148 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
Of the Droseracese, Drosera burmanni is to be found on 
the edges of tanks where the soil is damp, and again I have 
found it on thin soil on rocks. This plant appears to be 
equally at home at all altitudes in Ceylon, both in the wet as 
well as the dry zone. I failed to find it near the sea, though 
it occurs at no great distance inland. 
The Rhizophoracee are well represented by Mangroves 
that occur in tidal estuaries. Of these, Rhizophora mucronata 
is by far the most common. M. candaria, with its large 
leaves, is also often found along with the last, and with 
Bruguiera gymnorhiza. I also observed a Ceriops, but not in 
flower. In a valley south of ‘* Westminster Abbey ” I saw 
Anisophyllea zeylanica, but this plant appears to belong to a 
higher altitude. Carallia integerrima is to be met with in 
the Kumbukkan valley. 
The Combretacez afford magnificent examples of Kumbuk 
(Terminalia glabra), that are to be found on the banks of all 
the streams in the Vedda country. The “ Aralu” (Zermi- 
nalia chebula) is also common in the “ park country ”’ near 
EKtmole, while its close ally, 7’. belerica, is frequently to be 
met with right through the Maha Wedirata. Again, in the 
“park country” Anogeissus latifolia is fairly common. 
Combretum ovalifolium occurs in rocky places in some abund- 
ance. The gaunt Gyrocarpus jacquint is very common ; it 
forms a characteristic tree in this dry locality. 
Of the Myrtacez, I found the most abundant examples in 
Eugenia jambolana, that occur in tank beds, while 2. bracteata 
occurs in all the dry forests. By the sides of backwaters, 
or where the soil is damp, #. corymbosa forms a common bush. 
I noticed a few examples of our common Guava (Psidium 
guajava) in some of the old gardens, but nobody could tell me 
how it came to be introduced. Barringtonia acutangula is 
moderately common in and about tanks, where it attains a 
considerable size. On the banks of the larger streams I 
obtained BL. racemosa, but it is not plentiful. Careya arborea, 
however, is moderately common in the northern part of the 
country I am treating of. 
Of Melastomacious plants, I found very stunted forms of 
Osbeckia (?) aspera growing in most impossible places. Near 
