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25. Hedyotis fruticosa, L. Summit. Fruit dehiscing and 

 giving many small seeds, perhaps carried attached to 

 the feet of birds. Common to 3,000 feet in the mountain zone. 



26. Anotis nummulariformis. Trim. ( ?) Specimen not in 

 flower, so the indentification cannot be guaranteed. The 

 specimen differs somewhat from all the existing herbarium 

 specimens both of this species and of A. nummularia , Hk. f., 

 but seems to come nearer to the former. Summit. Capsule 

 about | inch, indehiscent, so its mode of reaching Ritigala 

 must remain doubtful. Common in the wet mountain zone. 



27. Ganthium didymum, Gaertn. f. Ascent (fide Trim en). 

 Drupe, bird-carried. Common in moist zone to 4,000 feet. 



28. Ixoracoccinea,li. Summit. Fruit fleshy, bird-carried. 

 Common in the low moist country to 2,000 feet. 



29. Pavettaindica,\j. Summit. Fruit fleshy, bird -carried. 

 Common in the low country and in the dry zone. There do 

 not appear to be any of the usual bacterial warts upon the 

 specimen gathered, a fact, if it apply to all the plants on the 

 mountain top, which would indicate that the plants came as 

 seeds. 



30. Morinda mnbellata, L. Summit. Fruit-head scarlet, 

 fleshy, bird-carried. Common in the moist region to 4,000 feet. 



31. Psychotria Thivaitesii,Jik. f. (?) Specimen only in 

 bud, so identification uncertain. Summit. Fruit a berry, 

 bird-carried. Common in the moist zone from 1,000 to 

 6,000 feet. 



32. Chasalia curviflora, Thw. Summit. Fruit a berry, 

 bird-carried. Common in the moist zone to 5,000 feet. 



33. Geophila reniformis, D. Don. Very abundant on the 

 slopes of Ritigala. Fruit a red berry, bird-carried. Rather 

 common in the moist region to 3,000 feet. 



34. Lasianthus strigosus, Wight. Forms the chief under- 

 growth on the ascent (fide Trimen ; it was not in flower when 

 I was there). Fruit a berry, bird-carried, but it also occurs 

 in the dry zone, and is common in the moist and intermediate 

 zones from 1,000 to 5,000 feet. 



