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on the faith of specimens of C. P. 1876 sent by Thwaites, under the 

 name E. pechincidatum, to T. Thomson and Kurz. All the speci- 

 mens of that number, however, in the Peradeniya Herbarium, as 

 well as at Kew and the British Museum, are as named by Thwaites, 

 E. pedunculatum, but it is of course possible that he may have found 

 E. petiolare, and included it under the same number. But we had 

 no Ceylon specimens of the latter here until Jan. 1886, when the 

 late W. Ferguson sent fresh specimens collected at the hot wells of 

 Kannia, near Trincomalie. These appear to agree completely with 

 the characters given for that species. The flowers are a bright 

 hght blue. In Continental India it is recorded from Concan and 

 Chota Nagpore only. 



Cordia subcordata Lam. This is another of the late W. Ferguson's 

 discoveries at Trincomalie. Like Suriana, with which it was found 

 in Dec. 1885, at Foul Point, it is one of those widely-spread plants 

 of tropical shores and islands which are transported by ocean- 

 currents, and both have probably only recently effected a lodgment 

 in Ceylon. It is a small, handsome tree, and is well figured in 

 Seemann's Fl. Viti. t. 84. 



Thunhergia fragrans Roxb., var. paevifloea Trim. MS. Quite 

 glabrous ; leaves very acuminate, deeply cut hastately at base ; 

 corolla less than 1 in. in diameter. — Summit of Ritigala, N. Cent. 

 Province, 2600 ft., July, 1887. At first sight this is so unlike the 

 type that I thought I had to deal with a new species ; but the cha- 

 racters when defined are insignificant, and T. fragrans is a very 

 variable plant. The type is common here at all elevations, and it 

 is remarkable that, in spite of its name (said to be warranted in 

 Bengal), the flowers are always absolutely scentless. 



Andrographis paiiiculata Nees, var. glandulosa Trim. MS. 

 Whole plant glandular-pubescent, angles of stem and upper surface 

 of leaves finely hispid, inflorescence less branched, and flowers 

 larger than in the type. — On the edge of forest in Maturata district, 

 March, 1885, at an elevation of fully 5000 ft., which is much higher 

 than the type is ever found. A very well-marked variety ; the 

 glandulosity is densest on the inflorescence, and extends to the 

 outside of the corolla and capsules. 



Coleus elongatus, n. sp. Stems straggling over rocks, 

 2-3 ft. long, stout and rather succulent, slightly thickened at the 

 nodes, tetragonous, not winged, finely densely puberulous, with 

 long spreading divaricate branches ; leaves small, 1-1 f in. long, on 

 rather long petioles, ovate-triangular, somewhat truncate at base, 

 sub-acuminate, coarsely crenate- serrate, very finely puberulous, 

 thin, pale green, veins prominent beneath ; flowers very small, 

 shortly pedicellate, closely arranged and secund in short (1-1-| in.), 

 slender, opposite, distant, divaricate, stalked racemes from the 

 axils of the fallen leaves ; bracts inconspicuous, about as long as 

 the pedicels ; calyx very much curved upwards, obscurely 2-lipped, 

 with the teeth of the lower lip longer and acuminate, hispid with 

 short crisp hairs externally, glabrous within; corolla f in. long, 

 pale bright purple, hairy with short stiff hairs externally, glabrous 

 within ; tube nearly straight, dilated upwards, and gibbous at the 



