Ehenacece,'] CEYtON plants. 



179 



gass 



9> 



4000 feet. Nom. vulg. " Soodoo-Kadoombaireya- 



Tota planta siccitate nigrescens. Ouarium 6- vel 8-loculare. Nucuhnia s»ha:rica, 

 ^ Jul. lu diam. Semma oblonga, 6 lin. longa, 4 lin. lata, fl/^^^;^;2.v^ rumiuaio. 



w xr "• P' ^^^' Wight, Ic. t. 416.— c.p. 1911. 



Hab. JNot uncommon in damp forests, up to an elevation of 4000 

 leet. JNom. vulg. **Kaliakaala-gass." 



This agrees so well witli Hamilton's description of his plant, except that he men- 

 tions the corolla as being five-lobed, that I cannot doubt their identity, and it eer- 

 tainlj must be the one represented in Dr. Wight's figure, copied from Roxburgh's 

 urauing. ihe inflorescence, however, is by no means racemose, but distributed over 

 tne lower leatJess portion of the ramulus, and in the axils of a few of its lowest 

 leaves. Ihe female flowers are solitary, and the males in three-flowered cymes. In 

 species of this genus, where the inflorescence is more apparently racemose, as in 

 X*. hmbyyoptens, it is not truly so, for the terminal flower being the first to expand 

 the mtioresceuce is really a modified cyme. ' 



I'Lou. MASC. Corolla longiusciclajifjpocrateriformi; staminib us inter se valde 





htteiiuifongis. 



5, p. crumenata, Tliw. ; folik glabris, oblougis, abrupte acuminatis, 

 oDtusis, basL rotundatis vel parum angustatis. Masc. Cymis 3-5-flori8, 



cernuis, pdosi3, pctiolo suba^quilongis ; calyce obscure 4-dentato. Flor. 



o-i^uiari; nuculamis subsphajricis 6-8-spermJs.— c.p. 2438. 

 -Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feet. 



Arbor ingens. Hamuli glabri. Folia 2-5 poU. longa, 1-2 poU. lata, siccitate 

 luscescentia, petiolo 3-4 lin. longo. Flor. masc. Cal^/x 2 lin. longus. Corolla 

 lin. longa. Stamina circiter 12. Flor. rcEJVt. Cali/x 4 lin. longus. Corolla calyce 

 parum longior. Stamina ster. circiter 12. Nuculania 14-2 poll, in diam., demum 

 glabra, calyce aucto tetragono suflulta. Semina nigra, nitida, I poll, longa, i poll. 

 lata, albumine ruminato. 



o. D. affinis, Tbw. ; foliis glabris, subcoriaceia, prominentim reticu- 

 lato-venosia, oblongis, plus minus acumiuatis, obtusis, basi acutis vel 

 subrotundatis. Masc. Cymis 3-7-floris, cernuis, pilosulis, petiolo 

 parum longioribus; calyce breve 4-dentato. Floe. fcem. solitariis, 

 inajusculis, cernuis, pedunculo subsequilongis ; calyce interne piloso, 

 merne subglabro, ad medium 4-lobo, inter lobos marsupio-dilatato ; 

 ^6t^ longiuacule acuminatis; ovario 6-loculari; nuculamis spka;ricis, 

 ap^ulatis, ssepissime 4-spermis.— c.p. 2924. 



Hab. Ooma Oya, on the lower road from Kandj to BaduUa. 



Jrdor niediocris. Hamuli subglabri. Gemmce pilosse. Folia \%-\\ poll, longa, 



llr ^^"' *^^^' siccitate nigrescentia, petiolo 3-5 lin. longo. Flor. masc. Calyx 

 i Im. longus. Corolla 4 lin. longa. Stamina circiter 9. Flor. fcem. Calyx 5 



in. longus, Nuculania pollicaria, deuique glabra. Semina 6-7 lin. lon-a, 4 lin. 



^ta, albumine ruminato. 



Although very closely allied to the preceding species, I think it may be considered 

 i^tinct. The timber of both species is suitable for building purposes. 



7. p. QLusesita, Thw. ; foliis glabris, oblongis, abrupte acuminalis, 

 POtusis, basi parum angustatis, prominentiiu reticulato-venulosis, su- 

 Perne ad costam cum petiolo canaliculatis. Masc. (Jymis 3-7-fioriP, 

 <^emui8, pilosis, petiolo suba^quiloiigls ; calyce breve 5-denlato. Ilok. 



