Doona ZEYLANICA, Thw. (Tab. XIL) i 
Nat. Ord. DrPTEROCARPEX. — 
ns. GEN.—DooN, nobis.—4r8or ingens, resinifera; v versus apicem 
ramosissima. Folia alterna, stipulata, vernatione conduplicata, 1 
plicata ; stipulis binis deciduis. Calya persistens, 5-partitus, 
 æstivatione contortus ; sepalis duobus interioribus minimis, trib 
exterioribus majoribus crescentibusque., Corolla *5- -petala ; petalis 
ad basin connatis. Stamina 16, bi-seriata; filamentis dilatatis - 
medium connatis; antheris subquadratis introrsis, longitudinali 
dehiscentibus, singula claviculo dorsali instructa. Ovarium su 
3-loculare, loculis 2-spermis; ovalis semianatropis pendentibus. 
Stylus simplex, curvatus. Stigma simplex. Inflorescentia ad apices 
— ramorum, paniculata ; paniculis axillaribus RTE ee 
Doona Zeylanica. ie E 
A tree, sixty feet in height and upwards, with a single trunk, much 
branched towards the upper part. Bark rough.and cracked. Branches 
terete, smooth. Leaves petiolated, flat, penniveined with very num 
intermediate reticulations, lanceolate, 2-24 inches long and 3 of 
inch wide, dark green above, paler beneath, rounded at he a 
| tapering towards the apex into a rather long acumen with an 
! point. Petioles } an inch in length, grooved along the upper 
Branches of the panicles pale, jointed, with small brown deciduous 
Calyz pale es see with red, the three n. leaves 
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_ tine, and makes an excellent varnish. - uu 
js The tree is called by the Cinghalese “ Doom,” or Doon-gala; ang 
Doon, or Doon-tree; whence our generic name Doona. - (The g 
: Poir Tet to Hanc n) 
