OF CEYLON PLANTS. 303 



AUgeanthus Zeylanicus^ Thw. — C.P. No. 2215, in Herbario Peradeni- 

 ensi. (Tab. IX. B.) 



Hab. a large deciduous tree, occurring in the Central Province, at an 

 elevation of from 1000 to 2000 feet, most frequently at the margins 

 of rivers. The native name is AllanioOy or Allandoo-gaha. 



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The liber of this tree is exceedingly tough ; and I have been told that 

 the Kandians sometimes make bags of the inner bark of the trunk, in 

 the same way that they prepare them from the bark of the Antiaris 

 saccadora {Ritti-gaha of the Cinghalese), and that at one time paper 

 was made from it ; but a Kandian Headman, whom I lately asked re- 

 specting this matter, was only aware of the Antiaris being employed fgr 

 these purposes. I have written to a native gentleman, requesting him 

 to make inquiries for me, and to procure, if possible, specimens of the 

 bags and paper. 



Plate IX. B. Pig. 1. Male flowering branch of AllcBantJms ZeylanU 

 cus, 2. Male flower, magnified. 3. Pemale flowering branch of A. Zey- 

 lanicus, 4. Section of capitulum, magnified. 5. Scale or ban-en perigo- 

 nidia, 6. Pemale flower. 7- Perigonium of female flower. 8. Section 

 of ovary, showing the ovule. 9. Ovary with bifid style. 



Gen. Plecospermum, TrecuL 



Plecospermum ctineifoUum, Thw. — C.P. No. 2526, in Herbario Perade- 

 niensi. Index scandens, spinosus ; ^fmis solitariis, axillaribus, 4- 

 5 lin. longis, decurvatis ; foVm cuneato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, Isevi- 

 bus, integerriniis, penniveniis, subtus palHdioribus, venosis, l|-3 



3-4 



Jlor. ft 



cis, areolatis, demum sublobatis, 6-9 lin. diametro, ; pedunculo 2 lin. 



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limplici, breve exserto. — Pl. Masc. capi- 



tati, capitulis breve pedunculatis ; antheris omnino inclusis. 



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lities, not very far apart, in the Central Province. 



This is a very distinct species, though it bears at first sight a con- 



>ermum 



nomm, Trecul, and Wight Icon. (C.P. No. 2212, in Herbario Perade- 

 niensi) ; its leaves, however, are wedge-shaped, and of a firmer texture 

 than those of P. spinosum; the spines are much smaller ; the female 



