240 Phytolaccacez. [ Phytolaccacee. 
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PHYTOLACCACEA:. 
Carpels 2 . : ; : : : . Phytolacca. 
Carpels 1: ners. 
3 anth. in per.-segms. connate. . ; . Hilleria. 
3 anth. in per.-segms. free: 
Fruit a berry fleshy . : P : ; : . Rivina. 
Fruit dry, armed with 4 bristles : Petiveria. 
PHYTOLACCA OCTANDRA Linn. Sp. Pl., ed. 2, p. 631 (1763). 
Raitungoda (1859); Hava Eliya (1920). 
A native of Central America, escaped in S. Africa, India and 
Australia 
For Mohlana nemoralis Mart. read: 
HILLERIA LATIFOLIA H. Walt. Phyt. in Engl. Pflreich. IV, 83, p. 81 
(1909). RRivina latifolia Lamk. Ill. I, p. 324 (1791). Mohlana nemoralis 
Mart. Nov. Gen. and Sp. III, p. 171 (1829-32); Trim. in Journ. Bot. 
AXITI, p: 173. (7835): 
Not collected since 1884. 
A native of S. America, naturalised in Tropical Africa, Madagascar 
and Mauritius. 
RIVINA HUMILIS Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 121 (1753); Bot. Mag. t. 1786 (1816). 
I have only seen this as a weed at Peradeniya, where it was collected 
by Gardner, and at Kandy. H. Walter quotes Badulla (Deschamps). 
A hairy variety and one with yellow fruits occur at Peradeniya. 
PETIVERIA ALLIACEA Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 342 (1753). 
This species has been found as an escape at Peradeniya but is not 
yet naturalised. 
Page 411.—For Polygonum tomentosum Willd. read: 
1. P. pulchrum Blume Bijdr. II, p. 536 (1825); Danser in Bull. 
Jard. Buit., sér. 3, VIII, p. 222 (1927). P. tomentosum Wild) spe 
p. 447 (1799) non Schrank. 
race Ai2-—— 
5. P. serrulatum Lagasca. 
Danser, |. c. p. 150, states that this is not Lagasca’s plant and 
reduces it to P. barbatum sub-sp. gracile Danser for which he also 
quotes P. flaccidum Roxb. 
For Polygonum punctatum Ham. read: 
6. P. nepalense Meisn. Mon. Gen. Pol. p. 84 (1826); Danser 1. c. 
p. 201. P. punctatum Ham. in Don. Prodr. p. 72 (1825) non Raf. 
Page 415.—For P. pedunculare Wall. read: 
10. P. dichotomum Blume Bijdr. 11, p. 529 (1825); Danser in 
Bull. Jard. Buit., sér. 3, VIII, p. 222 (1927). P. pedunculare Wall. 
Cat. no. 1718 (1828). 
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