Polyalihia.l Alionacecc. 23 



carp, many, usually 2-3-seeded, and constricted between the 

 seeds. — Sp. about 25; 18 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Both our species belong to the section Desmos. 



Carpels deeply constricted between the seeds . i. U. elegans. 



Carpels slightly constricted between the seeds . 2. U. zeylanica. 



1. U. eleg'ans, Thw. Enu?n. 398 (1864). 

 Thw. Enum. 398. C. P. 3824. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 58. Bedd. Ic. t. so. 



A small tree or shrub with many slender twigs ; 1. small, 

 3-5 in. long, narrowly lanceolate -oblong, acuminate, very 

 acute at apex, tapering at base into a very short petiole, 

 smooth on both sides, glaucous beneath ; fl. solitary, on slender 

 axillary or extra-axillary ped. ; sep. \-^ in., ovate, acute, 

 slightly pubescent ; pet. i|-i|- in. when fully grown, oblong, 

 bluntly acuminate, thick, glabrous or nearly so, inner row 

 rather shorter ; ripe carp, numerous, stalked, 1-3-seeded, con- 

 stricted and jointed between seeds, rather rough, finely hairy. 



Moist low country in forests below 1000 ft.; rare. Hiniduma and 

 Pasdum Korale. Fl. September ; pale green. 

 Endemic. 



2. U. zeylanica, Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Fid. 132 (1855). 

 Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 1037. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 58. Bedd. Ic. t. 74. 



A small erect shrub, bark yellowish-grey, finely rugose ; 

 1. large, 7-9 in., shortly stalked, lanceolate-oblong, tapering to 

 acute apex, acute at base, glabrous, very glaucous beneath, 

 purplish or pink and flaccid when young ; fl. solitary or two 

 together, pendulous on slender glabrous ped., axillary, many 

 from the old wood ; sep. ovate, obtuse or subacute ; pet. about 

 I in., lanceolate-oblong, subacute, glabrous, the inner rather 

 shorter ; ripe carp, numerous, stalked, 1-3- usually 2-seeded, 

 ovoid-oblong, pointed, slightly constricted between the seeds, 

 glabrous, slightly rough, scarlet. 



Upper part of moist low country ; rather common. Hantane ; 

 Deltota ; Peradeniya ; Nilambe. Fl. April ; pale greenish yellow, 

 crimson at the base within. Fruit scarlet when ripe. 



Endemic. 



U. discolor, Vahl, a common Indian and Malayan species, is given for 

 Ceylon in Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 133, but occurs here in gardens only, 

 where it is grown for its sweet-scented flowers. 



5. POZiVAZiTKIA, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs ; fl. axillary or extra-axillary, often from 

 the old wood ; pet. biseriate, nearly equal, the inner often 

 somewhat larger, flat or the inner concave ; carp, numerous. 



