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40 



BNUMEEATION OF 



[ Terns frcemiacecc. 



Jrdor pai-va, ramosissima. .Folia 2i-3i poll, longa (acumiue 4-8 lin. longo), 

 7-11 liu. lata, peiioh 3-4 liu. longo. 



XXXIII. TEENSTECEMIACEiE. 



1. CLEYEEA, Tliunb. 



1. C. ^ymnanthera, W. et A. Prod. i. p. 87.— C.P. 778 (779). 



Hab. Commoii in forests of the Central Province, at an elevation of 

 4000 feet and upwards. ^ 



2. C. emarginata, Gard. in Calc. Journ. of Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 447. 



—C.P. 782. . ^ ^ 



Hab. Not uncommon near Adam's Peak and other more elevated 

 parts of the island. 



Fndea: glaber, 10-lG-pedalis. Ramuli teretes. Folia coriacea, spalliiilata, apicem 

 versus crenato-serrata, emarginata, subtus pallidiora, 1^-2^ poll, longa, 9-15 hn. 

 lata. . Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, 1-flori, circiter 8 lin. longi, Flores flavido- 

 purpurascentes, cerriui, bracteolis 2 minutis suifulti. Petala sepalis duplo longiora, 

 circiter 4 lin. longa. Stamina numerosa, glabra, flamenfis brevibus, plauis ; 

 antherarum introrsarum loculis linearibus, connective lato, filamento continuo, apice 

 producto separatis. Ovarium glabrum, biloculare ; loculis 1-ovulatis ; stylo brevi, 

 bifido; stigmat'ihis 2, dilatatis, lobtdatis. Fructus conicus, 2-spcnnus. 



I have examined a great many specimens of this plant, and have invariably found 

 two minute bracteolse below each flower, and the locali of the ovary one-ovulcd. 

 The leaves must be considered sessile, since the lamina is continued to their very 

 base, though it forms but a narrow border to each side of the costa in the lower part. 



2. GORDONIA, EIHs. 



1. G. Zeylanica, Wight, Illust. i. p. 99. 



Var, a. lanceolata; ramulis pilosis, /oZm' lanceolatis rel oblonffO- 

 lanceolatis. — c.p. 788. 



Var. ^. elliptica; ramulis Isevlbus vel sublsevibus, foliis latioribus. 

 — &. elliptica, Gard. 1. c. vol. vii. p. 448.— c.p. 2417, 



Hab. .Forests of tKe Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 

 7000 feet. 



This species, according to the situation in which -it occurs, varies very much in 

 the size of the flowers and size and shape of the leaves. In exposed places where 

 the soil is poor, the var. a is found, whilst iu more sheltered localities and richer 

 Boil the plant is much more luxuriant, and puts on the form of var. )3. In a series 

 of specimens the two forms may be seen to pass imperceptibly into each other. 



G. speciosa, Thw 



2403. 



Gardn 



Hab. Eather uncommon j, in damp forests of the Central Province, at 

 an elevation of 5000 feet and upwards. 



Arbor magna, 40-50-pedahs. Ruinuli teretes, glabri. Folia Integra, sessilia, 

 conacea, g abra, elliptica vel ovata, retusa, 3-4f poll, longa, lX-2f poll, lata. Flores 



magm, axillares, sessiles vel brevi-pcdunculati ; pelalis cordatis, sanguinco-purpureis, 

 1^-2 poll, longis. ^ ^ ° -^ ^ . 



I regret being obliged to include in the genus Gordonia this fine species, which 

 ^r. txardner dedicated, under the generic name of Carria, to the late excellent Sir 

 vym.Carr; but I find that the characters upon which he based his generic distinctive 

 diagnosis are common to the other Ceylon species of Gordonia. The structure of 

 the anthers is the same in both, and the analysis of the seed of Gordonia Znjlanicn 



