BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS, 
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The principal localities visited, from which plants included 
in this list were obtained, are the following:—Pedurutalagala 
(8236 ft.); Nuwara Eliya (6200 ft.); Sita Eliya (5800 ft.); 
Hakgala (5600 ft.) ; Horton Plains (7000 ft.) ; Wilson's Bungalow 
(4000 ft.); Bandarawela (3800 ft.); Haputale (4400 ft.) ; Badulla 
(2200 ft.) ; Passara (2500 ft.). 
No plants hitherto unrecorded for Ceylon have been found on 
the patanas. In several cases, however, species have been found 
at elevations above or below the respective limits recorded by 
Trimen in the‘ Handbook,’ or by Hooker in the * Flora of British 
India.’ 
Polygala | rosmarinifolia, 1 
Wight & Arn. 
P, telephioides, Willd. 
M 
HI 3 
Eurya acuminata, DC. 
Triumfetta rhomboidea, Jacg. ,, 
Crotalaria nana, Burm. f. » 
C. verrucosa, Linn. » 
Phaseolus adenanthus, G. Mey. ,, 
P. trinervius, Heyne. > 
P. calcaratus, Roxb. 
Cassia Kleinii, Wight & Arn. ,, 
C. mimosoides, Linn. n 
Rhipsalis Cassytha, Gaertn. n 
Vernonia Wightiana, Arn. » 
Blumea flexuosa, O. B. Clarke. ,, 
Anaphalis oblonga, DO. 5 
Jasminum angustifolium, Vahl. ,, 
Evolvulus alsinoides, Benth. » 
Striga euphrasioides, Benth. » 
Utricularia bifida, Linn. » 
Didymocarpus Humboldtiana, 
Gardn. 
Pogostemon reflexus, Benth. > 
Leucas marrubioides, Desf. » 
Glochidion zeylanicum, A. Juss. ,, 
Breynia patens, Benth. > 
Burmannia disticha, Linn. 
Commelina nudiflora, Linn. " 
Fimbristylis pentaptera, Kunth. 
Carex spicigera, N ees | 
var. minor. 
M 
...... 
3500; 3800 ft. — 
4400 ft. , 
3800 ft. 5 
3800 ft. » 
5800 ft. > 
5600 it. , 
5800 ft. n 
5600 ft. , 
5600 ft. „ 
3800 ft. „ 
5800 ft. > 
5600 ft. » 
2500 ; 3800 ft. » 
2500 ; 3800 ft. n 
2500 ft. " 
4000 ft. " 
3800 ; 4000 ft. » 
3800 ft. ” 
9000 ft. » 
5600 ft. » 
7000 ft. » 
5600 ft. » 
4000 ft. " 
4000 ft. » 
5800 ft. T 
5800 ft. 
7200 ft. — (Fl. B. Ind.) 
Horton Plains.— ( » +) 
Of these the following are the most important :— 
J Found at 3300 ; 5600 ft.—Trimen: Up to 4000 ft. 
Low country only. 
„ LE HI 
Low country to 2000 ft 
Waste ground, low 
country. 
Low country, rare. 
Low country to 2000 ft. 
Up to 4000 ft. . 
1000-4000 ft. 
Low country, moist and 
dry. 
'To 4000 ft. 
Up to 4000 ft. 
Above 4000 ft. 
Above 5000 ft. 
4000 ft. and above. 
Up to 2000 ft. 
Damp sandy soil in the 
dry region. 
Low country. 
Up to 5000 ft. 
Up to 6000 ft. 
Up to 5000 tt. 
Up to 2000 ft. 
Up to 3000 ft. 
Up to 2000 ft. 
Low country. 
Up to 6000 ft. 
Pedurutalagala. 
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