MuUacemJ] cetxon plants. 139 



Hab. Warnij moister parts of tlie island, up to an elevation of 2000 

 feet. 



3. N. Gardner!^ Thw, ; foliis majusculis, superne pilosulia, subtus ad 

 nervos villosis, ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, obscure denticulatis, basi cu- 

 neatis; stipiilis bipartitls; segmentis rotundatis, obliquis, longe acumi- 

 natis J racemis villosis ; hracteolis oblongis, acuminatis, prope basiu 

 utriaque 1-dcntatis ; segmentis calycinis rotundatis, subcordatis, acumi- 

 natis, — c.p. 1671. 



Hab. Pasdoon Corle, Gardner, 



Its wider, more hairy leaves, and villous racemes, distinguish this from the pre- 

 ceding, to which it is in other respects very closely allied, aud the two may possihlj 

 prove to be forms of one species. 



4. N. Ghampionii, Bentli. MSS, ; foUis oblougo-spatbulatis, obtusia 

 subacutisve, superne yillosulis, denique subglabris, subtus ad nervoa 

 cum petiolo villosis ; stipulis bipartitis ; segmentis acutis, irregulariter 

 2-3-fissis ; racemis villosis ; hracteolis 3-partitis, segmentis lateralibus 

 minoribus.— c.p. 3417, 3480. 



Hab. Kokool Corle, up to no great elevation. 



Folia 3-6 poll, loaga, 1-2 poll, lata, petiolo i-1-^ poll, longo. 



7. SCHIZOSTIGMA, Arn. 



Eudl. Suppl. i. p. 1393. 



1. S. hirsutum, Am. Ann^ of JN'at. Hist. iii. p. 20. — c.p, 268. 

 Hab. Not uncommon in the south of the island, up to an elevation 

 of 2(X)0 feet. 



Flares 1-3-ni. Corolla alba, 7-8 lin. in exp. Bacca cerasi parvi magaitudiue. 



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8, AXANTHES, Blume, 



1 



1. A. Zeylanica, Wight, Icon. t. 1163.— c.r. 499 (707). 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 7000 feet. 



2. A. elliptica, Wight, Icon. t. IICI.— c.P- 359 (584). 

 Hab. In similar situations with the preceding. 



The flowers and fruit of this and of the preceding species are of a duU orange- 

 yelluw colour. 



%XX Flacenta versus hasin locuU qfua, plui minus erecia, 



9. OPHIORRHIZA, Linn. 



(Norn, vulg. " Datkatteya.") 



1. O, Mungos, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 404, cum syn.)— c.r. 1704. 

 Hab. Verj^ abundant in damp, shady places. 



2. O. nemorosa, Thw. ; caule suberecto, parce ranioso \ foliis glabris, 

 lanceolatig, acuminatis, basi cuneatis ; stipulis rotuudatis, longe 1-2- 

 setaceo-cuspidatis ; corymUs terminalibus, pedunculatis, tonientosis ; 

 IracteoUs minutis ; corolla longiuscula. — c.p. 205 (215, 484). 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet. 



Tolia 2-6 poll, lonn-a, |-li poU. lata. Corolla alba, rubro-tincta, ttibo semi- 

 pollicari. 



3- O. radicans, Gardn. MSS. ; caule procumbente ; petioUs pedun- 



