Dipt€7'0carpe(B,'\ 



CEYLOl^ PLANTS. 



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Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 "Doon-gass.** 



A large (juantity of colourless gum-resin exudes from the trunk and branches of 

 this fine tree, which, when dissolved iu spirits of wiue or turpentine, makes an excel- 

 lent varnish. s 



2. D. afiinis, TIitt. ; foliis lanceolatia vel lincari-lanceolatis, louge 

 acnminatis, basi rotundatis, venis subinconspicuis ; j)ediceU{s calyce 

 lon^ioribus, — c.p. 3409. . ' 



Hab. Between Eatnapoora and Galle, at no great elevation. - . 



Ardor ingens. Folia 3-3 poll, loriga (aeumine 4 lin. longo), 9-11 lin. lata^ 

 peliolo circiter 4 lin. longo. _ , 



■ Closely allied to the precedir.gj but the leaves are larger and differently shaped, 



and the petioles much stouter. 



3. D. nervosa^ Thw. ; foliis ovatis, ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis, 

 longe acuminatis, opacis, venis vcnulisque prominulis, basi rotundatis ; 

 pedicellis calyce suba^quilongis ; calycis fructiferi laciniis majoribus 

 spatliulato-dilatatis. — c.p. 3410. / 



Hab. Ekualagodde, near Eatnapoora, April, 1855. 



Arbor ingens. Folia 3-4 poll, longa (aeumine ^ poll, longo), li-lf lata. 



4. D. trapezifolia^ Thw. ; foliis trapezoideo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, superne minute reticulatis, sulttus venis inconspicuis ; 

 pedicellis calyce sequilongis ; calycis fructiferi laciniis majoribus apa- 



thulato-lincaribus. — c.p, 3341. 



Hab. Central and southern parts of the island, up to an elevation 

 of 1500 feet ; a eommon forest tree. Nom. vulg, " Tuccahaaloo- 

 gass." 



Arhor ingens. Folia %\~^\ poll. longa (aeumine circiter 3 lin. longo), 9-14 lin. 

 lata, petiolo 4 lin. longo. ^ . ' 



5. D. congestiflora^ Thw. ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, basi 

 rotundatis vel subcordatis ; Jlorihus ad apices panicularum congestis ; 



pedicellis brevissimis. — c.p. 3411. 



Hab. Hinidoon and Pasdoon Corles, April, 1855. Nom. vulg. 



" Tinneya-gass." 



Arbor ingens. Folia 3^5 poll, longa, li-2 poll, \vit2,, petiolo 4-5 lin. longo. 



This fine species is characterized by its numerous shortly-stalked flowers collected 

 towards the ends of the panicles. The fruit, with its enlarged calyx, closely rescmhlcs 

 that of the preceding and following species. 



• 6. 1>. Gardner!^ Thw. ; foliis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, longe petiolatis ; foriSus cernuis, pedicellis calyce bre- 

 vioribus.— c.p. 1919- ^ ^^^^ . . 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of from 3000 to 5000 Icet. 



Arbor ingens. Folia 2-3 poll, longa, li-lf lata, petiolo G-7 lin. longo. .■ 



A very distinct and beautiful species. 



7. D. cordifolia, Thw. ; foliis oblongis, abrupte acuminatis, cordatis, 

 subtua nitidis, venis venulisque prominentibus. — c.p. 3340. ^ # 



Hab. Pasdoon Corle and Ambagamowa, at no greal elevation. Nom.- 

 vulg. "Bairaloya." _ , * ' 



Ardor ingcna. Folia 3-4 poll, longa (aeumine circiter | poll, longo), l|-2^ poll. 



lata, petiolo 3-5 lin. longo. i . i • -. 



1 have not yet been able to obtain the flowers of this species, which is said 



to produce them only once iu three years. Some seeds which were given to me 



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