Apart from the common Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. and the rare C. calycina Benth. (reduced by Ding Hou, but re-instated correctly by Macnae & Fosberg), two further Ceylonese species are described: C. orophila sp. nov. (based on C. calycina var. b. Thw.) and C. paucinervia sp. nov.