BOTANY OF THE CEYLON PATANAS. 357 
CYANOTIS PILOSA, Schultes f. Hooker, vi. 387. Trimen, iv. 314, 
Perennial. Roots numerous, thick and  tuberous. 
Common among the grasses above 5000 ft. (298, 5000 ft.) 
C. vırLosa, Schultes f. Hooker, vi. 387. Trimen, iv. 318. 
Perennial (?). Leaves densely villous with long silky hair 
(897), or pilose beneath and glabrous above (672). (397, 
2000 ft.; 672, 5600 ft.) 
C. rAscICULATA, Schultes f.(sp.?). Hooker, vi. 387. Trimen, 
iv. 314. 
Annual. Leaves floccosely silky. (673, 5600 ft.) 
Juncus PRISMATOCARPUs, R. Br. Hooker, vi. 395. Trimen, iv. 
318. 
Perennial. Common in wet places. (408, 3000 ft. ; 54, 
3800 ft. ; 53, 5600 ft.) 
APONOGETON CRISPUM, Thunb. Hooker, vi. 564. Trimen, iv. 372. 
Leaves submerged or floating; usually red. Common in 
running water on the patanas, at 6000 ft. 
[The following species of Eriocaulon were found in marshy 
places on the patanas at the elevations indicated. | 
Eriocaulon caulescens, Hook. f. & Thoms. Hooker, vi. 572. 
On Pedurutalagala. (77, 8000 ft.) 
E. ceylanicum, Koern. (E. subcaulescens, Hk. f.) Hooker, vi. 573. 
On Horton Plains. (70, 7200 ft.) 
E. atratum, Koern. Hooker, vi. 574. 
Common above 5000 ft. 
[No. 60 has straw-coloured invelueral scales ; in 71 
they are brown with black edges, while in the type they are 
* glossy black." These appear to be forms of E. a£ratum, 
Koern.| (71, 6000 ft. ; 60, 7200 ft. ; 63, 8000 ft.) 
E. WiaurraNUM, Mart. Hooker, vi. 576. 
A large species, common above 5000 ft. (72, 5600 ft.) 
E. BROWNIANUM, Mart. Hooker, vi. 576. 
Common above 5000 ft. (73, 5600 ft.: 76, 7200 ft.) 
E. rTRUNCATUM, Ham. Hooker, vi. 578. 
Very abundant above 5000 ft. (61, 5600 ft.; 65, 
5800 ft.) 
E. COLLINUM, Hook. f. Hooker, vi. 584. 
A very common species. (58, 3500 ft.; 59, 5600 ft.) 
KYLLINGA BREVIFOLIA, Rottb. Hooker, vi. 588. 
Perennial In dry situations at lower elevations the 
habitis dwarfed. Very abundant in both wet and dry places. 
(9, 2000 ft. ; S, 4000 ft. ; 11, 5600 ft.) 
