68 KEW GENERA AND SPECIES 



abortu unilocularis, monospermus, irregulariter dehiscens (|— 1 polL 

 diametro). Semen testa membranacea; emlryonu exalbuminosi co- 

 tj'ledones crassiusciilse, plicato-convoluta?. — Arbores Zeylanicm ; 

 foliis petiolatis^ alterniB^ glahris^ penniveniisy ohlo7i(/is, integerrmis^ 

 rigidis^ venosis, petiolis cylindricis ; stipulis minutksimis; floribus 

 prope apices ramtdorum sitis, panictdatis, racemosis vel subsolitariiSy 

 allidis veljlavesce^itibusy 5-7 lin, latis; paniculis axiUaribt(8. 



1. Stemonoporus Gardneri^Thw.; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 basi rottindatis 3|-4 poll, longis -|— 2 poll, latis, petiolis 1 poll, longis^ 

 floribus paniculatis, paniculis plus minusve elongatis, 4-12-iioris, 



■ pedlcellis 3-4 lin. longis decurvatis. (Tab. II. A.) 

 Hab. a large forest-tree ; abundant near Adam's Peak, at an elevation 

 of about 5000 feet. Dr. Gardner found it near Ranibodde, It 

 flowers in Pebruary. C,P. No. 1920, in Herbario Peradeniensi, 

 Plate II. A. Fig. 1, Flowering branch of Stemonoporus Gardneri, 

 Thw. 3, Flower with the calyx, corolla, and portion of the stamens 

 removed. 3. Stamen. 4. Longitudinal section of ovary. 5. Trans- 

 verse section of ovary. 6, Kipe fruit. 7. Embryo-.— ^^. 4 ^o 7 in-' 



elusive^ more or less magnified, 



2. Stemonoporus offinis^ Thw.; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 basi rotundatis 3-4 poll, longis 2-2-|- poll, latis, petiolis 8 lin, longis, 

 floribus subsolitariis, peduncuhs brevibus, — C.P. No. 2430, in Her- 

 bario Peradeniensi. 



Hab. Found sparingly in the Hunasgiria district, at an elevation of 



about 4000 feet. 



Differing from the last, to which it bears much resemblance, by its 

 subsolitary, not panicled flowers. The leaves of this species are also 

 less rigid, and the divisions of the calyx are narrower, than in S, Gardneri. 



3. Stemonoporus lanceolafus, Thw. ; foliis lanceolatis acuminatis basi 

 aiigustatis supra minute venulosis 4-8 poll, longis lf-2| poll, latis, 

 petiolis 6 lin. longis, floribus panels subsolitariis, pedunculis brevis- 

 simis, calycis segraentis lineari-lanceolatis, C.P. No. 2658, in Her- 

 bario Peradeniensi, 



Hab. a small tree, occurring in damp, shady forests near Hatuapoora, 

 at no great elevation. 



4. Stemonoporus oilongi/oUus, Thw.; foliis oblongis prope apicem an- 

 gustatis obtusis basi rotundatis 4-6^ poll, longis l|^-2^ poll, latis, 



.petiolis 6 lin. longis, pedunculis 4 lin. longis 1-2-floris, pedicellis 



