148 H. TRIMEN—HERMANN’S CEYLON HERBARIUM 
297. Hedysarum triflorum, Sp. 747 Desmodium triflorum, DC. 
298. /Esehynomene aspera, Sp.713 A. aspera, L. 
299. Cracca villosa, Sp. 752 ...... Tephrosia villosa, Pers. 
300. Cracca maxima, Sp. 752 .... Tephrosia purpurea, Pers., var. 
301. Cracca purpurea, Sp. 752.... Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. 
302. Cracca tinctoria, Sp. 752 .... Tephrosia tinctoria, Pers. 
303. Cracca senticosa, Sp. /52.... Tephrosia senticosa, Pers. 
Hermann's are the only specimens of this species I have seen 
from Ceylon ; nor did Thwaites ever meet with it. The pods are 
only sparingly pilose, much less so than in T. pentaphylla, Grah., 
from Burma. (See also Wight and Arnott, Prod. Fl. Ind. Or. 
p.212) One of Hermann's specimens consists of leaves only, 
very luxuriant, and looking as if from a cultivated plant. 
304. Citrus Aurantium, Sp. 782 .. No specimen. 
305. Cacalia sonchifolia, Sp. 835 .. Emilia sonchifolia, DC. 
306. Eupatorium zey mang Sp. Vernonia zeylanica, Less. 
307. Gnaphalium indicum, Sp. 852 Amphidoxa gnaphalodes, DC. 
This is the other case in which Linnzus has taken a Cape plant 
for a Ceylon one. The specimens are Amphidoxa gnaphalodes, 
DC. ; but Linnzus has added a reference to a figure of a Madras 
plant in Plukenet (t. 187. fig. 5), which may perhaps represent 
the plant now universally called Gnaphalium indicum. Subse- 
quently he seems to have discovered that Hermann’s specimens 
were from the Cape, as he adds in Sp. Plant. ii. p. 1200, “ Cap. 
B. Spei," where @. indicum, auct., however, does not occur. It 
would thus seem that this common Eastern tropical weed cannot 
retain the name by which it has been so long known, as there is 
no reason to suppose it to be the G. indicum intended by 
Linneus*. This weed, G. indicum, auct. (non L.), is a very 
recent introduotion to Ceylon ; Thwaites remarks (Enum. p. 422) 
that be had never seen it; and I doubt if it were to be found 
much before 1882, when I first noticed it. It had then become 
a noticeable weed in some of the coffee-estates in the hills, and 
went among the planters by the inappropriate name of “ Wild 
Mignonette.” Since then it has rapidly spread in the estates. 
308. Verbesina pseudo-Acmella, Sp. l 
901 (Spilanthes pseudo-Ac-> Wedelia biflora, DC. ? 
mella, Syst. ed. xiii. 610) .. 
309. Verbesina Acmella, Sp. 901 | Blainvillea latifolia, DC. 
en Syst. ? (The drawing S. Acmella, L.). 
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* There is nol&pecimen of G. indicum, L., in Linneus’s own herbarium. 
