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mediocris, Zeylanica ; ramulis teretibus ; foliis integris, lanceolatis, pen- 
niveniis, petiolatis, basi angustatis ; stipulis parvis, erectis, lanceolatis, 
deciduis ; floribus fasciculatis, axillaribus. 
Sphragidia Zeylanica, Thw. (Tas. X.)—C.P. No. 2424 in Herbario 
Peradeniensi. 
A compact tree, 30—40 feet in height, with rugose bark. The young 
ramuli and principal veins of the young leaves covered with a decidu- 
ous brown tomentum. Leaves of a dull green, 5—10 inches long, by 
11-3 inches wide. Petiole 4-8 lin. long. Flowers yellowish, externally 
and the pedicels covered with a brown silky tomentum. Ovary brown, 
strigose. 
Has. Occurring sparingly in the Central Province at Hunasgiria and 
Allagalla, at an elevation of about 3000 feet. Wood very hard. 
- Pave X. Fig. 1. Female flowéring branch. of Sphragidia Zeylanica. 
2. Female flowers. 3. Longitudinal section of ovary. 4. Transverse 
section of ovary. 5. Ovules surmounted by the placental process. 6. 
Male flowers. 7. Stamens. 8. Ripe fruit. 9. Longitudinal section 
of fruit. 10. A seed, with the abortive one attached. 11. Section of 
seed, showing the embryo :—magnified. 
Genus Hemicycrra, W. et A., Edin. New. Phil. Journ. xiv. 297. 
—Astylis, R. W. Icon. tab. 1992. 
. Gen. Char. emend. Flores dioici. Calyx 4-partitus, imbricatus, seg- 
mentis subzequalibus ; 2 externis. Corolla nulla—Fu. Mas. Stamina 
indefinita, plus minus numerosa, diseum planum vel excavatum ciu- 
gentia; filamentis linearibus; antheris adnatis, oblongis, longitudi- 
xm naliter dehiscentibus ; loculis lateralibus vel subextrorsis. Ovarit 
.. rudimentum nullum vel minutum.—Fr. Fam. Stamina nulla. Ova- 
(o mium oblongum, liberum, basi disco annulari cinctum, uno latere spe 
z gibbum, l-loeulare, 2-ovulatum. Ovula collateralia, anatropa, sub 
` us placentz processu magno pendula. Stylus subnullus. Stigma mag- 
ot dilatatum, unilaterale. Drupa carnosa, putamine osseo, mono- 
. sperma. Semen pendulum, exarillatum ; festa membranacea, colo- 
rata, Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi; radicula parva, eylindrica ; 
cotyledonibus planis, foliaceis, orbieulatis.— Arbores mediocres Indice 
et Zeylanice ; foliis simplicibus, alternis, petiolatis, subcoriaceis ; sti- 
pulis minutis, deciduis ; floribus fasciculatis, axillaribus. 
: Tw genus, with which Astylis of Dr, Wight is evidently congeneric, 
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