10 Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 



the Neilgherry mountains, was unknown to Moon, and by 

 Arnott has been confounded with the Alchemilla vulgaris of 

 Europe. It is, however, a totally distinct species, both as 

 regards habit and structure. The principal distinctions be- 

 tween them are the great villosity of the present plant, its 

 orbicular leaves, and semi-orbicular lobes, the lower of which 

 overlap each other in the larger leaves, and the differently 

 shaped stipules ; while the upright stems of the European 

 plant are represented by runners in the Indian one. The 

 flowers are besides, much larger than those of the Alchemilla 

 vulgaris, and the venation of the calycine segments of the 

 two species when examined side by side, is very different. 



Poterium indicum, Gardn. 



P. caulibus angulatis basi ferrugineo-villosis, foliolis ovatis 

 obtusis grosse dentato-serratis basi subcordatis inferioribus 

 multo minoribus, capitules polygamis, bracteis ciliatis, caly- 

 cibus fructiferis osseo-induratis reticulato-rugulosis quad- 

 rangularibus, angulis alatis. 



Hab. — Adam's Peak,. — Mr. Alwis. 



Descr. — Stems several from the same root, 1^-2 feet high, 

 branched, angular, and striated, the lower portion, as well as the 

 petioles of the leaves, covered with long brown articulated hairs. 

 Leaves alternate, 6-8 inches long, impari-pinnate : pinnules numerous, 

 distant, alternate, or subopposite, petiolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, subcordate at the base, deeply inciso-dentate, teeth ovate, 

 shortly mucronate, pennivenous, with the intervenium reticulated, 

 glabrous on the upper surface, glabrous or somewhat hairy on the 

 under, 9 lines long, 6 lines broad : stipules adnate to the petiole, 

 foliaceous, inciso-dentate, about 4 lines long. Heads ovate, about 

 8 lines long. Flowers polygamous. Bracts obovate, cuneate at the 

 base, densely ciliated. Calyx adherent : limb 4-parted : segments 

 ovate-elliptical, obtuse, bluntly mucronate, margins somewhat mem- 



