70 NEW GENEKA AND SPECIES 



2. Monoporandra cordifoUa, Thw. ; foliis cordatis acuminatis 2|-3 

 poll, longis l|-3 poll, latis, venis primariis supra depressis subtus 

 prommentibus, petiolis 6 lin. longis, calycis segmentis lanceolatis. 

 C.P. No. 2647, in Herbario Peradeniensi. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the Atnbagamowa and Saffragam districts, at 

 an elevation of about 3000 feet. 



Nov. Gen. I. Terpnophylltjm, Tim. Nat. Ord. Clusiace^. 



Tribe Garcinieae. 



Char, Gen. Mores dioici. Calyx ebracteoJatus, 4-pliyllus; foliolis sub- 

 sequalibus, imbricatis, deciduis. Corollce petala 4, liypogyna, calycis 

 foliolis alterna, sestivatione imbricata. — Masc Stamina plurima in 

 discum mamillatum bilobatum (vel sub-4-lobatum) inter se at cum 

 petalorum singulorum media carina coalita. Disci mamillse antheri- 

 ferse. AntJiera in quaque marailla 2, 3, vel 4, ssepissime 2 ; loculis 

 horizontalibus, subimmersis. Ovarii rudimentum mamillseforme, 

 minutum. — Fcem, Stamina sieriUa circiter 18, squamaeformia, trian- 

 gularia, ovarii basin amplectentia. Ovarium Uberum, biloculare. 

 Ovula in loculis solitaria, amphitropa, in placenta disciform! subim- 

 mei'sa, foramine inferiors Stylus brevissimus. Stigma peltatum, 

 sublobatum. Bru^a carnosa, balsamiflua, abortu 1-locularis, 1- 

 sperma. Semen medio affixum, testa membranacea. 



Terpnophyllum Zeylanictim, Thw. (Tab. II. C.) C.P. No. 2695, in 

 Herbario Peradenieusi, 



Arbor mediocris; foliis oppositis, integerrimis, lanceolatis, utrinque an- 



gustatis, penniveniis (venis primariis cum vena intramarginali ana- 



stomosantibus, vel potius earum apicibus venam intramarginalem 

 formantibus), petiolatis, 3-4 poll, longis, l-lj poll, latis, junioribus 

 jucunde rubris, petiolo 4 lin. longo ; florihus axillaribus, fasciculatis 

 vel subumbellatis, 3|lln. latis, flavescentibus ; pedicellis 3 lin, longis. 

 This beautiful species appears to be rare, as it has only been met 

 with in one locality in the Central Province, at an elevation of about 

 3000 feet. Not one of the several natives to whom I have shown spe- 



cmiens 



Plate II. C. Fig. 1. Flowering branch of TerpnopTiyllum Z^lanicum. 

 2. Male flower. 3. Female flower, with calyx and corolla removed. 

 4. Longitudinal section of ovary. 5. Transverse section of ovary. 6. 

 Drupe : — nat. size. 1. Longitudinal section of drupe, showing the sin- 



