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thus ("Walker"). Most of them, it will be seen, were 

 collected by Col. or Mrs. Walker (in 1830-40), and many, it 

 seems, have not been again found. 



" C. P." refers to the distributed sets of dried specimens of 

 Ceylon Plants. The numbers given here are the whole of 

 those subsequent to the ones quoted in the " Enumeratio," 

 which terminated with C. P. 3860. A few of the earlier 

 numbers however are occasionally quoted in this Catalogue, 

 when necessary to secure precision in nomenclature. 



New Species. — There are a few MS. names here printed for 

 the first time. It is my intention to publish descriptions of 

 these supposed new species in the " Journal of Botany" 

 (London) without delay. 



Vernacular Names. — Th e letters "S."and " T." after these 

 signify Sinhalese and Tamil respectively. With regard to 

 the former, it is believed that a fair amount of accuracy has 

 been attained, and that the spelling is in accordance with 

 the rules for transliteration prescribed by the Ceylon Govern- 

 ment. In the case of the Tamil names, however, it is to be 

 feared that but a small number of those in use in the North 

 and East of the Colony have been obtained, and that these 

 are not always rightly determined or properly transliterated. 

 But it may be hoped that the publication of this list will serve 

 as a basis for a more systematic and accurate collection. 



English names have been added to the few plants which 

 have acquired them. 



H. T. 



Peradeniya, February, 1885. 



