175 
The Chinese Convicts at Mahableshwur say, it growsin their country. 
Whatis 7. ramiflora, of Moon’s Catalogue of Ceylon plants? 
1273. T. Monopetara? Rox. Flora. 3. p, 82). Rox Cor. 2, t. 148. To- 
mex Japonica, Willd. Spec. 2. p. 839. Kutmonea. Asiat. Res, 6. p. 377. 
Nees in Wall. Asiat. Pl. Rar. 2. p. 66. 
A shrub, called Peesah, at Kandalla;—Kalla Jhar, at Parr.—Flowers 
in November, from the branches like the last species; but by no means so 
numerous. In this they are onlong peduncles, in the other sessile --- Young 
branches tomentose; slightly angled; leaves alternate, petioled, tomentose 
beneath; collected about the ends of the branches, somewhat whorled; 
smell ofciunamon when bruized. Grows on Kandalla Ghaut and the hills 
about Parr; but it has not yet been discovered on the table land of Maha- 
bleshwur.—All the above species require examination, as well as of the Cin- 
namomum, and Laurus. 
609. CASSYTHA. L. Enneandria Monogynia. 
The Greek name of the Cuscuta which this plant much resembles. lls 
t. 323. Gaert. 1. ¢. 27. 
1274. C. Fittrormis, Rox. Flora. 2 p. 314. Acatsja valli. Rheed. Mal. 
7, t. 44. Volutella aphylla. Forskol’s Arabia. p. 8#. Cuscuta. Rumph. Amb, 
6. ¢ 184. f. 4. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 172. 7. 2. Neesin Wall. Asiat. Pl. Rar. p. 69. 
The Air piant.—A thread-like, leafless parasite; spreading over hedges, 
and on trees throughout the Coneans, 
This strange plant differs in no respects from the Laurinae except in its 
peculiar habit: 
ORDER Li?. MYRISTICEA,. Sweet's Hort. Brit. p. 345. 
THe Nurmec Trise. Lind. nat. syst. p. 23. 
610. MYRISTICA L. Dioecia Monadelphia. 
From Myrra—Myrrb; in ae to- the grateful odour of the frait, 
Gaert. ¢. 41. Lam. ¢. 332 and 8 
1275. M. Moscuata Rox. Flora. Ind. 3. p. 843. Nux myristica. Rumph. 
Amb. 2. ¢, 4. Woodville’s Med. Bot. ¢. 134. Rox. Cor. Bs ¢. 274. Bot. Mag. 
$. 2756 and ¢. 2757. Hooker’s Ex, Flora. é. 155. and 15 
Jay-phul.—Common Nutmeg. —A native of the Molue Cas, and other East- 
ern Islands, where itis much cultivated for the sake of its weli known, spicy 
fruit. 
1276. M. Amyepatina. Wall. Pl, As. Rar. 1. ¢. 90. 
A tree, leaves alternate, petioled, oblong, glaucous beneath, with promi- 
nent veins running from the mid-rib to. the margin; flowers in October and 
November; fruit size of a small peach, covered with a rusty coloured, mealy 
substance, as are also the young shoots and petioles. 
Grows in the deep ravines at Kandalla, but by no means common, Itis 
a very handsome tree, with something of the habit of Michelia champaca. 
1277. M. Tomenrosa. Sprengel syst. 3. p. G3. Panam palea. Rheed. Mal, 
4. t. 5. 
A tree. S. Concan. N. 
Can thisbe the WM, dactyloides of Col, Sykes? He says, it is frequently 
imposed upon the ignorant for the real nutmeg. (See Madras Jouraal, of 
Seas No. 22, p. 161.) The tree is not sleuder like the date palm, nor 
does the fruit resemble a date. N. 
ORDER 118. PROTEACEA. Sweet's Hort. Srit. p. 340. 
611. BANKSIA. R. Br. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Named in honor of Sir Joseph Banks. Gaert. ¢. 48. Lam, é. 54, 
