Somalinea.'] ceylok plants. 79 



mentis 5 erectis valratis ad medium divisus, persistens. Corolla cum 

 calyce sequilonga ; ^.^faZ/^ 5, erectis, valvatis, carnoso-coriaceis, persis- 

 tentibua. Stamina 10; filamentis in annulum parte inferiore cum disco 

 glanduloso interno et basi calycis corollseque consolidata coh^rentibus, 

 apice liberis ; antheris oblongis, introrsis, dorso affixis. Ovarium bilo- 

 culare, locolis biovulatis; ovidis eollateralibus, axi affixis, amphitropis. 

 Stylus brevissimus. Stigma disciforme. Nuculania carnosa ; putamine 

 mediocri, osseo, abortu monospermo. Semen pendulxmi; testa mem- 



branacea; cof^Z«e£^oni5w5 magnis, foliacels, integris, plicato-rugosis j ra- 

 dicida parva. 



1. S. brunnea, Thw., 1. c. — C.P. 1149, 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 3000 feet. Kom. 

 vulg. "Maha-booloomora-gasa." 



Arbor 50-60-pedalis. EamuH, cum foliis junioribus, rufo-tomentosi. Folia im- 

 pari-piiiuata, 10-20 poll, longa, exstipulata; petiolo superne sulcato, basi tiimido, 

 striato ; foliolis 5-11, oblongis, parce obliquis, acuminatis, integxis, 4-8 poll, longis, 

 2-3 poll, latis, rufescentibus, petiolulo 4 lin. lougo. Paniculie axUlaies, multiflorse, 

 tomentosae. Mores 3 lin. lati. Nucidania oblortga, rufo-toraentosa, utrinque at-- 

 tenuata, pollicaria. 



11. CANARIUM, Linn. 



1, C. Zeylanicum^ Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p. 218, cum syn.— 



C halsamiferiim, Moon, Cat. p. 68.— C.P. 2649. 



Hab. Warm, moister parts of the island, up to an elevation of 1500 

 feet. JN"om. vulg. "Kaakoona-gass." 



Stipula majusculpe, petiolares, a ramulo parura distantes, brevi-stipitatse, obli^uae, 

 rotundato-sagittatic, cito deciduse. 



Tbe resinous balsam, which exudes copiously from the trunk of this tree, is used 

 by the natives for burning, after being mixed with paddy-chaff; and the smoke given 

 off is reputed to drive away snakes from the domicile. 



LVII. CHAILLETIACE^- 

 1. MOACURRA, Eoxb. 



1. M. ffelonioides, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 69— c.P. 1245. 

 Var. ^ ; foliis subtus plus minus tomentosis. — c.P. 1231. 

 Hab. Common in tlie moister parts of tbe island, and up to an eleva- 

 tion of 3000 feet. 



I can find nothing to distinguish var. fi from the other form of this species but 

 its usually greater luxuriance of growth, and the tomentum, which varies exceedingly 

 m amount, upon the ramuli and the under surface of its leaves. 



LYIII. HOMALI^ILE. " 



1. BLACKWELIiIA, Comm. 



1. B. Ceylanica, Gardner, Calcutta Journ. of Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 

 452.—^, tetrandra, Wight, Icones, t. 1851.— c.P. 388. 



Hab, Moister parts of the island, up to an elevation of 3000 feet. 

 ■Wom. vulg. "Leeyang-gass." 



