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alato-triangulare. Ovula 2, in loculorum angulo centrali su- 

 perposita, pendula. Styli 3, breves, carnosi, complanati, 

 erecti : stigma bilobata, lobis obovatis, complanatis, obtusis 

 reflexis. Capsula obovata, alato-triangulata, 3-locularis, lo- 

 culis disperma. Semina super-imposita, ex angulo centrali 

 loculorum pendula, subovata, compresso-subtriquetra, rugosa, 

 hinc gibba, inde sulco longitudinali exsculpta : testa tenua, 

 membrancea, arctissima nucleo adnata. Embryo orthotro- 

 pus, in sulco basi albuminis cornei minimus, extremitate 

 radiculari albumen perforante et umbillicum attigenti, e vi- 

 tello exserta, nee ab albumine inclusa. 



Herba Ceylanica ; foliis longe petiolatis, linearibus, lanceo- 

 latis, vel ovato-cordatis, triplinerviis, reticulatis, petiolis medio 

 floriferis, pedicellis unifloris, floribus purpureus. 



1. Trichopus Ceylanicus, Gaert. 1. 44. t. 14. — Trichopodi- 

 um cordatum, intermedium, et angustifolium, Lindl. in Bot. 

 Reg. Sub. Fol. 1543. 



Hab.~- On shady banks in the Western and Southern 

 Provinces. Abundant at the foot of Adam's Peak. Flowers 

 in March. 



Descr. — Herbaceous, 9-15 inches high. Caudex short, repent, radi- 

 cant, scaly : scales scarious, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, brownish, 

 about 5 lines long. Roots fibrous, yellowish. Leaves sub- caespitose, with 

 very long petioles, from linear to ovato-cordate, obtuse, emarginate, 

 and apiculate at the apex, acute, obtuse or subcordate at the base, 

 entire, glabrous, 3-nerved, with the nerves prominent beneath, inter- 

 venium coarsely reticulated, from 3J-5 inches long, exclusive of the 

 petiole, and from half an inch to 3 inches broad : petiole 6-9 inches 

 long, geniculate above the middle, the lower portion terete, striated, 

 glabrous, the upper subtriangular, striated, glabrous, channelled on its 

 upper face. Pedicels arising from the base of the upper portion of 

 the petiole on its internal face, 1-3, but with the remains of pre-exist- 

 ing ones, slender, terete, glabrous, 12-15 lines long, 1 -flowered. Pe- 

 rianth adherent ; tube obovate, triangular, the angles winged, green- 



