276 Gesnerace . \Cha7npi0nia. 



diam., very slightly pilose outside; disk annular; capsule 

 about 4 in. 



Var. /3, parviflora, Clarke^ 1. c. 112. C. P. 542. 



L, with shorter pubescence ; fl. often in fives ; cor. under 

 \\ in. 



Moist region up to 7000 ft.; rare. Dolosbagie Dist.; Pedurutalagala. 

 Var. /3 below 1000 ft. only. Pasdun Korale ; Reigam Korale. Fl. 

 throughout the year; violet, tube white, with a yellow line on lower side. 



Endemic. 



This is probably Marfyjtm ner^'osa of Moon Cat. 45, from Uva. Also 

 a lovely plant, but with smaller and darker flowers than C. Moonii. 



3. C. zeylanica, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4182 (1845). 

 C. cflmiintiiis, Gardn. in Calc. Jour'n. Nat. Hist. vi. 4S1. Thw. Enum. 

 208. Clarke, 1. c. 112. C. P. 1788. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 356. Bot. Mag. t. 4182. 



Stems much branched, hairy-pubescent; 1. 2|-4 in., ovate, 

 rounded or subcordate at base, somewhat acuminate, acute, 

 entire, finely silky-hairy on both sides, thin, petiole 1-2 in., 

 hairy ; fl. numerous, on short glabrous ped., in paniculate 

 spreading cymes, peduncles 3-4 in., bracts ovate, caducous ; 

 cal. cut more than f down, segm. linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous ; cor. about i| in., limb i in. diam., glabrous, a third 

 very small (posterior) staminode usually present ; stigma 

 peltate ; capsule 3-4 in., very slender. 



Var. ^^, angrusta, Clarke, I. c. C. P. 3437. 



L. smaller, lanceolate, tapering to base, less hairy, lat. 

 veins fewer, fl. smaller. 



Damp places in the forests of moist region up to 5000 ft.; rather 

 common. Var. /3 in Singhe Rajah Forest, Kukul Korale ; Morowak 

 Korale. Fl. most of the year; fl. reddish-violet, tube white within, with a 

 yellow line on lower side. 



Endemic. 



The colouring of the flowers in Bot. Mag. is inaccurate. 



4. CKAMPIONZA,^ Gardn. 



Perennial herb, 1. opp., fl. small in umbellate-paniculate 

 axillary cymes ; cal. very deeply cleft ; segm. 5, almost 

 distinct sep. ; cor. rotate, tube very short, lobes 4, equal, 

 spreading ; stam. 4, inserted on cor.-tube, fil. short, equal, 

 anth. not connate, short, ovate-oblong, cells confluent ; disko; 

 ov. I -celled, placentas 2, T-shaped, stigma globose, small; 



* Dedicated to Capt. (afterwards Col.) J. G. Champion, of H.M. 95th 

 Regiment, who was in Ceylon 183S-47. (See Pt. ii. p. 3.) 



