238 ENUMEEATiON OF [^Lobiatm, 



Hab. In damp, shady places, as INTewera Ellia and otlier of the more 

 elevated parts of the Central Province. 



l-2-pe(ialis, plus minus rufescens. Calyx fructifer subglaber, proniinentim parce 

 reticulatus, 2 lin. longus, dente supremo rotundatOj obtuso^ inferioribus lanceolatis, 

 infirais subulato-acuminatls. Corolla purpm-ea, calyce duplo longior, lacluia infima 

 porrecta concava. (P. Sieberi affinis, H,f,) 



6. P. Zeylanicus, Benth. Lab. p. 36 ; DC. 1. c— C.p. 2083. 

 Hab. Eambodde, in the Central Province, Gardner. Nom. vulg. 

 *'Ereeweriya." 



This is commonly cultivated in native gardens as a medicinal plant, but I have 

 never found it truly wild. 



Fleet, tuherosns, Blume ( Colens fuherosics and C^arviflorus^ Benth.), is cultivated 



by the Cinghalese for the sake of its tuberous roots, which are eaten as a vegetable. 



6. COLEUS, Lour, 



1. C. barbatus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. il. p. 15 ; DC. Prod. sli. 



p. 71, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1432.— c.p. 2069. 



Hab. Common on rocky places in the Oovah District, at an elevation 

 of 2000 to 5000 feet. 



2. O- Malabaricus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear, ii. p. 16; DC. I. c. 

 p. 76, cum syn.— C ovatus, Benth. in DC. 1. c. C. Macrm, Benth. 1. c. 



677, C. Walkeri, Benth. 1. c. G leptostacJivs, Benth. 1. c. C. mollis, 

 enth. L c— c.p. 17, 2066, 2995, 3435 (2067). 



Hab, Common m damp, bushy places, up to an elevation of 6000 

 feet, 



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A most variable species as respects amount of pubescence, size and form of the 

 leaves and of the inflorescence; and the several forms run so insensibly into one ano- 

 ther that I am quite unable to separate them satisfactorily, even as distinct varieties. 



3. C. inflatus, Benth. Lab. p. 58; DC. Prod. xii. p, 78.— C. Ben- 

 thamianus, Am. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. p. 354; Benth. in DC. 

 L c— c.p. 2065. 



Hab. Abundant at Newera Ellia, Horton Plains, etc., at an elevation 

 of 6000 to 8000 feet. 



Col, aromaticus, Benth. (nom. vulg. " Kopprawalleya") is cultivated by the Cin- 

 ghalese as a medicine for cattle. C. Blumei, Benth., with its variety C laciniatus, 

 Benth., is a common ornamental plant in the island. 



7, ANISOCHILUS, Wall, 



1. A, carnosns, Wall. PL As. Ear. ii. p. 18 ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xiL 

 p. 81, cum syn.— c.p. 2055. 



Hab. Warmer parts of the island, not very common. Nom. vulg. 

 *' Cral-kopprawalleya." 



2. A. paniculatus, Benth. L c. p. 82, 

 Hab. Ceylon, Waller, in Herb. Hook. 



3. A, sufFmticosus, Wight, Ic. t. 1437,— C.P. 3573. 

 Hab. Gunner's Quoin, in the Battiealoa District. 



In the preaent plant the spikes of flowers are much shorter, the leaves are tonicn- 

 tose (not villous), and not so crowded together as in the plant figured hy Dr. Wight, 

 but from their general similarity I think they are no doubt forms of one species. 



