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15. M. gracillimum sp. nov.* 
Shrub?; twigs very slender, cylindrical; leaves small, 
1-24 in. long, elliptic, cuneate at the base, slightly acuminate 
and obtuse at the apex, somewhat 3-nerved at the base; 
lateral nerves very indistinct; petiole very short; ffs. in 
simple, long stalked umbells; pedicels rather longer than the 
calyx; fruit } in. 
Doluve Kande. Fls. Sept. 
Endemic. 
Page 218.— 
19. M. rostratum Thw. 
Doluve Kande. 
Page 221.—For M. grande var. ovatum Clarke read: 
17. M. ovatum Sm. in Rees, Cycl. XXIII, no. 3 (1812). M. edule 
var. ovatum Clarke, in Fl. Brit. Ind. II, p. 557 (1879). M. grande var. 
ovatum Trim. FI. Ceyl. I], p. 221 (1894). 
Moist low country; rather common. Doluve Kande; Veligama; 
Colombo; Ratnapura; Kurunegala. Fls. Sept., June, blue. 
Page 220.—For M. levigatum Bl. read: 
20. M. sylvaticum Thw. Enum. p. rio (1859); Cogn. in Mon. 
Phan. VII, p. 1150. M. levigatum Trim. FI. Ceyl. II, p. 220 (1894)? 
Bl. 
Page 213.— 
22. M. parvifolium Thw. 
Maturata; Hakgala; Horton Plains. 
Var. Thomsoni Triana. 
Adam’s Peak; Ramboda; Bogavantalava. 
27. M. angustifolium Wight. 
Var. riparium var. nov. 
As M. angustifolium but flowers larger, in dense, many- 
flowered cymes; leaves scarcely acuminate. 
Haragama; Uma-oya. Fls. Apr., July. 
Page 211.— 
29. M. Arnottianum Wight. 
Var. grandifolium Cogn. in Mon. Phan. VII, p. 1135 (1891). 
Gilimale ; Tittaveraluva Kotha... 
* M. umbellati affinis, sed inflorescentibus longe pedunculatis differt. 
—Typus: Doluve Kande, Sept., 1892, H. Trimen. 
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