BuhiacecB.'] cetlon plants. 143 



Stipule membranacere, connatfe, setis dense pilosis limbo longioribus marginatae. 



Denies calyclni lineari-lanccolati. 



15. H. nodulosa, Arn. 1. c. 22 (340) ; Walp. 1. c. p. 493.— An m 



Walkeriy Am. 1. c. ; Walp. 1. c. P . 



Var. a ; foliis superne glabris vel obscure setulosis. — c.p, 87 (105, 

 1698). 



Var. ^; plus minus pilosa. — H. axillaris, Gardn. MSS. — c.p. 88, 

 3095, 3542 (106, 117, 121, 1699). 



Hab. Central Province and Saffragam, at an elevation of 3000 to 

 7000 feet. 



Folia 2-6 poU. longa, \-2\ poll. lata» pefiolo 2-10 lin* longo. Stipula mem- 

 branacese, plus minus coniiatse, dentibus subulatis bixvioribus vel subeequilongis 

 margiiiatie. Denies cahjcini subulati, recurvi. 



A very variable species as regards tbe size and tlie amount of pubescence of the 

 leaves, which are more or less tomentose or villous, or sometimes nearly altogether 

 glabrous. From H, macropltijlla it differs principally in 'the smaller, narrower teeth 

 of the calyx, 



16. H. membranacea, Tliw. ; suffruticosa, ereeta, glabra ; foliis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, petiolatis; stipulis appendi- 

 culis linearibus, longiusculis, scariosis fimbriatis ; jiorihws dense glome- 

 rato-verticillatis ; segmentis calyclnis lanceolatis, scariosis. — c.p. 3621. 



Hab. Pasdoon Corle, at no great elevation. — A specimen in the her- 

 barium, collected by Moon, has no locality affixed to it. 



Folia 4-6 poll, longa, 1-1 i- poll. lata. Corolla parva, ilava. 

 An obscure plant, and possibly, as suspected by Dr. Gardner^ an abnormal state of 

 one of the two preceding species. 



17. H. cyanescens^ Thw, ; suffruticosa, basi decumbens, radicans ; 

 Tumis acute tetragonis, glabris vel pilosulis ; foliis plus minus viUosulis, 

 ovato-lanceolatis, utrinque acutis, petiolatis ; stipulis brevibus, iuem- 

 branaceia, .connatis, dentibus subulatis eequilongis marginatis, parce 

 pilosis ; Jloribus dense verticillatis ; segmentis calycinis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis, ovario 3-4-plo longioribus, villosulis. — c.p. 2384 



Hab. Munita, Gardner, Ambagamowa District, not common. 



Folia ^-2^ poll, longa, jpefiolo 2-5 lin. lougo. Calycis segraenta 2 lin. longa. 

 Corolla albida, purpureo-tincta, externe glabra, tuho infundibuUformi fauce parum 

 piloso. 



The whole plant is often of a bluish-purple colour. , 



18. H. inamoena, Tbw. ; suffruticosa, ereeta, subglabra; raw^^5 sub- 

 tetragonis ; foliis lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis, petiolatis, (siccis) 

 fttscescentibus ; stipulis triaugularibus, pilosis, apice panun glandulosis, 

 tasi connatis, cito decidixn^i Jloribus glomerato-verticiUatis ; segmentis 

 calvcinis lanceolatis, tubo coroUse brevioribus. — c.p. 95, 3543 (98). 



Var. ^ ; foliis latioribus, (siccis griseo-viridibus) ; stipulis longiuscule 



rostrato-acuminatis.— c.p. 2639. 

 Hab. Ambagamowa and Saffragam Districts. 



Folia 3-5 poll, longa, f-2 poll, lata, petiolo 2-5 lin. longo. 



19. H. nitida, W. et A., 1. c. p. 412,—^. Neesiana, Arn. Pug. p. 23 

 (341).— c.p. 122. 



Hab. Common in the wanner parts of the island, Nom. vulg. 

 '* Pittasooddoopala." 



The leaves of this plant are finely chopped up, boiled, and eaten mlh rice, by the 



'^'iiidxalese. 



