NEW CAPE LILIACEE. 885 
inland from Colombo. The mean annual temperature is here 
Several degrees higher than at Peradeniya, the rainfall beng much 
the same. In these gardens, of course, no truly temperate plants 
h hese a thir 
island, at an elevation of some 2000 ft. Here the climate is 
considerably drier than on the western side of the mountains as 
uready deseribed. 
ever, in which I wish to present this before you here, is that it 
NEW CAPE LILIACEZ. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.R.S. 
* See Journ. Bot. 1885, 227 (footnote). 
