Phaleria.'] ThymelcBacec€. 459 



globose; fruit small, dry, included in perianth-tube. — Sp. 

 about 25 ; \ m. Fl. B. Ind. 



Ii. eriocephalus, Deoie. i7i Jacquein. Voy. Bot. 148 (1844). 

 Naha, S. 



Gnidia eriocephala^ Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 456. Meissii. 

 1. c. 597. Thw. Enum. 250. C. P. 469. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 197. Wight, Ic. t. 1859. 



A much-branched bush, 6-10 ft., twigs slender, erect, 

 glabrous ; 1. 2-3 in., linear- or lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, 

 acute or obtuse, apiculate, entire, glabrous, thin, petiole very 

 short; fl. nearly sessile, in erect, dense, terminal heads, i-i| 

 in. wide, surrounded at base by an involucre of large imbri- 

 cate, oval, acute, silky bracts; per.-tube | in., silky-pubescent 

 outside and with long white hair at lower part, segm. 

 oblong, obtuse, flat, scales ovate, obtuse; anth. almost sessile, 

 included. 



Var. /3, zeylanicus, Meissn. 1. c. 598. Gnidia insularis, Gardn. 1, c. 

 456. Lasiosiphon iitsularis, Meissn. 1. c. 598. C. P. 2913. 



L. and branches more or less silky-villous. 



Open rocky places, 2000-4000 ft.; rather common, especially in Uva 

 Prov. Var. /3, Hantane, Palagama, &c. Fl. most of the year ; bright 

 yellow. 



Also in S. India. 



The bark affords a good fibre; it is also employed as a fish-poison, 

 and used in medicine externally. 



3. PKA.IiERIA,>^/&. 

 Small tree, 1. large, opp., fl. in nearly sessile heads on the 

 old wood, with an involucre of deciduous bracts ; per.-tube 

 long, segm. 4, short, scales o; stam. 8, in 2 rows, inserted at 

 mouth of tube, slightly exserted ; ov. superior, 2-celled, with 

 I pendulous ovule in each, style long, stigma capitate ; fruit a 

 drupe, with copious fleshy pulp and a thin crustaceous stone, 

 I- or 2-seeded. — Sp. 8; i in Fl. B. Ind. 



P. cauliflora, Bedd. Forest. Man. 180 (1873 T). 

 Dryjnispermujn caidifloriini.^ Thw. Enum. 251. C. P. 3459. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 199. Bedd. For. Man. t. 25, f. 3. 



A small graceful tree with long slightly pendulous 

 branches, young parts glabrous ; 1, large, 6-9 in., oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute at base, caudate-acuminate, acute, entire, 

 glabrous and shining, petiole very short ; fl. sessile, bracts 

 small, ovate, subacute, glabrous ; per.-tube | in., glabrous, 

 segm. rotundate, concave ; drupe over i in., ovoid, slightly 

 pointed, fleshy, crimson. 



