BoraginacecB.'] Ceylon plants. 



215 



Hab. Soutlicrn and Central Provinces, up to an elevation of 2000 feet 



^.^yJ\ ■^"''^r "='™-^'^i'^i^- -^"'^^'^ camosus, ovatus, glabcr, circiter 2 lin. 



xoagus, albKlp-rufcscens. 



_ The sessile, tetramerous flowers distinguish this from the T. reticosa, Wi-ht. which 

 m general appearance it very much resembles. 



TRIBE HELIOTROPIEjE. 



5. HELIOTEOPIUM, Toum. 



I 



^i' ^r^tf^"^' 1^^°^-— ^ Malaharkum, Bcntli. ; DC. Prod. ix. p. 

 533 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1387.— c.p. 2854. ^ 



Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



2. H. marifolium, Eetz, (DC. 1. c. p. 547 ; Wight, Ic. t. 1390.)-An 

 M,scahrum, at S. RoUleri, Wight, Ic. tt. 1389, 1392P-C.P. 1889, 1891 

 theitknd "^'^'''' "^"^ ^^^ borders of paddy-fields, in the hotter parts of 



r.LTJjf'^^}^ plant, and I suspect that Dr. Wight's three figures, quoted above,' 

 repi esent three forms only of it. ' ° ^ . ' 



c.p^' m6^™^°"''°'' ^''^'^' ^^^' ^■^' ™™ ^^'^•' ^'igJi^' Ic- t- 1391.)- 

 Hab. Jaffna, Gardner. 



r 



I have not met with any plant in the island corresponding with the figure of H. 

 Zeylanicum, Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 16. f. 2. i o o " • 



6. HELIOPHYTUM, DC. 



Sectio Tiaridium, 



1. H. Indicum, DC. Prod. ix. p. 556, cum sjn.—TIandhim Indicum, 

 ,ln. . w.^,,t, must. ii. t. 171.-C.P. 1893. 



W 



1894. 



am 



Hab. Common in the warmer parts of the island. Var. jS. Bintenne, 



Gardner. 



1. COLDENIA, Linn. 



1- C. procumbens, Linn. (DC. Prod. ix. p. 558, cum syn.)— c.p. 1890. 

 ■HAB. Lommon in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



TRIBE B0UAGE2E. 



8. CYNOGLOSSITM, Tourn. 



Mrin. '■ ^*"a«*Ii'*«^, Deaf. (DC. Prod. x. p. 149, cum syn.)-C. ovatum, 

 ^■loou s Cat.— c.p. 143. 



»-n^^< 9^™?°"^ in waste places throughout the island. Nora. vul"-. 

 ■"oo-kattoo-handa." ir & o 



dh °* ^""tV"™' ^'"^ll- (I^C. l.c. cum syn.; Wight, Ic. t. 1395.)- C. 

 decurrcnsl. Moon's Cat. p. 12.-C.P. 1893. ^ 



-HAB. Lommon in the moat elevated parts of the island. 



