BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 851 
edges of the leaves (sometimes the whole leaves) are red- 
coloured. Very abundant above 5000 ft. (727, 5600 ft.; 
231, 5800 ft. ; 546, 6000 ft.) 
CxNoaLossuM FURCATUM, Wall., var. LANCEOLATUM. Hooker, iv. 
156. Trimen, iii. 203. 
Perennial. A tall coarse weed; leaves tuberculate, 
shortly pilose on the veins beneath. The blue colour of the 
flowers is more intense at 7000 ft. than at lower elevations. 
(704, 5600 ft.) 
ARGYREIA HIRSUTA, var. coacra, C. B. Clarke. Hooker, iv. 189. 
Trimen, iii. 206. 
A semi-shrubby twiner. Stems long, stout, and hairy ; 
leaves conduplicate, silky-hairy on both surfacs. Above 
4000 ft. ; rare. (891, 4000 ft.) 
EvorvvLvs AnsrNOIDES, Linn. Hooker,iv. 220. Trimen, iii. 227. 
A small prostrate perennial. Roots long and much 
branched: rootstock woody and branched; stems long, 
spreading, silky-hairy ; leaves small, few, erect, condupli- 
cate, silky-hairy on both surfaces. Very abundant below 
4000 ft. (442, 3800 ft.; 794, 4000 ft.) 
SOLANUM INDICUM, Linn. Hooker, iv. 284. Trimen, iii. 234. 
A weedy shrub. Leaves and young stems densely tomen- 
tose. (776, 3800 ft.; 321, 5600 ft.) 
VERBASCUM Tarsus, Linn. Hooker, iv. 250. Trimen, in, 241. 
The common English “ Mullein." This plant has become 
naturalized on the patanas in the neighbourhood of Nuwara 
Eliya, where it is very abundant, and has the characteristic 
British habit. 
TORENIA HIRTELLA, Hook.f. Hooker, iv. 277. Trimen, iii. 249. 
A small herb, with long internodes, prostrate among the 
grasses. Leaves few, small, and wrinkled. (702, 5600 ft.) 
STRIGA LUTEA, Lour. Hooker, iv. 299. Trimen, iii. 256. 
A small, erect, herbaceous root-parasite. Leaves few, 
erect, small, linear. Very abundant below 6000 ft. (740, 
3800 ft.) 
S. EUPHRASIOIDES, Benth. Hooker, iv. 299. Trimen, iii. 256. 
Rather taller than the last species. Stem and leaves red- 
coloured. Very abundant below 4000 ft. (458, 3000 ft. ; 
741, 3800 ft.) 
SoPUBIA TRIFIDA, Ham. Hooker, iv. 302.  Trimen, iii. 257. 
Anerect annual. Leaves trifid, or entire, filiform, borne 
