LaUatcB,'] CEYLON plants- 239 



TRIB. SATUREIEJB. 



8. POGOSTEMOIf, Desf. 



Heyneanus 



153, cum syn. ; Wight, Ic. t. 1440.— c,p. 33 (2073, 2401). 

 Hab. Common throughout the island. JN^om. vulg. '* Gang-Kolang- 



kola. 



The leaves of this plant arc used hy the Cinghalese medicinally, as a sternutatory. 



2 P. rupestris, Benth. Lab. p. 156 ; DC. 1. c. p. 154— c.p. 343. 

 Var. 0. hirsutus,—P. hirsutus, Benth. in DC. Lc— c.p. 283. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 8000 feet. 



Although the extreme forms of var. a and of this species look very distinct, ihej 

 are so completely connected hy intermediate ones that I find it quite impossible to 

 discover any constant character by which to separate them. The plant figured hy 

 Dr. Wight (Ic. t. 1442) under the name of F. hirsutus must certainly hCj as he him- 

 self suspects, quite a distinct species. 



3. P. reflexus, Benth. in DC. I.e. p. 155.— c.p, 154 



Hab. The more elevated parts of the Central Province, not very 

 common. 



9. DYSOPHYLLA, Blume. 



1. D. auHcularia, Bl. (Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. p. 156, cum syn.; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1445.)— c.p. 26. 



Hab. Very common on the borders of paddy-fields. Nom. vulg. 

 "Faamanilla." 



ifc?' "^' '^e^ticillata, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. p. 30; DC. 1. c. p. 

 157, cum syn. — B. crassicaitUs, Benth. 1. c, p. 158. D. tetraphylla, 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1444— C.P. 2082. 

 Hab. Hotter parts of the island, not uncommon. 



10. MENTHA, Linn. 



1. M. arvensis^ Linn. (Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. p. 171, cum syn.^ 

 M.Javanica, Blume; Benth. I.e. cum syn.— c.p. 2077. 

 Hab, Borders of paddy-fields, in the Central Province. ]N"om. vulg, 



11. CALAMINTHA, Benth. 



1. C- Clinopoditim, Benth. — Var. umbrosa, H. f. MS. C. umhrosa^ 

 Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. p. 232. .(7. repens, Benth. 1. c. p. 233, cum syn. 

 M^ssa umhrosa, Wight, Ic. t. 1447.— c.p. 2058, 



Hab. Newera EUia. 



TRIE. STACnTDEJE. 



12. SCTJTELLAHIA, Linn. 



I. S. violacea, Heyne, (Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. p. 66 ; Benth. in DC. 

 J- rod. xii. p. 418, crnn syn. ; Wiglit, Ic. t. lim.)~-S.Jlorthunda, Bcntli. 

 1- c. S. rohusta, Benth. 1. c— c.p. 217, 2716 (527). 



