180 ENUMEEATION OF {^Ehcnacem, 



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FCEM. solitariis, calyce ad medium 5-lobo, inter loboa marsupio-dila- 

 tato; ZoJ/a' acutiiisfulis; wwcw?am75 subsplisericia. — c.p. 3010. 



Hab. Singlierajali and other forests between Ratuapoora and Galle. 

 Nom. vnlg. '*Kaloomidereya-gass/* 



Arhor ino;ens. ^miiU glabri. Folia 3-7 poll, longa^ IJ-S poll. lata, siccitate 

 fusco-nigrescentia, petiolo 3-7 lin. longo. Nuculauia (immatura) bipoUicaria. 



This species produces the most valuable of the timber kuovvn as Calamander- 

 wood, so much esteemed for ornameutal cabinet-work. I regret that my specimens 

 are too imperfect to allow of my giving so fall a description as would be desirable of 

 this iuterestiug plant, which is nearly allied to B. crumenata, but its larger leaves 

 and fruit, and its pentamerous flowers, well distingnish it. 



8. D. Ebenum, Eetz, (A. DC. I.e. p. 234, cum syn.; Wight, Icon- 

 t. 188.)— c.p. 1912 (1913, 21-37, 2439). 



Hab. Not uncommon up to an elevation of 5000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 " Kaloowara-gass." 



Arhor ingens. Tolia membranacea vel parum coriacea; brcvi- acuminata, rarius 

 retusa, 2-7 poll, longa, f-2^ poll, lata, '^etiolo 2-4 lin. longo. Ovarium S-locuIare. 

 Semina albumine non ruminato. 



This tree yields the best kind of Ebony-wood. 



Dr. Wight's figure, copied from Roxburgh's drawing, is not characteristic of this 

 species as it commonly occurs here, the lobes of the corolla being represented too 

 large, and the leaves without the usual somewhat abrupt obtuse acumination. 



'^ 9. D- oocarpa^ Thw. ; foliis glabris, membranaceis, ovatis vel ellip- 

 ticis, obtuse acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel parum angustatis, incon- 

 spicue venosis. Ixfioe. masc. racemoidea, pilosula ; pedunculo 3-6- 

 lioro, petiolum aequante vel breviore ; pedicellis brevissimis ; calyce sub- 

 integro yel obscure 3-4-dentato. Floe. fcem. 1-3-nis; oi;aw 6- vel 

 8-locuian ; nuculaniis ovoideis, rugulosis, s^pissime G-spermis, calyce 

 vix aucto suffultis.— c.p. 1914. 



Hab. Eornegalle District, and at Haragam, near Kandy, at no great 

 elevation. J^^om. vulg. "Kaloo-kadoombaireya-gass." 



M^^l^^ ^\^^^^^^^' . ^^^^^ j^>iiores minute ])ilosuli. Folia 2-4 poll, longa, 

 ]^~r^ P^^*- ^^^a, petiolo 3-4 lin. longo. Flor. ^rASC. Cali/x 2 lin. longus. CoroUfi 

 5 \m. longa. Stamina circiter 12. Flor. f{Em. quam masc. vix majorcs. Nu- 

 eniama (immatura) pollicaria. Semina albumine non ruminato. 



tt Flores sessiles vel suhsessiies, 

 % Flor. masc. Staminihus indefinitis, inter se valde inaqidlongis. 



10. D. insi^is, Thw. ; foliis suboppositis vel altcrnis, majusculis, 

 membranaceis, glabris, oblougis, acuminatia, paralleUm delicahile venu- 

 10S13, basi angustatis vel rotundatis. Masc. CapituUs miiltifloris; 

 calyce a& medmm 4-partito ; lohis acutis. Floh. fcem. 1-2-nis ; ovario 

 «-loculan ; nuculaniis subsphaericia, minute depresso-areolatis, calyce 

 9^Qn 'qTt^ °' "S°**^<* ^* tota margine quasi late reflexa suffultis.— c.P. 



p forests, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. Nom. vulg. 



2730, 3477. 

 Hab. Dai 



" Gona-gass. 



_ Arbor mgeiis. Ram7iK juniorfs pilosuli. Folia 4-14 poll. Iodlm, U-6 poll, lata, 

 siccitate fnscescentia, peiiolo 3-5 liii. longo. Fi.or. masg. Calyx \\\\n.\on^^- 

 U>ro!la 4 hn. longa. Slanmia circiter 20. Fi.on. F(EM. Nuculania sesquipolli<-aria. 

 kemna 1 1 ],„. longa, C, lin. lata, albmnine ruiuiuato. 

 A valuable timber-tree. 



