2oo THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [Sept. i, 1894. 
Montane region, 3,000-6,000 ft. or more ; common. 
Var. B, Nuwara Eliya. Fl. throughout the year, pink. 
Also throughout luditi aud in Java. 
There are two form?, large anil fmall-flowered, the 
former being met with at the higher elevatiois only. 
This is Known as the ' Wild Kaspbervy,' which it 
much resembles; the fruit, however, has no flavour, 
and is besides covered with a woolly coat, which ten- 
der* it inedible. 
Fragaria vesca, L. Walker-Arnott, iu Pug. 16, say 
Bhe has seen badly dried specimens from Oeylou 
gathered at 6,C00 ft. And about Nuwara Eli; a patchi s 
of so-called 'wild' strawbs n ies are to lo fjund 
occasionally, but only, I tli nk. as escapes from cul- 
tivation * About Ootacamund in the Ndgiris, how- 
ever, a wild strawberry, F. nilgerrensis, Sohldl , is said 
to be very common, and is figured (as F. ilatior) in 
Wight, Ic. t. 988 ; but our plant doe3 Lot agreo with 
this, but with thp common wild strawberry of England. 
Terminalia Chebulaj Betz. Ob?. But. v. 31 (1789). 
Arnlu, S. Kadukkay. T. 
Low country up to 2500 ft. principally in the dry 
districts, rathor rare, but locally abundant. Jaffna 
(Gardener); Watlagoda (Thwuitee) : P*.nwila ; Uva 
Province, frequent ; abundant ; about Nilga'a, where 
it is gregarious. Fl. April; green ; sh-white. 
Al'0 in InJia, Burma and Malaya. 
The fruits are called ' ink-nu's ' or ' Ga'l-nuUl 
by the English, and are collected for salo to the 
Moormen by the country peop'e. Iu Uva the 
collection is leased and tbe sale in 1892 fetched 
B7,500. They are tbe ' Obebulic Myrobalans ' of the 
old pharmacists, and are here a va u d medicine, 
both when young and in a mature coudi ion. The 
flesh is very rich in tannin. When dried they show 
five blunt obscure angli-s. Wood heavy, very bar I, itark 
brown with a p irplish tinge, cl se-graneil, durable. 
'lerminalia Glabra, W. anl A. Pcod. 311 (1831), 
Kumbuk, S. Marutu, T. 
Banks of streams and rivers in the low country ; 
very common in tbe dry region ; rare in the moist 
districts. Fl. April, May; greenish-white, strongly 
honey-scented. 
Also in India. 
The name T. Arjuna, Bedd, feetns a quite unneces- 
sary synonym. 
Grows to an enormous size in the beds of tanks and 
rivers in the dry region, and is generally ep akiug 
tbe most noticeable feature of such soener j. Cordiner 
recorded specimens at Ya'a, north of Hambau'ota, 
in 1800 (which is tie earliest notioe I fiud of it for 
Ceylon), with trunks 23i ft. in ciicumferen-e at 5 it. 
from the ground. A well-known one at Colombo 
measured, in 1879, 45 ft in circumference rounl the 
base; and 24J ft- at 8 ft. abovo ground. 
The astringent bark is nsid iu medicine. It is re- 
markable for the immenee amount of lime it contains, 
and it is largely burnt as a soorco of lime for cVewing 
with betel, the copious ash almost enti.cly consieting 
of pure calcium carbonate. 
Wood greyieh-trowu, with bands of darker olour, 
very hard and heavy, smcolb, strorg. 
[ T. tomentosa, W. and A„ is recorded for Ceylon 
in Fl. B, Ind. The specimen is in Herb. Kew., 
labelled by Gardner as from ' Jaffna, Dyke.' It wa s , 
doubtless, panted there by Mr. Djke. The species 
is very doubtfully distinct from T. glabra.'] 
Eugenia Fergusoni Trim. 
Var. B. minor, Trim. Syzygium calopltyllifolium 
Thw. Enum, 118 (non. F. calophyllifolia, Wight). 
C. P. 160. 
L. much smaller, not exceeding 1 iD., very shortly 
stalked frait about J in., nearly globular, purpe. 
Upper montane zone ; in op3D eumiy places. The 
type only in the North-eastern mountain block, 
Wattekelle (Ferguson), Knuckles Hills ar.d Rin.alu 
* I am informed that the first w Id strawberries 
noticed at N. Eliya came up iu a Cinchona clearing 
made in 1864, but Arnott's must have been collected 
at a much earlier dale. 
f The names bclerica and chebula are Latinisations 
of the Arabic ranees for these two kinds of myro- 
balans by whioh they were first known in Europe. 
Ridge. Var. B. Adam's Peak (GarJucr and Tbwaitee i 
Fl, April ; pinkish- white. 
E demic. 
Var. IS. seems to d'ffer altogether fratn K. cah~ 
pht/llifolta (to which it is still referred in Fl. B. Inc. 
in iti l< af-vtuaiion as well as its « marks bly loi g 
calyx. Ttie O. P. specimrus are in frait ouly, and 
I lave not 6een the fljwers. 
Lawnonia Albu, Lam. Enc. Metb, iii. 106 
(1/89). Marutonti, T. 
Dry aud desert regions, especially near the sea- 
coa-t; lather rare. Ba'ticalo i : near Cbitaw; Manner, 
Jaffna, ibjniant by the salt lakes. In the moist 
region cultivated only. Fl. Feb , March; p I. cream- 
yellow, Bt-p. pinkish ; very ewe*t-seenied. 
Also in Western India, Kabul, aud i'erala, and 
much cult : va'ei elsewhere. 
Calhd ' Tree-Mignonette ' iu cu'tivation in Colombo. 
This is ihe ' Ht-noa ; ' the leaves are uaed for #t»iu- 
iug the fiuger-nais aud teeth, and also for appljing 
to the head when bathing. 
J/ydrocotyle jacanica, Thumb. Dia". ii. 415 (1800). 
MuUa-gctukola, S. 
Moist p aces in grass under tre s; very common 
in the ru bt region up to 70OU ft. Fl. Ma) -October; 
pala green. 
Alto in India, Malaya, Trop. Australia, and E. Trop. 
Asia. 
The Urge stip, completely enclose the ml of the 
growing branch aud young leaf. At tbe higher ele- 
vations tbe petioles and peduncles are more woolly, 
and the floAerd on longish peJioele, var. B, Thw. 
fO. P. 2812). 77. zeylanica, D.O., was collected by 
Leiehenao.it about Kaudy, and is meie y a luxur.uui 
form. 
Used medicinally in tbe same way as 77. atiatica. 
Mr. E. G.ceu, ot Puudaiaoy*, states (lapr banian, 
iii. 7) that tho Tamil coolies employ as a fi h-Loiaon. 
FcrjHSonia * itg!a,tica, Hlr. I. in Ic. Plan', xii. 23 (lt>76; 
Moiit low country iu dry places; apparently rati e \ 
rare. Near Colombo (Forgusou); Libugaua ; Kar iwits. 
Fl. Se;t.-Jan.; very pale pink. 
Al o loun l iu Coorg. 
Oi' Sir J. Hooker's two name : , T^. Tlucaiteeii is 
apparently tbe older, but he uses /' zeylanica iu Fl. B. 
lud. 
Ibis in.'ignificint but curious plant much re- 
sembles Hedyot&s nitida and a!6o S//cintacocc hisjrida 
and S. stricta in habit. 
Cuffea U i'jhtiam.—WnU. Cat. n. 6246 (1828). 
Kauoumaliiini, T. 
Dry regien; rather rare. Jaffna; Mihiutale ; 
Uma-oya; Attkalau Korele. Fl. Aug., Sept ; white, 
very sweet-octn'.ed. 
Aho in S. Iudia, 
A resinous gam envelops the cilyx. This seems 
to me abundantly distiuct from tbe next. 
C. travancorensis. W. and A. Prod. 435 (1831). 
(Platel.ii.) C.ffee iriflora, Moon Cat. 15 (noon Forst.) 
Moist uni intermediate reg oj to 3000 ft ; rather 
rare. Ka u'ara (Moor); Kurunegala (Gardner); 
Negombo ; Deltota ; Doluwe Kmde. F* Aprl-Juue; 
white, very sweet-sceuteel. 
A'sj in Travanc re. 
Moon's S. name lor this is ' Gas-pitcha,' an] the 
flowers much resemble thote of a jasmine. 
C. arabica L., the commou Arabian coffee, intro- 
duced to Ceylon from Java by the Dutch about 1690, 
and largely cultivated, is often founl about the s.tea 
of former native gardens or plantations, but has shown 
no tendency to become naturalised. 
TEA IN W VIS A AD. 
Wiidog 03 the subj ct of agricultural banks yes- 
terday we spoke of cuff > e beiug regarded as "«afe 
as a house" in those districts be-it suite i for it. Un- 
fortunately coffee does not thrire equally well ou tbe 
* Commemorates the late W. Ferguson, f l.s , of 
Colombo, for many years a diligent and very suc- 
cessful investigator of the flora of Ceylon, who died 
July 31st, 1887. 
