380 TWO GENERA OF CEYLON PLANTS. 
mina 5, petalis alterna ; filamentis basi disco glanduloso immersis ; 
antheris oblongis, introrsis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
disco immersum, 3-loculare, loculis 4-ovulatis ; ovulis biserialibus, ad- 
scendentibus, anatropis. Stylo brevi, conico; stigmate capitato, 3- 
lobo. Capsula 8-locularis, loculis 4-spermis. Semina late alata, ex- 
albuminosa, erecta; embryone orthotropo, cotyledonibus planis, 
radicula infera.— Arbor ingens, ramosa, cortice rugoso. Folia oppo- 
sita, petiolata, obovata vel retusa, versus petiolum angustata, obscure 
remote crenulata, levia, coriacea, subtus minute glanduloso-punctata, 
stipulata. Stipule minute, colorate, acuta, subpersistentes. . Inflo- 
rescentia paniculata, axillaris. Bracteze minute. Flores pedicellati, 
leves. 
Kokoona Zeylanica, Thw. Tan. VI. 
Has. Central provinces of Ceylon, Ambagamowa district; elev. 4000 
feet. Herb. Hort. Reg. Bot. Peradeniensis, No. 2584. 
A large forest-tree, 60 feet or upwards in height, much branched, 
especially towards the top. Bark rough, when eut of a yellow colour, 
somewhat corky. Leaves dark green, smooth, underneath paler, with very 
. humerous minute dark red glandular dots. Stipules very minute, deep 
red, subpersistent. Panicles axillary, raceme-like. Bracts very minute, 
acute. Flowers dull yellowish-brown. Calyx minute, with five shallow 
lobes, persistent. Petals five, concave, firm in texture, with minute 
pale glandular dots on the inner surface, twisted in estivation. Stamens 
five, alternate with the petals, inserted into depressions of the dark 
green angular disc. Ovary three-celled, each cell with four ascending 
anatropal ovules. Style short. Stigma capitate, somewhat three-lobed. 
Capsule 1-4 inches long, oblong, bluntly triangular, three-valved, 
three-celled. Seeds imbricated, winged, erect, exalbuminous. Ming 
very broad, oblong, truncate or blunt. Embryo orthotropal; cotyle- 
dons flat. h | 
. In habit and general appearance this plant resembles the Celastracee, 
though it would seem to differ almost as much from members of that 
natural family as do the Hippocrateacee, from all the genera of which 
latter Order it differs in having five stamens. 
The yellow bark is sold in the bazaars, and when pounded is used 
by the Cinghalese as a kind of cephalic snuff, being mixed with ghee 
and introduced into the nostrils in order to relieve severe headache, 
by encouraging a copious secretion from the nose. 
