238 NOTES ON THK FLORA OF CEYLON. 



Hi/pnum aduncum Hedw. Barton Mere. W. — Var. Kneiffii 

 Bry. Eur. Knettishall. W. — H. exanulatum Giimb, Tudden- 

 liam. W. — H. Commi Sclipr. Tuddenliam. W. — H. jiuitans L. 

 Tuddenham ; Lowestoft, &c. — H. uncinatum Hedw. Wangford 

 (Suff. Fl.) ; Belton (Hist. Yar.). W.* E.* — H. fiUcinum L. 

 Belton (Hist. Yar.) ; Tuddenliam; Honington. W. E.- — H. com- 

 mutatum Hedw. Tuddenliam ; Redgrave. W. — H. falcatum. 

 Gorleston (Turn. Herb.); Tuddenliam. — H. riujosum Elirh. 

 Brandon ; Icklingliam ; Mildenliall. W. — H. cupressifonne L. 

 — Var. tectorim Sclipr. Eougbam (Sk. Herb.). W. — Var. 

 fiUfornie Bry. Eur. Lavenbam. W. — Var. ericetorum Bry. Eur. 

 Tuddenbam (Sk. Herb.) ; Lound Heatb (Turn. Herb.). — H. resu- 

 pinaUun Wils. Lavenbam. W. — H. molluscum Hedw. Near 

 Bungay (Suff. Fl.) ; Redgrave, &c. ; c/., Tuddenbam. W. E.* — 

 H. palustre L. Barton Mills (Suff. Fl.) ; Belton Bog, very rare 

 (Hist. Yar.). W.* E.'-^= — H. pohjgumma B. & S. Tuddenbam 

 (Sk. Herb.). W. — R. stellatum. Scbreb. Tuddenbam ; Belton 

 Bog (Hist. Yar.). W. E.''^ — H. cordifoUum Hedw. Cf., Santon 

 Dowubam (Eagle, Sk. Herb.). W. — H. (jigantexim Scbpr. Tud- 

 denbam ; Coney Weston ; Redgrave Fen. W. — H. cuspidatum L. 

 Cf., Woolpit. — H. Schreheri Ebrb. — H. purum L. Cf., Hard- 

 wick. — H. stramineum. Dicks. Belton Bog (Hist. Yar.). E.* — 

 H. scorpioides L. Belton Bog, &c. (Hist. Yar.) ; Lakenbeatb ; 

 Tuddenham; Redgrave. W. E.* 



Hi/Iocomium splendens Dill. Cf., Tuddenbam. — H. squarrosum 

 L. cf., Tuddenbam. — H. triquetrum L. Cf., Felsbam Wood. 



NOTES ON THE FLORA OF CEYLON. 

 By Henry Trimen, M.B., F.L.S. 



(Coutiuued from p. 209). 



Wrightia flavido-rosea Trim. — Brandies cylindric, the young 

 twigs finely pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, tapering at botli ends or 

 slightly caudate-acuminate, sessile, entire, membranous, rather 

 rough on both surfaces, with short hairs scattered on the veins ; 

 venation prominent and reticulated beneath ; cymes 3-flowered, 

 two or three together at the ends of the branches ; pedicels long, 

 much thickened upwards, iiubescent; buds pointed; calyx-segments 

 broadly oval-triangular, obtuse, thick and gibbous at base, mem- 

 branous at edges ; scales small, ovate, alternate with the segments; 

 corolla with the short tube one-third longer than the calyx-segments ; 

 lobes oval-oblong, obtuse or subacute, puberulous on both sides, 

 not fleshy, orange-salmon-coloured, becoming purplish grey when 

 withering; coronal scales of the same colour, 10 sti-ap-shaped, cut 

 one-third down into 3 filamentous segments and 10 undivided 

 linear ; anthers with a tuft of white hairs at summit, pubescent 

 externally, dirty white ; style thickened upward ; stigma with two 

 short papilbe on summit ; fruit not seen. 



