BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. d 335 
FLACOURTIA Ramontcut, L'Hérit. Hooker, i. 193. Trimen, i. 73. 
A tall shrub. Leaves glabrous, semicoriaceous. Locally, 
at about 4000 ft. (801, 4000 ft.=C.P. 2583.) 
Polygala glaucoides, Linn., var. hirsutula. Hooker, i. 203. 
Trimen, i. 80. 
A small perennial. Taproot stout, fibrous, and very long ; 
rootstock woody ; stems decumbent, numerous and wiry ; 
young parts pubescent; leaves small, erect, glabrous and 
coriaceous. Common above 4000 ft. (843, 5600 ft.; 371, 
5800 ft. ; 709, 6200 ft.) 
P. ROSMARINIFOLIA, Wight & Arn. Hooker, i. 204. Trimen, i. 82. 
Annual. Leaves erect, conduplicate, thick, glabrous, with 
thickened and recurved margins; young leaves densely 
pubescent. Abundant at about 4000 ft. Also in the dry 
low country. (769, 3800 ft. ; 759, 5600 ft.) 
P. rELEPHIOIDES, Willd. Hooker, i. 205. Trimen, i. 82. 
A small perennial. Leaves numerous, crowded, erect, 
thick and glabrous. On the Uva patanas. (428, 3500 ft. ; 
738, 3800 ft.; 761, 4400 ft.) 
CERASTIUM VULGATUM, Linn., var. GLOMERATA, Hooker, i. 228. 
Trimen, i. 85. 
Perennial (?) with a e:spitose habit; all the aerial parts 
strongly pilose. Common at 6000 ft. in the neighbourhood 
of Nuwara Eliya. Probably introduced. (383, 5800 ft. ; 
831, 6200 ft.) 
HYPERICUM MYSORENSE, Heyne. Hooker, i. 253. Trimen, i. 93. 
A handsome glabrousshrub, attaining 8 ft. Leaves crowded, 
decussate, semi-erect, glabrous and glazed. Common above 
5000 ft. (349, 5800 ft. ; 573, 6500 ft.) 
H. APOoNICUM, Thunb. Hooker, i. 256. Trimen, i. 93. 
Annual. Stems 1 ft., erect or procumbent; leaves few, 
small, erect or nearly so, glabrous, glandular, rugose, and 
with recurved margins. In wet places above 5000 ft. (846, 
5600 ft. ; 348, 5800 ft.) 
EuRYA JAPONICA, Thunb., var. THUNBERGII, Hooker, i. 284. 
Trimen, 1. 109. 
A low gregarious shrub. Leaves semi-erect, conduplicate, 
glabrous, with red, slightly recurved margins. (728, 5600 ft. 
=C. P. 787.) 
E. curensis, R. Br. Hooker, i. 285. Trimen, i. 110. 
Leaves smaller than in the preceding species. (337, 
6200 ft.) 
