_'T^ Wll.l.ls : THE FLORA OF RITIGALA : 



hist of the Flora of ffitigala, described in the order adopted 

 in Trimen's Flora of Ceylon. 



1. Polyalthia Korinti Benth. and Hook. f. The carpels are 

 fleshy, and the plant is probably bird-carried, but it is 

 common in the low moist zone, and perhaps in the dry. 



2. Gydea Burmannii Miers. Common in the low moist 

 country ; bunches of fruit like small grapes, bird-carried. 

 The specimens from Ritigala are slightly different from any 

 already in the Peradeniya herbarium. Their leaves are pilose 

 hispid with scattered longish hairs on the upper surface, 

 especially at the cup above the insertion of the stalk, and 

 markedly ciliate at the margins. Some specimens of C. P. 

 1,049 labelled by Thwaites " Peradeniya, &c, &c." have the 

 margins rather ciliate, but not so well as in the Ritigala 

 specimen. Some of the Peradeniya herbarium specimens 

 have a few hairs in the cup over the insertion of the stalk. 

 but none are so hairy as the Ritigala specimen. 



3. Capparis Moonii, Wight. Fruit large, to 4 inches in 

 diameter. Seeds big and pinkish. Bird-carried. Occurs in 

 Uva at Welimada, &c., and may therefore occur in the dry 

 region proper. 



4. PHlosporum zeylanicum, Wight . Also found by Trimen. 

 Seeds with a pulpy orange-red testa, bird-carried. Moist low 

 country and to 6,000 feet. 



.">. Eryfhroxylon obtusi folium, Hook. f. Also found by 

 Trimen. Abundant on the summit. Drupe \ inch in diameter, 

 scarlet . bird-carried. Common in the lower montane wet zone; 

 tin- nearest recorded locality is Eunasgiriya, near Matale. 



it. aiijcosmis pentaphyUa,CoTT. A small form, with leaflets 



to l". inches alternate, shortly stalked. Flowers in small 

 axillary racemes, or (in one ease) panicles, one inch long. 

 iMiiit a berry, bird-carried ; Forms tnuofa of the undergrowth 

 in the dry region. 



7. Ghmph ia anyii.stifolin, Vahl. Common at the summit. 

 Ripe oarpel purple black and fairly large, Occurs in tin- 

 dry /.one. 



