ON THE FLORA OF CEYLON. 827 
longa, 4 lata. Scapi e vaginis inferioribus orientes nF uncias longi 
graciles, vaginis remotis ampliatis paucis. Racemus laxus; flores 
minimi albi. ractew lanceolate acuminate membranacez linea 
longe ovario cum pedicello equantes. Sepala ovata rentene ata, 
lateralia latissima. Petala breviora angustiora. Labellum parvum 
sum. 
vix petalo equale concavum, cuneatum obtu 
Mt. Korkoko, No. 675. 
Phreatia papuana, n. sp.—Pusilla, aun Folia coriacea, 
lanideolata biloba vaginis latis striatis, 2 un onga, 2 lineas lata. 
capi ex axillis orientes 2-8 graciles faith omnino racemosi 
13-1} uncias longi vaginis amplis. Flores minuti resupinati 
copiosi albi. Bractes lanceolate acute pedicellis equales. Se 
ovata, lateralia cum labello calcar formantia. Petala lanceolata 
obtusa Labellum angustum lineari-lanceolatum subobtusum 
oge 
(To be continued.) 
OF THE FLORA OF CEYLON, ESPECIALLY AS 
AFFECTED BY CLIMATE. 
By Henry Tren, M.B., F.L.S. 
Concluded from p. i 
imported as an ornamental saraen ahi; a s. 
the Eastern Tropics, quickly atime itself as an overpowering 
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weed of open ground. Its range in 7 
strictly by climate; it does not extend out of the wet a, nor 
above some 3500 "ft. elevation ; within these limits it is, without 
doubt, the most abundant plant. Much of aistiler lost land sup- 
ports a dense covering for miles of a small native bamboo, the 
