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cent, and ciliate, ^ with a largo turbinato rudiment of an ovary. Drupe 1 in., obliquely 

 oLlong, rounded at the tip ; cup broad, short. Beddorm, 



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xixsTJLA : Trarancor and Tinnevolly Mountains, Hayne, Beddome 



A good-sized dioecious tree. Leaves 7 by 1| in., oblanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 

 very gradually narrowed at the base and there furnished with 2 rounded lobes just 

 above the petiole, dull green, glabrous, midrib slightly rusty, margin membranous, 

 reticulations prominent beneath ; petiole ^l in. Flowers S 3-5-merou3. Drupe 

 obliquely obovate, \ in. diam., broader than long, very oblique ; cup short, broad. — 

 Beddome, 



7. S. nxargrlnata, Thzvaites JSnum, 77 j leaves 6-14 in. elliptic-obovate 

 or oblanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate glabrous or pilose beneath, base 

 contracted auricled margin broadly cartilaginous, petiole very abort and thick, 

 panicle from the old wood glabrous or pilose, nut :^ in. 



Ceylok; damp forests in the Galle, Ratnapoora and Ambagamowa districts, 

 Walker^ ThwaUes. 



An erect shrub, 6-8 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 2|-o in. broad, bright brown 

 when dry, but hardly shining, white margin ^ in. broad, reticulate beneath ; nerves 

 about 12 pairs, slender, arched ; midrib grooved beneath; petiole ^ in., remarkably 

 thick. Panicle short, slender. Nut ovoid, subcompressed, oblique, reddish ; cup half 

 as long, scarlet.— Described chiefly from Thwaites, who states that there is a form 

 with the leaves beneath clothed with spreading rigid hairs. . 



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8, S. obovata, Moon Cat. 22; leaves 3-7 in, subsessile very broadly 

 oibovate or oblong thickly coriaceous shining on both surfaces, tip rotmded or 

 retuscy "base cordate, panicles quite glabrous. Thzvaites Enum. 77. 



CEtix)N; at Caltura and Ratnapoora. 



A moderate-sized tree, glabrous throughout. Leaves 2J— 3j in. broad, very thick, 

 dark brown alwve when dry, paler beneath, reticulated on both surfaces, but the 

 nervules not well defined ; nerves 6-8 pair ; petiole | in. Panicles rather slender, 

 branches spreading. Flowers minute., CTnrfpe nut oblong, with a rather elongate 



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9. S- DKoonil, Thicaites Enum. 77} leaves 6-12 in, oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate shortly acuminate thickly coriaceous many-nerved much reticulate 

 beneath, petiole very short, panicle terminal large spreading. 



Ceylon, south part of the island, Thwaites, 



A moderate-sized perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves 2i-3| in. broad, hard, rather 

 shining grey-green above, with distinct and rather broad reticulations, which are 

 stronger on the brown undersurface ; nerves 18-20 pairs, very spreading, shining 

 beneath, with the midrib grooved; petiole ^-i in., very thick. Panicle with a stout 

 peduncle and spreading branches. Flowers numerous, \ in. diam. 



10. S. coriaoea, Thwaites Enum. 76; very rohust, leaves 3-7 in. 

 obovate or obovate-oblong thickly coriaceous tip rounded much reticulate be- 

 neath base subacute not narrowed into the very short petiole, panicles very 

 robust with spreading branches, drupe large broader than long. 



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A moderate-^zed tree, glabrous throughout ; branchlets as thick as the finger 

 Leaves li~3| in. broad, hardly shining, pale above when dry, brown beneath, nerves 

 10-12 pairs, slightly arched, not well defined, as is the case with the reticulations 

 beneath ; midrib beneath erooved : netiole 1-4 in. long, and broad. Panicles fascicled. 



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