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5. C. biflora, L. Sp. PL 211 (1753). Wel-mottu, S. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. no. C. Candelabrum^ Moon Cat. 21 (non L.). Thw, 

 Enum. 199 (non L.). C. P. 774. 



FL B. Ind. iv. 70 (C intermedia). Wight, Ic. t. 1263 (C. intermedia). 



Stems very long, 1. i|-4in., lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or 

 oval, acute or rounded at base, acute, apiculate, petiole \-\ in., 

 fl. large, on slender glabrous ped., 1-8, umbel often shortly- 

 racemose, bracts small, linear, peduncles i|-3 in., stiff; cor. 

 \\-2 in., straight, inflated base ovoid, tapering above, upper 

 part cylindrical, not funnel-shaped, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 

 pubescent within, usually prolonged into linear or sub- 

 spathulate tails, dome ovoid or oblong; coronal lobes 5, very 

 short and inconspicuous, adnate processes much exceeding 

 the column, fleshy, blunt; follicles 3-6 in., linear, very slender, 

 membranous; seeds slightly beaked, compressed. 



Dry country; common, extending more rarely into the intermediate 

 or moist regions, as at Hanguranketa and Ambagamuwa. Fl. Nov.-Feb.; 

 whitish, striped with purple, lobes greenish-yellow and purple. 



Also in S. India. 



There is no specimen in Hermann's Herb., but his drawing shows 

 that this is the species intended by Linnseus. The name biflora is not, 

 indeed, very apt, but there are usually not more than two flowers 

 expanded at once in the umbels. The flowers are very variable in colour 

 and size. C. Candelabrum, L., is wholly based on the figure in Rheede, 

 Hort. Mai. ix. t. 16, and the plant is not otherwise known. 



6. C. parviflora, Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxvii. 164 (1889). [Plate 



Lxin.] 



Roots fasciculate, stems very long, slender; 1. i|-3 in., 

 ovate, rounded, the lower ones subcordate at base, tapering 

 to very acute apex, petiole |-i| in., fl. small, on slender ped., 

 2-5, subumbellate, peduncles slender, about i in,, cor. about 

 f in., slightly curved, inflated base oblong-ovoid, upper part 

 cylindrical (not funnel-shaped), lobes very short, oblong- 

 lanceolate, not produced into tails, dome semi-ovoid, blunt; 

 coronal lobes 10, acute, ciliate at base, and with a line of cilia 

 between them, a little shorter than the spathulate glabrous 

 processes ; follicles 5-6 in., very slender, slightly torulose. 



Dry country ; very rare (?). In several places near Anuradhapura. 

 Fl. Feb.; pale greenish-yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 Easily known by its very small pale yellow flowers. 



22. CARAIiXiVMA, Br. 



Perennial herbs, with fleshy, succulent, erect stems, 1. minute, 

 deciduous ; fl. solitary and axillary or in terminal umbels ; 



