 794 ; Wight, Ic. t. 809 ; Kunth, 

 1. c. p. 2 19.— 5. macrophylla, Hoxb. 1. e. p. 793. /S. prolifera, Koxb. 

 1. c. p. 795. An >S'. retiisa, Koxb. 1. c. p. 793. — c.p. 2302. 



Hab. Common in the warmdr parts of the island. Nom. vulg. 

 " Maha-kabarosa." 



3. S. Zeylanica, Linn. (Kunth, 1. c. p. 249, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. tt. 

 2057, 2058.)— A'arj Vilandi, Eheed. Hort. Mai. vii. p. 59, t. 31.— c.p. 

 3670. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 5000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 " Heen-kabarosa." 



