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of some new Genera and Species of Ceylon Plants j by 



Garden at Peradenia, 



of 



{Continued from p. 72.) 



(Tab. IX., X.) 



bum ^__ 



nitalia cingeus. 



Nov. Gen. Streptostigma, Thw, Nat. Ord. Sapindacese. 



Char, Gen. i^for^s hermapliroditi. Ca/ya? profunde 5-partitus; laciniis 

 ovato-oblongis, imbricatis, deciduis. CoroUce petala 5, unguiculata, 

 retusa, calycis laciniis alterna, iisdem longiora ; unguis linearis, lim- 



auriculatum fere sequans. Discus emarginatus, ge- 

 Stamina 5, sequalia, ovario approximata ; flamenta 

 subulata; antJierce oblongse, introrsse, longitudinaliter deliiscentes, 

 rima dorsali prope basin affixse. Ovarium sessile, compressnra, bilo- 

 culare. Ovula in loculis bina, superposita, amphitropa. Stylus sim- 

 plex, exsertus. Stigma indivisum, spiraliter tortum. Capsula mem- 

 branacea, inflata, biloba, bilocularis, loculicide bivalvis. Semina in 

 loculis bina, superposita, horizontalia, arillo parvo disciformi prope 

 hilum munita ; testa merabranacea. Emhryonis exalbuminosi cotyle- 

 dones crassissimi, incumbentes ; radicula brevis, umbilico proxima. 

 Arbor ingens, Zeylanica, ramosa; ramulis teretibus, minute puhescenti- 

 bus; foliis exstipulatis, alternis, abrupte Q-lO-foliolatis ; foliolis ;m5j?2- 

 branaceis, penniveniis, suboppositis, integris, 2-4 poll, longis, ovato- 

 acuminatisy basi angustatis, obliqtiis; inflorescentia laxe paniculata, 

 minute pubescente, pedicellis tenuibus, 6-7 tin. longis, e basi gradatim 

 incrassatis, bracteolatis ; floribus 5 tin, longis, viridibus. 



Streptostigma viridiforum, Thw.— C,P. No. 605, in Herbario Perade- 

 niensi. (Tab. IX. A.) 



Hab. a large forest-tree, not uncommon in the central province of 



Ceylon. The native name is Pennella. 



\difl\ 



2. A petal. 3. Stamina and ovarium. 4. Longitudinal section of 



ovary. 5. Transverse section of ovary, 6. Pruit, 7- Section of ripe 

 seed. 



Hooh 



Nat. Ord. Eupliorbiacese, Tribe Phyllanthete. 



Char. Gen, Flore% dioici. Caly 



