Guttiferce.J 



CEYLON PLANTS. 



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Arbor magna. Bamuli teretes, glabri, rufescentes. FoUa 2-3 poll.,longa, 7^10 

 liu. lata, subtus miuutissime reticulata, petiolo 2-3 liu, longo. Stylus staminibf^s 



' nuraerosis multum longior. 



TLis differs from Kayea jlorihunda of Wallich's PL Asiat. Rarior, vol. iii. p. 5. 

 t. 210, in its much smaller and differently-shaped leaves, and long, protruded style. 

 The flowers are very fragrant. The timber is useful for building purposes. 



. 6. CALOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Norn. vulg. " Keena-gass/' '* Walloo-keena-gass." 



b 



Sect. 1. Sepala 4. PetaJa 8. 



1. O. Walkerii, Wight, lUust. i. 128. t. 45.— c.P. 1170. 



Hab. Newera EUia, Adam's Peak, and otlier of the most elevated 

 parts of the island. 



An oil is extracted from the seeds of this and the other species of the genus, 

 which is used for burning. 



Sect. 2. Sepala 4. Petala 4. 

 t Bacemi folia cequantes vel longiores. 



2. C. decipiens, Wight, Illust. i. 128; Icones, fc> 106.— c.p. 3403. 

 Var. a \ foliis obovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis. 



Var. /3 ; foliis cordato-orbiculatis. 



Hab. Var. a, Ambagamowa District Var, ^3, Hinidoon Corle, at 

 an elevation of 1000 to 2000 feet. 



The leaves of this plant vary ranch in shape, and the foliage often sirongly 

 resembles that of the preceding. In very young plants (c.p. 3401) of what I 

 believe to be this species, the leaves are lanceolate or cordate-lanceolate.- 



3. C. trapezifolium, Thw. ; foliis coriaceis, parvis, ovato-trape- 

 zoideis, obtuse et breve acuminatis vel retusis ; racemis folio multum 

 lon^ioribus; Jloribiis majusculis. — c.v. 2446. 



Hab. Hunasgiria District, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 



4000 to 5000 feet, 



Ramuli glabri. Folia 1^-2 poll, longa, 7-11 Ym.M^, petiolo 



Arbor magna 

 3-4 lin. longo. 



Fructiis subspharicns, 8 lin. longus, 7 hn. latus. 



4. C. cuneifolium, Thw ; foliis parvis, cuneato-spathul 

 brevi-acuminatis vel retusis, coriaceis. — c.p. 2917. 



Hab. Madamahancwera. at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 



Arbor magna 



Ramuli 



Folia li-lf Po^*' ^^^^S^' ^"^ ^^^' '^^^' P^^'^o^(^ 



3-4 lin. longo. Flares mcdiocres. Frnctus sphn'rit-ns, 8 lin. in diam. 



'- -ft R^cemi foliis hreviores, 



5. C. Inophyllum, Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 103 ; WigH Hlust. i. 128 ; 

 Icones, t. 77.)— c.p. 2764. " . 



Hab. Hotter parts ^f the island, up to an elevation of 2000 feet, 

 Nom. vulg., " Domba-gass." 



6. O. tomentosum, Wight, Illust. i. 128; Iconea, t. ] 10.— c.p. 1171. 

 Hab, Central Province, at an elevation of 3000 to 5000 feet ; com- 

 mon. 



The timber of this abundant tree is valued for building purposes, and the see^ls 

 arc collected in considerable (iuantities for the sake of the oil they contain, which is 

 called " Kecna-td." 



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