Cyperacea^r[ ceylon plants. 355 



Hab. J^ewera Ellia and Horton Plains, at an elevation of 6000 feet. 



** Sjpicis 3 velpluribus, androgynis. 



T, v:>n°;''"^'^'''^'-?.?"'T?^- ^'^P- P- ^2 ; I^. ab Es. in Wight's Contr 

 -c p '239?. '^'°' ' ^™' "■ P- ^^^' ^°°"' I"'^^^^- Car. p. l,t 2 



p 10 °t" 2?" fp%S- ^\^/- ^- ""■ P: ^^^ ' ^*^- ^- ^- P- S12 ; Boott, 1. c. 



gustionbus, subrostratis, c.p. 2629. .^ i'.y 



BoTti-ap^S?'"'''^''" ""^ ''^''''° ''''^°'' conglomeratis.-C. rulella, 



&^t^^7 abundant m tbe Central Province, up to an elevation of 

 bU(JU leet ; forma minor, Pedrotallagalla, Gardner, M. Wicliura, 



TT.?' ^^'^f "'^'^^ ^^^^- MSS. (Boott, 1. c. p. 10, t. 28.)-c.p. 2631. 

 ^AB. iNot very uncommon up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 



5. C.jracilis, K. Br Prod. 242 ; Boott, 1. c. p. 59, t. 154. cum syn. 



Tenta ^^ff "%^^"'«' ^all J^. ab Es. 1. c. p. 124. G.fiexilis, Don. ' C. 

 lenta, Don ; Spreng. Syst. ai. p. 811.— c.p. 2632. 

 ilAB. JN^ewera Ellia and Horton Plains. 



418:-c.i° m^r' ^°^' ^^- ^^P- P- *3 ; N- ab Es. 1. c. ; Ktb. 1. c. p. 

 Hab. Maturatta and Hewabette Districts, rare. 



240 9^''^^^^^*^"f^\^<'^^- ^^- I^*^- i"- P- S^2; Boott, I.e. p. 85, tt. 



vt^'f 0- ""i^'^*' ^- a^ Es. 1. c. p. 123. An C. condensata, N. ab 

 Jis. I. c. .P— c.p. 2628. 



feet ^' ^*^™^°^ ^'^ *^^ Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 



8 C. cruciata Wabl. (Willd. Sp. PI. iv. p. 248; N. ab Es. I. c.)- 



fcnf r'^''' 1^ V ^^ ^'- ^- '^^ ^- Lindleyana, N. ab Es. 1. c. C. vacua, 

 ^oott, Herb. Ind. Orient. Hook. f. and Thoms. (conf. C. ramosa, Scbk., 

 );f-meiogyna, K". ab Es., C. rapliidocarpa, N. ab Es., et C. thyrsijlora, 

 ■Boott.). —c.p. 820, 3161. ^ ^ J^ y . 



llAB. Very abundant at an elevation of 3000 to 6000 feet. 



inored-f-'^™+^''V ™"^'^^^'^ P'^iit, and, at a superficial glance, nothing can weU look 

 Dlacps wl ^^^ luxuriant form with spreading panicle, growing in damp shady 



ine o smaller form with constricted panicle and larger flower-scales, grow- 



it im° ^^J!^,^^*^ downs; these forms, however, so merge into one another that I find 

 impossible to separate them into distinctly defined varieties. 



TTrt." ?■ ''**=<5»»s. N- ab Es. I.e. p. 122; Boott, I.e. p. 83, tt. 234-239: 

 m 1. c. p. 5i3._f,.p_ g21. i' ' ' -f ' 



Hab. Common 

 feet. 



6000 



T?" ^■■Ti?^*"'®^' ^^"^- ^^^^- (Boott, 1. c. p. 2, t. 4.)— c.p. 2751. 



•'lAB. More elevafpfl nnTfa nf tlio non+T-iil PrmrTnr.o Tint TroT^rr ^/^,1 



re elevated parts of the Central Province, not very common. 



Sjpicis unisexuis, vel mfennediis androgynis^ alkali mascula, 



+ il\°* niaculata, Boott. (Linn. Trans, xx. p. 128; lUustr. Car. p. 9 

 t. ^b.)-^c.p. 2630. 



