A Revised Catalogue of the Flowering Plants 

 and Ferns of Ceylon. 



BY 



J. C. WILLIS. 



THE catalogue published by the late Dr. Trimen in the 

 Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society for 1885 has long been out of print, and the want of a 

 new one is often felt. I have therefore prepared the following 

 list of the native plants of the Island to replace it. 



After each name are given the Sinhalese (S.) and Tamil (T.) 

 equivalents, if any, and sometimes an EngUsh name. After 

 these is quoted the page in Trimen's " Flora of Ceylon " upon 

 which the description of the species is to be found. If the 

 species is figured in the " Plates " of the Flora, the numb'^r 

 of the plate is also given. 



Certain Orders have been revised since the pubUcation of 

 Trimen, and, where I have considered it necessary, I have used 

 the revision, indicating the source in a footnote. 



One great interest of the Ceylon flora Hes in the enormous 

 number of endemics which it contains. These are always 

 printed in small capitals, with the exception of varieties. 

 When a genus is thus printed, it means that the whole genus 

 is endemic. 



Names with an asterisk prefixed are apparently exotic 

 species so fully naturahzed in Ceylon that their foreign origin 

 caiuiot be certainly sworn to. The many naturalized species 

 that are without doubt introduced are not included. 



DICOTYLEDONS. 



POLY PET ALM. 



1. Ranunculaceae. 



L Clematis, L. 



1. smilacifolia. Wall. Nara-wel, S. I.l 



2. Gouriana, Roxb. 1.2 



2. Naravelia, DC. 



3. zeylanica, DC. Nara-wel, S. 1.2 

 Annals of ths Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Vol. IV., Part VII., Sept , 1910. ] 



