BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 339 
densely ezspitose, trailing widely. Leaves crowded; leaflets 
small, moving into a profile position in bright sunlight. 
(647, 5600 ft. ; 345, 5800 ft.) . 
PHASEOLUS ADENANTHUS, G. Mey. Hooker, ii. 200. Trimen, ii. 70. 
A perennial twiner. (730, 5800 ft.) 
P. TRINERVIUS, Heyne. Hooker, ii. 203. Trimen, ii. 72. 
A perennial twiner. Rootstock woody ; stems with long 
internodes, villous with brown deflexed hair. Leaflets con- 
duplieate, moving into profile positions in bright sunlight 
and at night. Common above 5000 ft. (729, 5600 ft.) 
P. cancamaTUs, Roxb. (Psp.). Hooker, ii. 203. Trimen, ii. 73. 
A small perennial. Stems prostrate. (765, 5600 ft.) 
ATYLOsIA CANDOLLEI, Wight & Arn. Hooker, ii. 212. Trimen, 
ii. 78. 
An erect shrub (3-6 ft.) Young branches densely 
pubescent with yellow hair. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets 
conduplicate, thick, especially at the margins, densely white 
tomentose beneath, falling into a profile position in darkness. 
On emerging from the bud the young leaf is erect, the 
leaflets being densely clothed with brown silky hair; later, 
for two or three days, the leaflets hang vertically downwards 
from the petiole, which remains erect; then the leaflets 
unfold, and the leaf attains its adult form. Very common 
between 4000 and 6000 ft. (644, 5600 ft.) 
A. rugosa, Wight & Arn. Hooker, ii. 215. Trimen, ii. 79. 
A straggling perennial Stems pubescent with yellow 
hair; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets rather thick, softly velvety 
above, densely so beneath, moving into a profile position 
in bright sunlight and at night. Common between 3000 
and 6000 ft. (645, 5600 ft. ; 362, 5800 ft.) 
Cassra Krr, Wight & Arn. Hooker, ii. 266. Trimen, ii. 110. 
A small, robust, deep-rooted perennial. Rhizome stout ; 
stems numerous and wiry; the leaflets move into a profile 
position in bright sunlight and at night. Very common in 
hot stony places below 4000 ft. (424, 2000 ft.; 425, 718, 
3800 ft.) 
C. MrMosorDES, Linn. Hooker, ii. 266. Trimen, ii. 110. 
Annual. Stems usually erect. Leaves few ; the leaflets 
move into a profile position in sunlight and at night. 
Very common at 4000 ft. (773, 3800 ft. ; 716, 4000 ft. ; 
885, 5600 ft. ; 714, 5800 ft.) 
