Bwphytum.'] GeraniacecB. 199 



adpressed-hairy ; sep. lanceolate, acute, mucronate, nearly 

 glabrous, veined ; capsule ovoid, blunt, about equalling sep. ; 

 seeds not furrowed, slightly tuberculated. 



Montane zone from 4000 to 6000 ft. in wet forest ; rather common. 

 Adam's Peak ; Maskeliya ; Nillembe ; Rambodde ; Knuckles ; Ran- 

 gala ; Ambawella. One specimen in Hb. Perad. is labelled by Thwaites 

 ' Pasdun Korale,' probably by error. Fl. March, April, and September ; 

 yellow. 



Endemic. 



There is a specimen from Moon in the Brit. Mus. 



B. intermedium, Wight, III. i. 162 (1840). [Plate XXI.] 

 B. prolijerum, var. /3. Thw. Enum. 64, 409. C. P. 2419. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 438. 



Perennial, semi-woody at base, 2-4 ft., erect, with many 

 dichotomous or whorled branches, pubescent, with a ring of 

 stiff, reflexed hairs at the nodes; 1. 2-4 in., Iflts. 15-25 pair, 

 lowest the smallest, scarcely overlapping, oblong, truncate at 

 base, very obliquely apiculate, somewhat falcate, glabrous, 

 midrib curved at apex, lat. veins fine, numerous, oblique, 

 anastomosing ; fl. large, over \ in. diam., 4-8 in the umbel, 

 ped. 3 times as long as sep., bracts subulate, peduncles slender, 

 shorter than 1., strongly pubescent ; capsule as long as sep. ; 

 seeds tuberculated. 



Montane zone at 4000-6000 ft.; rare. Raxawa (Gardner) ; Dolos- 

 bagie ; Uda Pusselavve ; Lunugala, Uva. Fl. Feb., April, June ; yellow. 

 Also in the mountains of Southern India (.''). 



5. B. proliferum, Wight, III. \. 162 (1840). 



Oxalis prolifera, Arn. Pug. 9. Thw. Enum. 64, 409. C. P. 2418. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 438. 



Perennial, with numerous prostrate or ascending, filiform 

 stems, rooting at the thickened nodes, with very numerous 

 dichotomous or whorled branches, pubescent or hairy, with 

 tufts of long, deflexed hair below the nodes ; 1. small, under 

 I in., Iflts. 8-15 pair, very small, crowded and often over- 

 lapping, oblong, truncate at base, obliquely apiculate, with 

 few long bristly hairs on both sides ; fl. \-% in. diam., solitary 

 or 2 in the umbel, ped. as long as or longer than sep., bracts 

 setaceous, peduncle very slender, shorter than 1. ; sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, attenuate, very acute, with long hairs ; capsule 

 shorter than sep., 5-angled; seeds tuberculated. 



Montane zone, from 4000 ft. upwards in open sunny places, often 

 forming large mats covering a considerable space ; common. N. Eliya ; 

 Horton Plains ; Hakgala ; Hunasgiriya ; Rangala ; Haputale. Fl. all 

 the year ; yellow. 



