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ENTJMEEATiON OP [LcffuminoscB. 



petiolulo H lin. longo. Stipidce lanceolatce, pilosaj, deciduaj, 2 lin. long^. Lemt- 

 mina Qon^ctd,, leevia, obscure reticulata, 11 lin. lata, marginibus 1 lin. latis superiore 

 crassiore. 



This tree produces a very good timber, well adapted for fiu'niture and for 

 builaings. 



titIq^'Pt^*'^^**'^"' Tiiw. — ^;^c^e5^er^w»i Zeylanicum, Champion, 

 Mbb. ; foholis 2-4, alternis vel suboppositis, ellipticis acuminatis reticu- 

 latis, magnitudme Yalcle variis, superue glabris, subtus fugaci pilosulis, 

 pamculis termmalibus pilosis foliosisjeguminibus membranaceo-foliaceis, 

 monospermis, lineari-lanceolatis, subacutis, stipitatis, adpresse pilosulis, 

 medio reticulatis.— c.p. 761 (772). r i > 



Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 1000 to 3000 feet. 



Scaudens. FoUola 2-6 poll, longa, 1-3 poll, lata; petiolulo tumidiUo, i poll, 

 longo. Flores 3 lin. longi. Calyx albidus, ferrugineo-pilosulus, dentibus jcquilongis, 

 tubo duplo brevionbus, 2 sup. rotundatis, reliquis acutis. Tetala albida, palUde 

 ruto-vcnosa, longe unguiculata. Stamina 9, monadelpha. Ovarium lonee stipi- 

 tatum, l-ovulatom. o i 



This species is evidently veiy closely allied to Blume's Endespermum scandens. 



3. D. frondosa, Eoxb. (W, et A. Prod. i. 266, cum gyn.)— c.p, 1496. 

 Hab. JNot uncommon in forests, in the Central Province and else- 

 where, up to an elevation of 3000 feet, 



T have not met with any plants in Ceylon corresponding with the descriptions 

 ot Balbergta Lanceolana, Linn, f., and Balhergia Zeijlanica, Roxb. . 



4. D. monosperma^ Dalzell. — c.p. 243. 



Hab, Ceylon, Walker fin Herb. TTnnV V 



53, SOPHORA, Linn., E. Br, 



A ^' ®" *°"i«'^*°«a^ Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 179, cum syn. ; Walp 

 Ann. IV. 586, cum syn.)— c.p. 1487. 



Hab. Seacoast, in the GaUe District. JS'om. vuk. " Moodoo- 

 moroonga, . ° 



c.p. 570. 



Walp. Ann. 1. c. ; Wigkt 



4000 to 7000 



3. _S._ violacea, Thw.;foliohs 7-12-jugis cum impari, eUipticis, obtusis, 

 brerissime mucronulatis, pilosulis, subtus pallidioribus ; racemu- termi- 

 nail bus, muitiflons, adpresse pUosis, folio subajquilongis ; lequminihus 

 pil^uhs, valde constrictis, nodis ovoideis.— c.p. 3546 



Hab. Galle District, between Dickwelle and Matura. 



Fr^tex mediocris. Ramuli petioUque adpresse pilosi. Stipula bracteaan^ minute, 

 subulata: decidual. Fohola 6-15 lin. longa. 3-7 lia. M-a, petioMo \-l \\n. longo. 

 tali/x tubulosus, margine 5-lobus, pedicello sequilongo oblique affixus. Petala no- 

 lacen longe unguicidata, vexillo distaate recurvato, alls carina angustioribus Ion- 

 gionbasque. Ovarium circiter 7-ovulatum. Semina ovoidea, rubra." 



SuBOED. 2. CMSALPIME^, R. Br. 



54. GUILAK-DIiq-A, Linn. 



Linn. (W. et A. Prod. i. 280. i^nm 



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