344 MR. H. H. W. PEARSON ON THE 
of the vegetation on the boundary between the patana and 
the forest. (698, 6200 ft.) 
OLDENTANDIA Heyser, R. Br. Hooker, iii. 65. Trimen, ii. 315. 
A small much-branched annual, with a stout taproot. 
Stems glabrous and wiry, with long internodes; leaves small, 
linear, glabrous, and usually rolled. Very abundant at 
4000 ft. and below. (451, 2000 ft.; 449, 3800 ft. ; 808, 717, 
4000 ft.) 
Anotis nummularia, Arn. Hooker, iii. 75. Trimen, ii. 318. 
A small prostrate perennial; stem hairy, rooting at the 
nodes; leaves erect, thick, hairy on both surfaces. Common 
in wet places above 5000 ft. (365, 5800 ft.) 
MUSSANDA FRONDOSA, Linn. var. ZEYLANICA. Hooker, iii. 89. 
Trimen, 11. 323. 
A small shrub. Young branches and the leaves softly 
velvety, especially beneath; young leaves densely pilose. 
Rare on the patanas, (793, 4000 ft.) 
KNOKTA corymposa, Willd. Hooker, iii. 128. Trimen, ii. 340. 
An erect annual. Stem tomentose, densely so in the 
young parts, internodes long; leaves pubescent, especially 
on the lower surface. Rare on the patanas. (505, 2500 ft.) 
K. Morris, Wight & Arn. Hooker, iii. 129. Trimen, ii. 340. 
A small shrubby annual, almost glabrous. Rare. (698, 
5600 ft.) 
K. platycarpa, Arn. Hooker, ii. 181. Trimen, ii. 841. 
A small bush, 1 to 3 feet high. Rootstock horizontal, 
woody and branched ; young stems and petioles purple- 
coloured; leaves erect or semi-erect, coriaceous, glabrous or 
nearly so, often rugose, with recurved margins ; young leaves 
erect and hairy. Very abundant, particularly above 5000 ft., 
where it often forms an important constituent of the border- 
vegetation between patana and forest. One of the first 
plants to reappear after a patana-fire. (453, 2200 [t.; 455, 
3000 ft. ; 391, 4000 ft. ; 659, 5600 ft.) 
K. platycarpa, Arn., var. hirsuta. 
The whole plant more or less hairy. In No. 484 the 
hairiness extends to the upper surfaces of the leaves (cf. 
Trimen) Abundant on the patanas, particularly at 4000 ft., 
where it is more common than the type. (778, 3800 ft.; 
699, 5600 ft. ; 343, 5800 ft. ; 484, 7000 ft.) 
K. platycarpa, Arn., var. foliosa, Thw. (843, 5800 ft.) 
