1 2 Dilleriiacecs. [DUlenia. 



stipules, which are adherent to the margins of its upper 

 surface, and united by their other edge so as to form a narrow 

 tube in which the terminal bud is enclosed ; leaf-blade 6-y in. 

 long, broadly oblong-oval, obtuse or bluntly apiculate, coarsely 

 repand-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous on both sides ; fl. few, 

 large, 2^ in. diam., secund, in small racemes opp. the leaves ; 

 sep. very obtuse, very strongly imbricate, fleshy, persistent ; 

 stam. in several series, nearly equal, persistent ; ov. with 

 about 8 ovules, styles subulate, persistent ; fruit small, nearly 

 globular, surrounded at base by withered stam. and loosely 

 enclosed in the enlarged, unequal, obovate-oblong, thick but 

 not fleshy persistent sep., composed of 4 or 5 free but closely 

 approximate carp. ; pericarp thin, membranous. 



Moist low region, ascending to its upper limit, in damp ground ; rather 

 rare. Ambagamuwa ; Pusselawa ; Colombo ; Kuravvita Korale. Fl. Dec- 

 Jan. ; white, stamens yellow. 



Endemic. 



The bud is completely enclosed in the tube formed by the petiolar 

 stipules the margins of which are united ; these shrivel and fall away 

 after the full expansion of the leaf 



Koenig's original specimens in Mus. Brit, are labelled by him 

 * Reaumuria orbiculata,' an unpublished name. 



Wood reddish, close-grained, moderately hard, 



6. DZIiIiENIA, L. 



Trees ; 1. large, coriaceous, with strong parallel lateral 

 veins ending at the margin in spinous teeth ; fl. large, soli- 

 tary or few ; sep. 5, thick, persistent, and ultimately much 

 enlarged and closely investing the fruit ; pet. 5 ; stam. very 

 numerous, in many series, anth. opening by small pores ; 

 carp. 5-20, ovules numerous ; fruit globular, indehiscent, the 

 carp, free but closely approximate, so as to appear syncarpous ; 

 seeds numerous in each cell, no aril. — Sp. 12; all in Fl. 



B. I lid. 



Leaves acute. Fl. 6 in. diam. Fruit 5-6 in. diam. i. D. INDICA. 



Leaves very obtuse. Fl. 3 in. diam. Fruit lAin. diam. 2. D. retusa. 



I. D. indica, Z. Sp. PI. 535 (1753). Kondapara, Wampara, S. 

 Herm. Mus. 70. Moon Cat. 42. D. speciosa, Thunb., Thw. Enum. 5. 



C. P. 2961. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 36. Wight, Ic. t. 823. 



A moderate- sized round-headed tree, bark cinnamon 

 brown; 1. closely placed, very large, 10-12 in. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, sharply serrate, glabrous above, finely 

 pubescent on veins beneath, lateral veins numerous, strong ; 



