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general description and not specific is what is here aimed at, 

 though very imperfectly. 



I <, I have added a fewmotes from Dr. Trimen's monumental 

 work on "The Flora of Ceylon," respecting species or 

 distribution of the same outside the limits of country I 

 have confined myself to. This addition will add complete- 

 ness to my catalogue ; but it is impossible to make the Paper 

 as full as the subject demands without vastly extending the 

 bulk of the Paper itself. 



My obligations are due to the Director of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya for the kind assistance he 

 has given and in allowing me to have access to the Her- 

 barium records and types ; to the late Dr. Trimen, for 

 immense assistance in identification of species and to a free 

 use of his book ; to Mr. A. F. Broun, late Conservator of 

 Forests, for material help, encouragement, and valuable 

 information ; to Mr. Alfred Clark, the Acting Conservator 

 of Forests, for use of his office collections of wood specimens ; 

 and to Messrs. C. Drieberg and H. 0. Fox, for additional 

 material ungrudgingly afforded. 



DILLENIACEJE. 



This Order consists of shrubs, climbers, and trees, and 

 is , represented in Geylon by six Genera, viz., Delima, 

 Tetracera, Acrotrema, Schumacheria, Wormia, and Dillenia. 



1. — Delima sarmentosa. 



Korasa-vel, S. ®>£aadea©iC?. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. I., p. 5. 



A large scrambling creeper, with dull red bark, and large, 

 rough, crisp leaves. 



Very abundant in the low-country up to 2,000 feet, but less 

 so in the dry zone. The stems contain large quantities of 



