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SHORT NOTES 



Alyxia stellata Roxb. I.e. p. [84], based on Gynopogon stellatum Cat . 

 -A. STELLATA R. and S. Syst. IV., p. 439 (1817-30). " Cat." refers 

 to p. 19 where H.A. 5. t. 20 is cited. Roxburgh is hence the authority 

 for Alyxia stellata. 



Amyris Commiphora Roxb. 1. c. p. [88], based on A. Agallocha Cat. 

 [p. 28, nomen] -COMMIPHORA ROXBURGHII (Arn.) Balsamo- 

 dendron Roxburghii Arn. in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ill, p. 86 (1839). 

 Commiphora Agallocha Engl, in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, p. II (1883). 

 Amyris serratifolia Rottl. nomen. 



Not published till 1824, in the Flora Indica. 



A. suffruticosa Roxb. I.e. p. 88, based on A. fruticosa Cat. [p. 28, 

 nomen ].=CLAUSENA SUFFRUTICOSA W. & A. Prodr. p. 96, (1834). 

 Not published till 1824 in the Flora Indica. — A. H. G. Alston. 



Piper and Dunn. ] describe the flowers of Canavalia ( C. virosa W. 

 and A. ?) as sternotribal, but quote Mr. I. H. Burkill as recording that 

 those of C. maritima Thouars (C. rosea DC.) as dorsotribal. 



All the specimens I have seen of C. virosa W. and A. C. gladiata DC. 

 and C. ensiformis DC. have had inverted flowers. Clitoria Ternatea 

 Linn., C. laurifolia Poir. (C. cajanifolia Benth.) Centrosema pubescens 

 Benth., and C. Plumieri Benth. have also inverted flowers. 



With the exception of Canavalia virosa and Clitoria laurifolia, all 

 these species fruit freely at Peradeniya. 



Centrosema pubescens Benth. is incorrectly figured with an erect 

 standard in the Flora of Jamaica (IV, 2, p. 45). 



The inverted flowers were mentioned in the original generic descrip- 

 tion of Centrosema — A. H. G. Alston. 



1. C. V. Piper and S. T. Dunn-A Revision cf Canavalia. Kew Bull. 1922, pp. 129-145. 



(Received for publication 3rd April, 1029) 



Inverted flowers in the Leguminosae 



(Received for publication 17th April, 1929). 



