Cyanotis.l CommelmacecB. 3 1 3. 



the cauline 1. shortly silky; cymes \-\ in., usually peduncled 

 in the axils of short, ovate, acute leaves, upper often corym- 

 bose, strongly falcately decurved; bracteoles \-\ in. long, 

 dimidiate-ovate or lanceolate, acute, falcate, villous or densely 

 hirsute; sep. linear-oblong, acute, villous; cor.-tube funnel- 

 shaped; lobes short, rounded; fil. fusiform towards the tips; 

 style naked ; capsule \ in., softly hirsute ; seeds conic, 

 obscurely rugose. 



Damp sandy ground in dry region ; very rare. Kirinde, S. Prov. 

 Fl. Dec. ; blue. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



A most variable plant in habit, foliage, and pubescence. The Ceylon 

 specimens are very poor, much smaller than the Peninsular (from which 

 the description is chiefly taken), and more glabrous, with smaller nearly 

 sessile cymes. I have not seen the style of the Ceylon specimen. — j. D. H. 



4. C. zeylanica, Hassk. Comm. Ind. 145 (1870). 



C. lanceolata and var. siibglabra. Thw. Enum. 323. Clarke, Mon. 

 252. C. P. 3223, 3216. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 387. 



Stem elongate, prostrate, rooting at the nodes, branches 

 6-12 in., erect or ascending, simple or branched, glabrous or 

 with a line of long hairs on one side, leafy; roots fibrous; 

 1. \-2 in., sessile, narrowly oblong or lanceolate, acuminate,, 

 flat, recurved, glabrous above or more or less villous on both 

 surfaces, sometimes densely with long hairs, sheath \-\ in., 

 glabrous or villous; cymes small, \-\ in., subsessile in 

 terminal heads or solitary; bracts short, acute; bracteoles - 

 dimidiate-oblong or -ovate, acuminate, nearly straight, sparsely 

 hairy; sep. \ in., linear-oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; cor.-tube \ in.,, 

 funnel-shaped, lobes short, broadly oblong; fil. very long and 

 slender, with a short brush of hairs towards the tip which is not 

 thickened; style naked; caps. \ in., oblong ; seeds striate and 

 obscurely pitted. 



Montane zone, 4-6000 ft. ; rather common. Hantane, Hunasgiriya,. 

 Maturata, Nuwara Eliya. Fl. Oct.-Jan. ; pale violet. 

 Endemic. 



5. C. villosa, Schultes f. Syst. vii. 1155 (1830). 



C. lanceolata^ Wight, Thw. Enum. 325 (in part). Clarke, Mon. 251. 

 C. P. 2332. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 387. Wight, Ic. t. 2085 (C. lanceolata). 



Stem 3-4 ft., from a procumbent base, stout, proliferous 

 and often rooting at the nodes, more or less villous with soft 

 spreading hairs; roots fibrous; 1. 3-5 by \-\ in., ovate- to 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous and shining 

 above, flat, hirsute or subsilkily villous beneath, margins silkily 

 ciliate, sheath ^-i in., glabrous, silky, or villous; bracts short;. 



