A Species of Polycarpsea new to Ceylon. 



BY 



J. C. WILLIS. 



r\N December 8, 1903, the Hon. Mr. J. P. Lewis, C.M.G., 

 ^-^ then Government Agent of Jaffna, forwarded to me a 

 small piece of a plant which he had found upon one of the 

 islands off the coast of Jaffna, in the straits between India 

 and Ceylon. 



On exammation this turns out to be Polycarpcea spicata 

 W. & A., which is new to Ceylon, though recorded from 

 Tuticorin. It also occurs in Sindh, and in Egypt, Arabia, 

 and North Australia. - 



This species must therefore be entered in the Flora List 

 as No. 141a. 



Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Vol. V., Part III., Dec, 1911. 



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