84 Caryophyllace(2. 



ciliate ; spikes very crowded ; spinous cilia on margin of 

 capsule longer and more filiform. 



Wet or swampy ground in the moist low country ; rather rare. 

 Colombo; Pasdun Korale. Fl. August, December. 



Endemic. 



S ciliata, DC, is the earliest name; but as this is is not Linnaeus' 

 P. ciliata, as was supposed, it is perhaps better to abandon it in favour of 

 Arnott's later one. 



3. XANTKOPKVZ.X.UM, Roxb. 



Trees ; fl. in racemes ; sep, 5, rather unequal ; pet. 5, free, 

 the lowermost keeled ; stam. 8, distinct ; ov. i -celled, with 

 2 parietal placentas, ovules 4 ; fruit indehiscent, i -seeded ; 

 seed globular, without endosperm or aril. — Sp. 15 ; 10 in 

 Fl. B. Lid. 



X. flavescens, Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. 82 (18 19). Palala, S. 

 Fl. Zeyl. n. 407 (Bannisterioides). Wight, 111. i. 50. Thw. Enum. 23, 

 and X. virens, Roxb. 400. C. P. 1244. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 209. Roxb. Cor. PI. iii. t. 284 {X. vireiis). 



A tree, young parts smooth ; 1. 2|-7 in., oblong-ovate, 

 acute at base, acuminate, entire, smooth and shining above, 

 pale and reticulate beneath, thick, yellow when dry ; fl. f in., 

 in short, extra-axillary racemes, together forming a large 

 panicle at end of branch, ped. short, pubescent ; sep. rounded, 

 obtuse, pubescent ; pet. oblong ; fil. hairy ; ov. hairy, sur- 

 rounded by a disk, style conical ; fr. globular, | in., glabrous, 

 olive-green with a glaucous bloom. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Kalutara ; Pasdun Korale ; Ratna- 

 pura; Colombo. 



Fl. March ; pinkish-white. 



Also in S.W. India, E. Bengal, Burma, Sumatra, and Java. 



The Ceylon plant is X. virens, Roxb., which is reduced to a variety of 

 X. flavescens in Fl. B. Ind. The leaves frequently present large circular 

 pores scattered over the under surface. 



XIV.— CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Herbs ; 1. simple, opposite, with or without stip. ; fl. regular, 

 bisexual ; sep. 5, distinct, persistent ; pet. 5, distinct ; stam. 

 2-5 or 10, distinct; ov. i-celled, with ovules on a free central 

 or basal placenta, styles 3 or 5, distinct or more or less con- 



