OF CEYLON PLANTS. 301 



Btyli 3, fere ad basin bifidi, fimbriati. Capsula muricata, trilocularis, 



putamine osseo loculicide dehiscente. Semina ovata, nitida, singula 

 inter lobos duos arilli carnosi pendula ; cotyledones plani, foliacei ; ra- 

 dicula parva, prope hilum posita ; albumen copiosum. — Arbor Zeyla^ 

 nica^ ramosa; ramulis teretibus^ minute pubescentibus ; foliia alternis^ 

 8 j)olL longis^ \\ poll, latisy integerrimis^ lanceolatis, ad petiolum 4 

 lin, longum afigmtatis ; stipulis linear i-lanceolatis ^ deciduis; in/lores- 

 centia axillaris fasciculata ; floribus 3 lin, longis, breve pedicellatis, 

 mimde pubescentibus , viridibus ; capsula 1 poll, longa^ \ poll, lata; 

 seminibus nigrisy nitidis; arillo rubro. 

 ChdiitocaYipMs pungens, Tliw. — C.P. No. 264], in Herbario Peradeniensi. 



(Tab. X, A.) 



Hab. a common forest-tree in the Eatnapoora and Ambagamowa dis- 

 tricts of Ceylon. Tiie wood is very hard. The native name of the 



tree is Hadoca. 



To this genus must be referred the Adelia castanocarpa of Roxburgh. 



Plate X, A. Pig. 1. Branch of the Chcetocarpus pungens^ with male 

 flowers. 2. A male flower, magnified, 8. Branch of the ChcBtocarpus, 

 with female flowers and young fruit. 4. A female flower, magnified, 

 5. Transverse section of ovary. 6. Eipe fruit. 7. Ripe fruit, with one 

 of the valves removed, showing the ripe seed in one loculus and an 

 abortive one in the other. 8, 9. Sections of seeds, showing cotyledones. 



Nov. Gen. Helminthospermum:, Thw. Nat. Ord. Ulmaceae. 



Char, Gen. Mores dioici, parvi.— Masc. in paniculis brevibus, axilla- 

 ribus, paucifloris, hirsutis ; pedicellis brevibus, bracteolatis. Perigo- 

 nium 5-phyllum. Stamina 5, perigonii foliolis 8uba;qualibu9 opposita ; 

 filamenta libera, linearia, subcompressa, apice incurva, demum rec- 

 tiuscula; antlierm introrsse, biloculares, cordato-acuminatse, dorso 

 affixEe. Omrii rudimentum vix ullum, densissime lanosum.— Plor. 

 F(EM. subsoHtarii; pedicelKs lougioribus. Perigonium 4-phyllum, 

 persistens. Stamina nulla. Ovarium sessile, hirsutum, uniloculars 

 Omlum unicum, parieti prope apicem appensum, amphitropum, mi- 

 cropyle supera. Stylus ad basin bifidus, laciniis filiformibus, latere 

 interiore stigraatosis. Drupa carnosa, putamine osseo. Semen ex- 

 albuminosum, pendulum, vermiforme, contortum ; radicula crassius- 

 cula, supera.— Arbor mediocris Zeylanica, ramosa; ramulis teretibus, 

 scabris. Poliis alternis, 2-4 poll longis, 1-2 polL latis, simplicidus. 



