J)ipterocarpe(B'\ cbylon piants. 



37 



linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 83, cum syn. 5 Wight 



i 36; Gartner, De Fruct. iii. 53. t. 189.)— cp. 1918. 



Hab. Common in the hotter parts of the island, up to an elevation 

 of 2000 feet. Nom. vnlg. " Hal-gass." A gum-resin exudes in consi- 

 derable quantity from this handsome tree, and is much used by_ the 

 Cinghalese for burning during some of their superstitious ceremonies. 



Arbor ingens, truuco Ifevi. Raw.uU teretes, juniores stcllato-furFuracci. Foha 

 oUouga vel liaeari-oblonga, apiculata, basi cordata, 6-18 poll longa, 3-6 poll, lata; 

 petiolo tercti, \\-^ poll, lougo, apice incrassato. Stipules lineari -lanceolate, dorso 

 furfuracejfi, decidual, circiter 1 poll, longa;, Paniculce ad apices ramorum, folns 

 subfBquilong£e, flo c c ulo so -furfur ace ce, pallide-ochracese, multiflorse. Flores brevi- 

 pedicellati, bibracteolati. Bracteol(B ovatse, acuta;, 4 lin. longse. Stamina nume- 

 Tosa. fla7nentis brevissimis, basi coalitis ; aniheris introrsis, longitudioalitcr dehis- 

 cenlibus, basi bi-auriculatis, loculis ad apicem divergentibus, acutis. Frncttts 4 poll, 

 longi, 2i-3 poll. lati. ■ ' , t ■ 



Blume, in liis Mas. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 29, males two species of the Lmnsean 

 Vateria Indica, reserving this name for the Ceylon plant, and calhog the Pemnsulor 

 one r. Malabarica, I have no means of determining whether this view is correct 

 but in order to assist in clearing the matter of doubt, I have given above a pretty full 



description of the Ceylon plant. 



The figure of this species in Dr. Wight's lUust. tab. 36 is not satisfactory, 

 Ga^rtner's figure of the fruit is very characteristic, though it is rather smaller than 

 . ordinary specimens. 



6. ISAUXIS, Arn. 



Stamina 15, biserialia. Cal^x friictifcr multnm auctus. 



1. I. Roxburghiana, Wight, Illust. p. 88 j Icon. PL Ind. Or. t. 26. 



c.p. 3416. - ^-- 



^AB. South of the island, at no great elevation. Norn. vulg. / Man- 

 dora-gass." This tree yields a considerable quantity of gum-resm. 



Antherm plante, obtusa?, connectivo in apiculum brevem producto. Calyx frudifer 

 basi depressus, laciniis 5-ncrviis. Iructus 3-sulcatus, apice dcpresso. ^ ,.,,.. 



I have little doubt of this being Dr. Wight's plant, though there is ^ slight dis- 

 crepancy between my specimcTis and the figure in the Scones ; but tins is most- 

 likely due to a little want of accuracy on the part of the draftsman. 



7. STEMONOPORUS, Thw. 



■ Hook. Journ. of Bot. vol. vi. (1854) p. 67- 



Stamina 15, biserialia, antleris apice per laterum involutioncm tubu- 

 latis. Calyx fructifer non auclus. 



Sect. l.—lnjl< 



rotxmdatis 



theris brevi-apiculatis.— S. macrophUus, Thw. MSS. m Herb. Hook. 

 P Vateria Ceyfanica, mghf, lUust- p. 88.— cp. 341-5. . _. 



and 



near tlie latter place. ■ • •, on 



Arbor ingeus. Folia 5-12 poll, longa. 3-6 poll, lata, venis pnmams circiter .0 

 peiiolo li-3 poll, longo. Panicula foliis multo breviores. 



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