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300 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES 



Corolla nulla. Stamina 6, calycis laciniis opposita, ovarii rudiment 

 turn cmgenim \ Jilarnentis liberis; antheris oblongis; extrorsis, dorso 

 affisis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. — Fcem. Capsula subangularis, 

 subdepressa, tricocca^ coccis monospermis. Semina oblonga, la^via, 

 testa membranacea. Umbryo cotyledonibus oblongis, planis; radi- 

 cula brevi. Albumen carnosunnij mediocre, — Arbor 30-40-j9^<^fl&, 

 ramosa^ cortice scabro ; ramulis teretibttSy junioribus mbtetragoniB^ pti- 

 bescetdibus ; foliis veriiciUatis (verticillis scepissime ^'pJiyllisJ, inte- 

 gerrimis^ oblongis^ basin versus angustatis^ 4^-1^ poll, longis^ 1-b polL 

 latis^ subius minute reticulafis^ glabrisy junioribus minute pubescentibus ; 

 petiolis ^-3 polh longis^ cylindricis^ apice parce tumidis, prope basi7i 

 dentibus 3, mbulatis^ parvis (stipulis) ind^^uctis, pvbe decidua iectis: 

 Masc. paniculis muUifloris, axillaribus^ bracteatisy pubesce^dibus, fo- 

 liis brevioribus ; &onhus Jlavo-n^fescentibm^ 1^ linAongis ; pedicellis 

 1—2 lin. long is : — Fcem. capsulis 4 lin, longis^ 6 lin. latis. 



]\Iischodon ZeylanicuSy Thw. — C.P. No. 5 5 7, in Herbario Peradeniensi. 

 (Tab. X. B.) 



Hab. a very handsome tree, with spreading, somewhat pendent bran- 

 ches. The leaves are of a lively green colour, and when young of 

 a brilliant red. It would seem to be rare, as I have met with it but 

 once in my botanical excursions i and then I found a good many trees 

 in one spot, near Ooraa Oya, on the lower BaduUa road, about twenty- 

 five miles from Kandy. Dr. Gardner discovered this species on the 

 Hantani range, near Kandy ; but the forest in which it occurred, 

 has been cleared for cofifee-planting. 

 Plate X. B. Fig. 1. Male flowering branch of Mischodon Zeglanicus. 



2j 3. Flowers. 4. Nearly ripe capsules. 5. A coccus, and ripe seed. 



6, 7. Section of ripe seed. 



Nov. Gen. Ch^tocarptjs, Thw. Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae. 



Tribe Crotonese. 



Char. Gen. Flores dioici. Calgx profunde 4-partitus, laciniis ovatis, 

 imbricatis. Corolla nulla. — Masc. Stamina 8; Jilammta (quorum 

 4 exteriora) in columnam ceutralem disco annulari colorato irregu- 

 lariter lobato impositam coalita, dimidio superiore libera; antlier<s 

 ovales, adnatse, introrsa?, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. — ^Fcem. Ova- 

 rium liberum, sessile, setis longis pateutibus deciduis dense vesti- 

 tum, basi disco parvo uudulato cinctum, triloculare ; loculis 1-spermis. 



