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broadly oval, subacute; petals oblong-oval, slightly concave, not 

 twisted; stamens very small, about 60; filaments dilated at base, 

 and prolonged beyond tlic adnate anther-cells into a strongly-ciliated 

 apiculus about half as long as the anther ; ovary oblong-pyramidal, 

 pubescent; style very short; fruit not known. 



Hab. "South of the Island" (C. P. 4010 in Hb. Perad.). 

 Leaves smooth on both sides or with a few stellate hairs beneath; 

 veins not prominent. Corolla apparently red. 



I regret that the material for this species is so scanty, consisting 

 only of inflorescence in mature bud just about to expand ; we have 

 no fruit, and no large foliage. There can, however, be little doubt 

 that it is allied to S. ohlon(jifolia Thw., from which it differs in the 

 shape of the leaves, in the petals, and in the number and form of 

 the stamens. 



I have not met with this species myself, nor do I know precisely 

 where the specimens in the Herbarium were collected ; but I am 

 glad to be the medium of publishing Dr. Thwaites' dedication of it 

 to my friend Mr. Thiselton Dyer, the monographer of the Indian 

 DipterocarpecB. 



Shorea brevipetiolaris Thw. ms. — Leaves ovate, 4 or 5 in. 

 long, cordate or subcordate at base, more or less caudate-acuminate 

 and obtuse at apex, subcoriaceous ; lateral veins about 7 on either 

 side, curved, prominent beneath ; petioles thick, curved, about \ in. 

 long ; when young, usually very densely covered with short coarse 

 shaggy hair, which is also scattered over the young twigs ; panicles 

 about as long as leaves, several (2-5) coming off from one axil ; 

 racliis with few short spreading branches, minutely pubescent ; 

 bracts or very quickly caducous ; buds subglobose, blunt ; sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, glabrous ; petals not expanded in the specimens ; 

 stamens 15; filaments much dilated below; apiculus as long as 

 anther ; ovary globose, cells with 2 ovules in each ; style subulate, 

 as long as ovary ; fruit not known. 



Hab. Summit of Doluwe Kande, a few miles north of Kurune- 

 gala, N. W. Province, Dec, 1883. (Also C. P. 4008 (no locahty) 

 in Hb. Perad. (leaves only).). 



A small tree ; leaves quite glabrous, the petioles also becoming 

 so when old, and then thickened, rugose, and chocolate-brown in 

 colour. My specimens are in bud only ; the flowers seem to be 

 white or pinkish. 



There is a young tree of this species in the Botanic Gardens, 

 but it has not yet flowered; the leaf-specimens (C. P. 4008) in the 

 Herbarium without locality may be from this tree. In the absence 

 of fruit some doubt may be felt as to the genus ; if a Shorea, as is 

 most probable, it is not very closely allied to the other Ceylon species. 



Shorea stipulari^ Thw., var. minor Thw. ms. — Leaves smaller 

 than the type, about 3 in. long, the apex strongly twisted, very 

 finely but densely pubescent beneath ; stipules less persistent, more 

 acute and narrower, densely pubescent, as also the young growths. 



Hab. Morowe Korle, Southern Province, July, 1868, with fruit. 

 (C. P. 3987 (in part-), and C. P. 4024, in Hb. Perad.). In the 



* C. P. 3987 is in part Doona macrophylUi Thw. 



