OF CEYLON PLANTS. • 267 



illis ovarium attenuatum, ovulis eifcetis. — Arbor ingens^ Zeylanica ; 



foliis ivipari-pmnatis, exetipulatis ; petiolo supenie sulcato^ bad tumido 



striato; inflorescentia axillaris paniculata; paniculis muUiJloris^ hrac- 

 teatis. 



1. Scutinanthe hrunnea, Thw. (Tab. VIII. ^.)— C.P. No. 1149 in 



Herbario Peradeniensi. 

 A7*oor 50-60-pedalis, ramulis foliisque junioribus rufo-tomentosis \ foliis 

 10--20 poll, longis ; foliolis 5-11, oblongis, basi parce obliquis, apice 

 acumiuatis, iutegris^ peuniveniis, viridi-rufescentibus, 4-8 polL longis 

 (cum petiolulo 4 lin. longo), 3-3 poll, latis, subtus dense reticulatis, 

 venis promineutibus ; panietdis flavidis rufo-brunneo-tomentosis ; 

 Jlorihis 3 iin. latis ; drupis oblongis, rufo-tomentosis, utrinque atte- 

 nuatis, 1 poll, longis. 



This fine forest-tree, wbich seems to occur only sparingly in the 

 Central Province at an elevation of from 2000 to 3000 feet, bears a 

 considerable general resemblance to some of the Meliace^^ especially to 

 Amoora and Milnea, but its nearest affinity appears to be with Cana- 

 rium, from which genus however it differs, as the description will 

 show, in many important particulars. I was at first disposed to look 

 upon the petals and stamens of this new genus as perigynous; but on 

 comparing its flowers with those (especially the male flowers) of Cana- 

 rium, it can scarcely be a matter of doubt that the apparent lower por- 

 tion of the calyx of Scutinanthe consists really of a consolidation of 

 that organ with the bases of the corolla and staminal tube, the whole 

 being lined by the glandular disc. The native name of the tree is 



" Mahabooloomora-gassj'^ 



Plate VIII. 5. Fig. 1. Flowering branch of Scutinanthe hriamea^ 

 Thw, (female tree), 2. Flower from same. 3. The same cut open. 4. 

 Vertical section of ovary. 5. Transverse section of same. 6. Unripe 

 fruit. 7, Longitudinal section of ditto. 8. Transverse section of 

 same. 9. A mature embryo, with testa removed. 10. Longitudinal 

 section of male flower. 11. Stamens from the same: — all hut pjs. 1, 

 6, 7, and 8, more or less magnified. 



Nov. Gen. IL Glyptopetalum, Thw^ Nat. Ord. Celastrace.e. 



Gen. Cltar. Calyx parvus, lobis 4, rotundatis. CQrQll(B petala 4, ob- 



longa, obtusa, superne bifoveolata, margine reflcxo. Stamina 4 ; 



filaiiientis erectis, linearibus, in angulis diHcl insertis ; anffrerartfin 



