BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 349 
WAHLENBERGIA GRACILIS, DC. Hooker, iii. 429. Trimen, iii. 
58. 
Perennial. Rootstock stout and woody. Stems numerous, 
decumbent, wiry, leafless below; leaves few, small, semi- 
erect, more or less hairy, wrinkled, with recurved margins. 
Extremely abundant above 4000 ft. (466, 3000 ft.; 380, 
5800 ft.; 482, 7200 ft.) 
CAMPANULA FULGENS, Wall. Hooker, iii. 442. ` Trimen, iii. 60. 
Perennial. Rootstock short and twisted ; roots fusiform ; 
leaves few, mostly near the base of the stem. On the 
patanas at high elevations; rare (Trimen). 
P VACCINIUM LEScHENAULTIT, Wight, var. zeytanrtca. Hooker, 
iii. 455. Trimen, iii. 61. 
A shrub. Young leaves red and hanging ; old leaves 
coriaceous. (863, 3800 ft.) 
GAULTHERIA FRAGRANTISSIMA, Wall. Hooker, iii. 457. Trimen, 
iii. 62. 
A low shrub, often with a cæspitose habit. Rhizome 
woody; leaves small, semi-erect, coriaceous and glabrous, 
with recurved margins, faintly aromatic ; young leaves deeply 
red-coloured. A specimen gathered in the forest (No. 487) 
is much taller and has much larger leaves than patana- 
specimens from the same elevation. Common above 5500 ft. 
(847, 6000 ft. ; 486, 7200 ft.) 
RHODODENDRON ARBOREUM, Sm., var. NILAGIRICUM. Hooker, iii. 
461. Trimen, iii. 63. 
A small tree. Leaves very thick and coriaceous, glabrous 
above, clothed by ferruginous hairs beneath, with strongly 
recurved margins. Young leaves semi-erect, densely covered 
on both surfaces with flocculent wax. The corolla-tubes are 
almost invariably bored through at the base by insects, as 
has been shown to be the case in R. hirsutum and R. ferru- 
gineum on the European Alps (56). Very abundant above 
5000 ft. 
LYSIMACHIA DELTOIDEA, Wight, var. CORDIFOLIA. Hooker, iii. 
505. "Trimen, iii. 66. 
Perennial. Stem  prostrate, tomentose; leaves erect, 
pubescent on both surfaces. About 5500 ft.; rare. (238, 
5800 ft.; 535, 7200 ft.) 
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