A HAND-BOOK 



TO THE 



FLORA OF CEYLON 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANTS 



INDIGENOUS TO THE ISLAND, 



AND 



NOTES ON THEIR HISTORY, DISTRIBUTION, AND USES. 



BY 



HENRY TRIMEN, M.B. (Lond.), F.R.S. 



DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, CEYLON. 



Mitb an Btlas of plates 



ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING SPECIES. 



Part IIL 

 VALERIANACEyE— BALANOPHORACE^. 



WITH PLATES LI—LXXV. 



LIBRARY 



NEW YORK 



BOTANICAL 

 GARDEN 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. 



LONDON : 



DULAU & CO., n SoHO Square, W. 

 1895- 



