Menaces.'] cetlon plants. 



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11 D. oppositifolia, Thw. ; folns oppositis, glabris (junioribus pllo- 

 suhs), iirmis, ovatis vcl ellipticis, abrupte brevi-acuminatis, obtusis, 

 basi rotundatis, obscure parallelim venulosis, brevi-petiolatis. — c.p. 



»t|-^^* -^i^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^P *^ ^^ elevation of 1000 feet. JSTom. locale 

 iialoomidercj^a-gass/' 



Jrdor raediocris. FoHa 2-6 poU. longa, li-3 poU. lata, siccitate fnsoesccntin, 

 pelwlo 1-2 Iin. longo. Masc. Capifu/a (in nicis specim.) pauciflora, Cali/j: 1 liu. 

 longus, fere ad medium 4.1obus. /obis acutis. Corolla tenuis, circiter 3 Iin. longa 

 stamina QiTciter 8. Flor. F(em. adhuc ignoti. 



The timber of this tree very much resembles the true Calamander-wood. 



12. D. Gardner!, Thw. ; folizs membraiiaecis, glabris, nitidis, incon- 

 ^icue venoais, oblongis, acuniinatis, basi parum angustatis, petiolatis ; 

 Jionhus^ brevisaime pedicellatis, pilosis ; calyce ad medium 4-partito ; 

 lobis tnangidaribus, acutis ; coroUce tubo parum inflato ; ovario 8-locu- 

 lari ; _ mieulaniis depresso-splia^ricis, apiculatis, fulvo-pilosis, denique 

 glabris, nitidis, ad dimidium inferius calyce valde aucto obtectis. — c.p. 



Hab. SafTragam and Kornegalle Districts, and, less commonly, near 

 -K-andy. Nom, vulg. " Kadoombaireya-gass." 



^/-^/^r^mcdiocris. Ramuli teretes, glabri. Gemma fusco-pilosa^. Folia 3-7 poll. 



°^§^'.H^2 poll, lata, siccitate nigrescentia ; petiolo 3-4 Iin. longo. Flor. masc. 



1-4-ni. Calf/x 2 Iin. longus. Corolla 5 Iin. longa. Etamhia circiter 12, filamentis 



pilosis. Flor. f<em. solitariis, erectis. Calyx %\ Iin. longus, lobis recurvatis, 



margme reflcxis. Nnculania (immatiira) pollicaria. 



Ihc timber of this tree is valuable for building and for cabinet-work. 



$+ X LOR. Masc. Staminibns indefinitiSy inter se subaquilongis, 



13. D. ovalifolia, Wight, Ic. t. 1227.— C.P. 1815, 2533. 



Hab. Jaffna, Gardner, Central Province, at Hewaliette and below 

 Hapootelle, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feet. 



-^rhor mediocris. Folia 1^-6 poll, longa, ^-2 poll, latn, siccitate fulvescentia, 

 petwlo 2-3 Iin. longo. Flares 4- vel 5-meri. Masc. Stamina 15-20. Ovarii 



rudme7itum parvum, conicum. Fcem. Capitula 3~C-flora. Stamina sterilia 1-7. 

 ^arium, 4- vel 6-locularc. Stigma 2-3-lobum, lobis reniformibus. Nuailania 

 giabra^ spharica, glauca, 8 Iin. in diam., siepissime l-sperma. 5^2e«<? subsphBcrica, 

 ^loumine non ruminate. 



14. D. CandoUeana, Wight, Ic. tt. 1221, 1222.— C.P. 3394. 



Hab. Saffragam District and Hinidoon Corle. Nom. vulg. "Ho- 

 niedereya-gass." 



Arbor mediocris, ramulis, folils junioribus ifi/lorescentiaqae fcrmgineo-tomen- 

 tosis. Folia sa;pius longe acuminata, siccitate fulvescentia. MaSC. Stamina 10-12. 

 ^^^y Nuculania subsphrcrica, fcrrugineo-pilosa, denique glabra, 7-8 Iin. in diam., 

 sitpissime 4-sperma. Semi7ia oblonga, nigrescentia, transverse striata, 5 Iin. longa, 

 ■^5 lin. lata, albumine ruminato. 



X\% Staminibus tot quot lolt corollas. 



15- ^- Hirsuta, Linn. f. (Supp. p. 440 ; A. DC. 1. c, p. 223.) 

 Hab. Forests in the Saffrairam and Gallo Districts. 



-^roor mediocris, ramulis, foliis Junioribus i/f/orescentiaqne ferntgiuco-tomeu- 



