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Centranthera procumbens Benth. — The white variety of 
this species was collected by Mr. F. Lewis at Hiripitiya, 
North-Western Province, in February, 1915. In Trimen’s 
Flora of Ceylon ‘‘seeds spirally striate is given as a character 
of C. hispida Br. only ; from the herbarium specimens it is a 
feature common to all the Ceylon species.— T. P. 
Sesamum prostratum Betz. — Specimens of this plant were 
collected by Mr. F. Lewis at Panawa, Eastern Province, 
where it was common on the seashore, in August, 1914. 
This is the first record of this species for Ceylon. — T. P. 
Ferns. — Gymnopteris tomentosa (Lam.) Und., a South 
American fern, is now common along the roadside from the 
Botanic Gardens to the Railway Station, and in the neigh- 
bouring tea, at Peradeniya ; we have no record of its 
introduction. The common silver fern Ceropteris Galomelanos 
(L.) Und., another American species, has also escaped from 
cultivation and become established in the neighbourhood of 
Peradeniya over a wide area. — T. P. 
Psoralea corylifolia L. — Specimens of this plant have been 
sent me by Mr. C. Drieberg from Bodiwela near Lemesuria- 
gama (Walapane district), where it is used as a green manure. 
Its use for that purpose in Delft was recorded, on the authority 
of Mr. J. P. Lewis, in Ann. Peradeniya, V., p. 186. The 
description in Flora of Ceylon and Flora of British India 
states that the leaves are copiously sprinkled with black 
glandular dots. That applies to the dried specimens only ; 
on the fresh leaves the glands are green. Flora of British 
India gives the flowers as yellow ; in Ceylon specimens 
they are purple, as described by Trimen. — T. P. 
Liparis Walkeriæ Graham. — This species, which is not 
uncommon at the edge of the jungle at Hakgala, is said to 
