172 ENtJMEBATiON OF IM^rsinacete. 



n. 



7. U. racemosa, Wall. Cat. 1496; .Wight, Icon. 1854, f. 1;^ Oliver, 

 1. c. p. 186. — U. ccBTulea, A. DC, L c. p. 19. An U.Jilicaulis, WalL 

 Cat. 1501 ; Oliver, L c. p. 186.— c.p. 2085. 



Var. /3. rosea; scapo robustiore; corollm labio inferiore majore et 

 calcar obtusiusculum sequante vel superante. — Z7, rosea, Edgw. I.e. 

 p. 352 ; Oliver, 1. c. p. 184.— c.p. 277. 



Hab. Var. a. Warmer parts of the island. Var. ^. At an elevation 

 of 5000 to 6000 feet. 



The points of difference between varr. a and 3 are so unimportant that I feel 

 quite satisfied that they are merely forms of one species. The colour of the corolla 

 varies from a rather deep red dish -purple to nearly white : the flowers of var. a are 

 most frequently pale in colour. 



8. U. orbiculata, Wall. Cat. 1500; Oliver, I.e. p. \^1 ,~U. glocU- 

 diata, Wigbt, Icon. t. 1581.— c.p. 2085, 3350. 



Hab. Common on wet roots and mossy trnnks of trees in the Cen- 

 tral Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet. 



XCII. PEIMrLACE^. 



1. LYSIMACHIA, Linn. 



X. 



6000 



1. I-. ramosa, Wall, Cat, 1490 ; Dubj in DC. Prod. viii. p. 

 alata, Gardner, MS. — c.p. 1896. 



Hab. Central Province, in shady places, at an elevation of 

 8000 feet. 



Glabra, 2-4-pedalis. CauHs erectus, alatns, ramosus. Folia lJ-6 poll, longa, 

 i-li lata, in petiolum brevem angustata. Peduncidi sesquipolli cares. Calycis 

 lacimse (acumine 1 lin.) 3 lin. longa. Corolla pallide lutea. CapsuJa 5-valvis, 

 calyce subsequilonga, Semina triangularia, minute mucicata. 



% L. Japonica, Tliunb. Fl. Japon. 83. t. 16.— i. deltoidea, AVigbt, 

 lUus. ii. p. 137. t. 144. L. icmbrosa, Gardner, MS.— c.p, 1895. 



Hab. Newera Ellia and Maturatte, at an elevation of GOOO to 7000 

 feet. 



2. ANAGALLIS, Toum. 



1. A. arvensis^ Linn.— Var. jS C(srulea.~c.v> 3131. 

 Hab. Oova District (possibly introduced). 



XCIII. MTESINACE^. 



1. M-ffiSA, Forsk. 



1. M. Indica, A. DC. Prod, viii, p. 80, cum syn.; Wigbt, Icon 

 t. 1206.— c.p. 1799. 



Hab. Very abundant up to an elevation of 5000 feet. Noni. vulg 

 " Matabimbeya-gass." 



2. EMBEIiIA, Burm. 



1, E. Ribcs, Burm, (A. DC. Prod. viii. p. 85.)— c.p. 1800. 



Had. Common up to an elevation of 4000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Wei- 

 ambilla," 



