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The Floras of Hill Tops in Ceylon. 



BY 



J. C. WILLIS. 



(AVitha Map.) 

 ^T^HE case of the flora of Ritigala, described in two previous 



Owing to certain difficulties as to contours, this map is not 

 yet ready, but will appear later. 



the three highest mountains m (Jeylon, feaururaiagaia ^wunju 

 has itself one or two species confined to it), Kirigalpota, and 

 Totapella. The latter lies north-east of Kandy, and though 

 an important planting district, does not include any towns or 

 well-known resorts. The other isolated districts are mostly 

 very small, such as Adam's Peak, Hunasgiriya, Hinidunkanda, 

 Ritigala, and so on. 



In considering the number of forms to be found upon these 

 mountains , the course of the monsoon^ must be remembered. 

 These blow (and must have blown for countless years) regu- 

 larly from north-east and south-west alternately in each 



Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeuiya, Vol. IV., Part IV., Dec., 1908.] 



