Convolvulac€{B.'] ceylon plants. 209 



CIX. SESAMEJE. 



1. SESAMUM, Linn. 



1. S. Indicum, Linn, (DC. Prod. ix. p. 250, cum syn. : "Wiffht, 

 lUust. ii. t. 163.)— c.p. 2023. 



Hab. Jaflfna, Gardner; Trincomale, Bev. S. 0. Glenie, Nona, vulff. 

 "Tel-taUa." ^ 



Cultivated in the hot, drier parts of the island, for the sake of the oil yielded by 

 the seeds. 



2. PEDALIUM, D. Eoy. 



Mures 



.. . . ..*^^*, Linn. (DC. Prod. ix. p. 256.)— c.p. 1779. 



Hab. Common near the sea. Nom. vnlg. " At-nairenchee." 



Martynia dianbra has become quite naturalized in the north of the island, on 



?. nnnef. 



the coast. 



ex. HYDEOLEACE^. 



1. HYDROLEAj Linn. 



1. H. Zeylanica, Valil, (Choisy in DC. Prod. s. p. 180, cum sjn. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 601.)— c.p. 1883. 



Var. ^. ciliata, CLoisy, 1. c. cum syn. — c.p. 1884. 

 _ Hab. Very common in damp places, in the hotter parts of the 

 island. Nom. vulg. "Deya-kirilla." 



CXI. CONVOLVULACEiE. 



1. EIVEA, Choisy. 



1. R. tilisefolia, Choisy, in DC. Prod. ix. p. 325, cum Bjn.^-'Argi/reia 



hh^folia, Wight, Ic, 1. 1358.— c.p. 2848. 



..^^^' ^^^J abimdant up to an elevation of 3000 feet. Kom. vulg. 

 Ma-banda." 



2. R. Zeylanica, Thw. — Ipomcca Zeylanica, Go^rtn. de Fruct. ii. 

 P-^2. t. 178 ; Moon's Cat. p. 11. 



Var, a. populifoUa. — Argyrcia populifolia, Choisy, 1. e. p. 329. 



Var. p. hirsuta.—Ii. Mrsuta, Wight, Ic. t. 891. Argyreia Mrstita, 



/v* ^' ' Choisy, 1. c. p. 330.— c.p. 1944. 



(^ar. y. €marginata,~R. pomacea, Wight, Ic. t. 888. Argyreia 

 Vomacea, Choisy, 1. c.) 



Hab, Varr. a and jS. Very abundant, up to an elevation of 5000 

 leet. Norn. vulg. " Girri-tiUa." 



I have no Ceylon specimens of var. y, but it doubtless occurs in the island. 



•P. 1946. 



Wight; 



island 



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