Acanthacecs.'] ceylon plants, 231 



brevioribus ; corolla anguste infundibuliformi, 3-pollicari, lobia tubo 

 sequilongis (T. A.). — c.p. 2004. — B.pentandra^ jS, N. ab E. in DC. 1. c. 

 233. 



Hab, Central Province, and in tbe Saffragam District, up to an ele- 

 vation of 5000 feet. 



6-8-pedaIis, Lispida, Folia integra, 6-12 unc. longa. Cyma longe pedunculatse, 

 foliis paulo breviores. Calyx fulvus, strigosus. Corolla pallide purpurea vel albida. 

 —T.A, 



B, noctifiora and B, huxifolia^ var. )3. The recording of these two plants from 

 Ceylon seems to be an error of Nees von Esenbeck, as no specimen from Ceylou oc- 

 curs in any of the extensive collections I have considted. For B, nodi flora no au- 

 thority is quoted by Nees but *' Herb. Hook./' and for 5. hux'ifolia, var. j8, " Forsyth, 

 in Herb, eod./' and I am informed that this botanist made no collections in Ceylon. 



~T,A. 



14. CROSSANDRA, SaUsb. 



r 



1. C. mfundibuliformis, N. ab E. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. ; DC. Prod. si. 

 p. 280, cum ayn. ; Wigbt, Ic. t. 460, et t. 461.— c.p. 255 (2015), 2016. 

 — C axillaris^ C. oppositifolia, N. ab E.l. c. {T. A.) 



Hab, Common in the warmer parts of the island. 



J. 



16. LEPIDAGATHIS, WiUd. 



1. t. Oeylanica, N. ab E. 111. Lepidag. (DC. Prod. xi. p. 259. L. ner- 

 vosa, Wight, Ic. t. 1620.)— c.p. 1985. {T. A.) 



Hab. Not uncommon, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



2. L. fasciculata, N. ab E. 111. Lepidag. (DC. Prod. xi. p. 260.) 

 c.p. 1983. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



3. L. Walkeriana, I^. ab E. in DC. I.e. ; Wight, Ic. 1. 1530.— c.p. 85, 

 1986. • 



Hab. Very common throughout the islan 



4. li. Lyalina, var. a, lopJiostachyoides, IS 

 I.e. p. 252.)— c.p. ld7\.~Sj?icis terminalib 



Jineis nuroureis transversim notatis (T. A.). 



ni. Lepidag. (DC 



an elevation of 3000 to 4000 



This variety may ultimately prove to be distinct from Z. hyal'ma. In the absence 

 of a sufficient number of specimens to decide from, I do not feel justified m makmg a 



aew species of it.— Z A. 



TRiB. acanthi:^. 



16. BLEPHABIS, Juss. 



1. 



3576. 



lum syn.)— C.P. 



District 



2. 



Wight 



c.p. 2014. ,. ., • 1 J -NT 



Hab. Verv abundant in the hot, drier parts of the island. I^om. 



vule 



TulneraiT. — G. Thro. 



