BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 843 
BUPLEURUM MUCRONATUM, Wight & Arn., var. VIRGATA. 
Hooker, ii. 676.  Trimen, ii. 277. 
Perennial. Stem erect; leaves semi-erect, linear, with 
red-coloured margins. Very abundant above 5000 ft. (830, 
5600 ft. ; 653, 6000 ft. ; 564, 7000 ft.) 
PIMPINELLA LESCHENAULTII, DC. Hooker, ii. 687. Trimen, 
ii. 279. 
Perennial. Rootstock branched; leaves coriaceous, 
chiefly radical, finely pubescent beneath. On the patanas 
at 7000 ft.—the only locality in Ceylon. (609, 7000 ft.) 
Heracleum ceylanicum, Gardn. Hooker, ii. 716. Trimer, ii. 280. 
Perennial. Rootstock ascending, stout and woody ; roots 
thick and tuberous; leaves pubescent on both surfaces. 
Common above 5000 ft. (827, 5600 ft.; 243, 5800 ft.; 
361, 7000 ft.) 
HEPTAPLEURUM STELLATUM, Gaertn. Hooker, ii. 730. Trimen, 
ii. 283. 
A scandent shrub. Young leaflets red and hanging ver- 
tically ; old leaves coriaceous and glabrous. In sheltered 
localities below 4000 ft. (871, 3800 ft.) 
WENDLANDIA Noronrana, Wall. Hooker, 2, 40. Trimen, ii. 297. 
A tall shrub. Old leaves coriaceous and glabrous; young 
leaves erect, red, and hairy. Below 4000 ft. (448, 750, 
3800 ft.) 
Alleophania decipiens, Thw. Hooker, iii. 48. Trimen, ii. 301. 
A small coarse shrub. Leaves roughly hairy above, silky 
pubescent on the prominent veins beneath, especially when 
young. (873, 5800 ft.) 
Hepyoris VERTICILLARIS, Wight & Arn. Hooker, iii. 56. 
Trimen, ii. 311. 
A large perennial herb, with gregarious aloe-like habit. 
Rootstock stout; roots very long, superficial and woody ; 
stem very short; leaves radical, the younger ones erect, 
and forming a cup in which water collects, the lower ones 
rosulate ; stipules erect, lanceolate, bearing numerous 
marginal glands. The old leaf-remains form a rotting mass 
around the bases of the younger leaves. Very abundant in 
wet places above 6000 ft. (245, 6200 ft.) 
H. Lawsonie, Wight & Arn. Hooker, iii. 56. Trimen, ii. 310. 
A small shrub, often growing gregariously ; leaves erect, 
glabrous, glazed, coriaceous, with recurved margins. Abun- 
dant above 5000 ft., often forming the principal constituent 
