20 Anonacece. {CyathocaJyx-. 



Low country, extending into lower montane zone ; common. Hara- 

 gama ; Kandy ; Hunasgiriya. FI. April ; yellowish-green. 

 Widely diffused in Southern India. 



6. TT. zeylanica, L. Sp. PL 536(1753). Palu-kan, Palang-a, S, 



Herm. Mas. 8. Burm. Thes. 231. Fl. Zeyl. n. 224. Moon Cat. 43. 

 Thw. Enum. 6. C. P. 1030. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 51. Bedd. Ic. t. 78. 



A large woody climber, much branched, twigs densely 

 pubescent ; 1. small, 2-4 in., very shortly stalked, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous on both sides ; fl. solitary,, 

 small, |-i in. diam., buds globose; ped. -^^ in., pubescent ^ 

 sep. distinct ; pet. lanceolate, acute ; ripe carp, small, \ in. 

 long, very shortly stalked, ovoid or subglobose, torulose or 

 transversely grooved, minutely and roughl)' pubescent or 

 hoary. 



Low country, especially in sandy ground near the coast ; common. 

 Colombo ; Negombo ; Puttalam ; Mawerelle. Fl. most of the year ; 

 red. 



Also in Malabar and Travancore. 



2. CVATKOCAI.VX, Champion. 



Trees ; sep. combined into a cup-shaped calyx ; pet. in 

 2 rows, both rows valvate, cupped at the base, inner row- 

 coherent at base and completely enclosing the essential 

 organs ; stam. truncate ; carp, solitary, with several ovules, 

 stigma capitate; fruit a large berry. — Sp. 3; all in Fl. 

 B. Ind. 



C. zeylanicus, Champ, in Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. i. 127 (1855). 

 K^kala, Zpetta, 5. 



Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 1044. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 53. Bedd. Ic. t. 47. 



A tall tree with a straight erect stem and slender horizontal 

 or deflexed branches, bark smooth, young twigs pubescent 

 soon becoming glabrous ; 1. large, 6-10 in., shortly stalked, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at base, glabrous on both 

 sides, stiff, paler beneath ; fl. large, solitary or 2 together ; 

 ped. \ in., terminal or extra-axillary, puberulous ; cal. cup- 

 shaped, truncate, with 3 minute distant teeth, finely pubescent; 

 pet. 2-3 in. long, equal, narrowly oblong-ovate, tapering to 

 obtuse apex, suddenly constricted into a cupped base, thick, 

 very finely but densely pubescent within, the 3 inner com- 

 pletely coherent below the constriction and forming a concave 

 cover over the stigma ; stam. truncate ; carp. soHtar\' ; ov. 

 tapering, with several ovules in 2 rows, stigma large, lobulate, 



