280 wnjJfi : thk flora of bitigala : 



17. Eugenia rotundata. Trim. Abundant at the summit 

 ( and fidt Trimen). Fruit a scarlet berty, bird-carried. Com- 

 mon in the low country on rocky hills especially in the " inter- 

 modi ate " zone, between the wet and dry zones. Nearest 



•rded locality Lagalla, about forty miles to the south. 



18. Osbeckia aspera Bl. var. Kleinii, Am. Summit (and 

 fide Trimen) Seeds very small, perhaps carried in lumps of 

 mud, but the plant is common in the dry zone. 



19. Memecylon umbellatum , Burm. f. (?) The twigs of this 

 specimen are without flowers, so that the determination 

 cannot be guaranteed. Summit. Very common in the dry 

 zone. 



20. M. capitettatum L. (?) Identification not to be 

 guaranteed, as the specimen is very small. Summit. Com- 

 mon in the dry zone. 



21. Cephalandra indica, Naud. Summit. Fruit a scarlet 

 cylindrical " berry," bird-carried. Common in the drj' zone. 



22. Begonia malabarica , Lam. Summit and slopes (and 

 fide Trimen). Seeds very small, possibly, but very improbably, 

 wind-carried ; much more probably carried in lumps of mud 

 attached to the feet of birds, and this the more probably, as 

 this species mainly grows upon wet rocks, where birds are 

 quite likely to walk about, and where mud would be very 

 likely to stick to them. Common on wet rocks in the moist 

 hills. This specimen is slightly different from any in the 

 Peradeniya herbarium, but as practically no two are alike, 

 no stress can be laid upon this. The plant may possibly occur 

 in wet places in the dry /one. 



2'A. lihip.salis Cassyl/ia, (iaertn. Summit. Fruit a fleshy 

 berry, bird-carried. Common on tree trunks, rocks, &c, in 

 t he moist region, to 4,000 feet. 



l\. Iliptuphuruiii si i //r// »///.( iaertn(?) Summit. A young 

 plant only, but almost certainly this species, as it has 

 tin- leal of the genus, and agrees mu<-h more closely with this 

 than with any of the other species. Fruit a berry, bird- 



UTied. Com mon in the moist lou < oiinti \ . and to .'{.(>()(> feet. 



