2 74 Gesiieracece. \Chirita. 



common. Also in the dry region ; rare, e. g.^ Sigiri ; Uma-oya; Ritigala. 

 Fl. all the year, especially Sept.-Jan.; pale bright violet or nearly white, 

 tube pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



The varieties are scarcely distinct enough for notice, passing insensibly 

 into the type. Bot. Mag. t. 5161 {D. pritnulce/olia) is not that species, 

 but D.Jioccosus. 



2. D. floccosus, Thw. Efium. 207 (i860). 

 Clarke, 1. c. 103. C. P. 3368. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 354. Bot. Mag. t. 5 161 {D. primulcEfolid). 



Rootstock large, erect ; 1. (including winged petiole) 6-9 

 in., rhomboid-oval, gradually tapering at base and decurrent 

 along whole petiole, subacute or obtuse, shallowly serrate- 

 crenate, densely silky above, softly silky-woolly beneath 

 (floccose when young), bullate ; scapes 6-8 in., floccose ; fl. 

 few, on floccose ped., cymes irregularly umbellate ; sep. linear- 

 oblong, obtuse ; cor. | in. diam., glabrous outside, tube very 

 gibbous below ; capsule \ in. or rather more, pubescent. 



Low moist country; very rare. I have only seen the C. P. specimens 

 collected at Raxawa, Dolosbagie, at about 2000 ft. Fl. Sept.-Jan.; pale 

 violet. 



Endemic. 



3. I>. zeylanicus, Br. in Br. &^ Be/m. PI. Jav. Rar. 1 19 (1838). 

 D. lottgipctiolata, Gardn. 1. c. 475. Thw. Enum. 207. Clarke, 1. c. 



104. C. P. 352 (395, 1783). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 354. 



Rhizome slender, creeping ; 1. few, 2-3 in., broadly ovate 

 or nearly orbicular, cordate at base, obtuse or subacute at 

 apex, coarsely and irregularly crenate-serrate, finely silky 

 with adpressed hair on both sides, petiole very long, 3-8 in., 

 pubescent ; scapes 6-^ in., slightly hairy ; fl. few on slightly 

 hairy ped., cymes umbellate-racemose ; sep. linear, bristly- 

 hairy, spreading ; cor. over f in. diam., glabrous, tube rather 

 long, slightly gibbous ; capsule i^-ij in., glabrous. 



Montane zone ; very rare. Near Adam's Peak in Maskeliya between 

 5000 and 6000 ft. Fl. Dec-March ; white, tube purple within. 

 Endemic. 



A beautiful little plant, well worth cultivation. 



3. CHIRZTA, Ham. 



Perennial herbs often semi-shrubby at base, 1. opp. or 

 whorlcd, fl. large, solitary or in cymes, axillary ; cal. deeply 

 cut into 5 segm. (in C. Moonii to base) ; cor.-tube funnel- 

 shaped-tubular, somewhat inflated but not gibbous beneath. 



