28 Anonacecr. [Xylopia. 



1. X. parvifolia, iW. /: rtwflf Th. Fl. Ind. 125(1855). Netawu, 

 Atukdtiya, S. 



Unona tripetaloidea, Moon Cat. 43. Paionia parvifolia^ Wight, 111. i.* 

 Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 3335. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 84. Bedd. Ic. 43, and Fl. Sylv. t. 172. 

 A tall tree with a straight trunk, bark rather smooth, 

 young shoots silky ; 1. 3-5 in., oval, acuminate, acute at base, 

 glabrous, petiole \ in. finely pubescent ; fl. axillary, i or 3 

 together, on very short ped., with several rounded imbricated 

 bracts ; sep. small, broad, united half-way up, acute, pubescent ; 

 pet. hairy, outer \-^ in., linear-strap shaped, acute, hollowed 

 at base, inner a little shorter, thick, trigonous, hollowed at 

 base; stam. truncate; carp. 5, sunk in the receptacle, ovules 

 4-6 in 2 rows, styles elongated, fusiform ; fr.-carp. 1-4, on 

 very short thick stalks, broadly ovoid, i-i^ in., glabrous or 

 slightly hoary ; seeds several, oblong, smooth, brown. 



Moist low country ; rather common. Near Colombo ; Kalutara ; 

 Negombo. Fl. Sep. ; ochre-yellow. 



Endemic. 



The bark, especially of the root, the flowers, and the fruit are all very 

 sweet-scented and aromatic, and are chewed with betel. Wood yellowish- 

 grey, soft. 



2. X. nigricans, Hk.f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 125 (1855). 

 Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 615. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 84. Bedd. Ic. t. 44. 



A moderate-sized erect tree, bark smooth, grey, buds very 

 finely silky ; 1. 3-4 in., oval, bluntly acuminate, acute at base, 

 somewhat undulate, smooth and polished above, venation 

 reticulate, not prominent ; petiole \ in., slender, slightly 

 pubescent ; fl. axillary, 1-5 together, on short slender ped., 

 bracts broadly ovate, pubescent, deciduous ; sep. triangular- 

 lanceolate, very slightly connate at base, slightly pubescent ; 

 outer pet. ^-1 in., linear, concave at base, inner rather shorter, 

 triquetrous ; carp. 5, sunk in the torus, ovules about lO ; fr.- 

 carp. 2-5, narrowed at base, scarcely stalked, over i in. long, 

 smooth ; seeds 6-10, in 2 rows, ovoid, compressed, smooth, 

 dark brown. 



Low country ; rare. Trincomalie ; Between Kurunegala and Matale. 



Fl. Sept. ; very sweet-scented, yellow. 



Endemic. 



3. X. Championii, Hk.f. and Th. FL Ind. 126 (1855). Dat- 

 k^tiya, .S. 



Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 1038. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 84. Bedd. Ic. t. 45. 



* Paionia in compliment to Miss Paton (really Patton), better known 

 to botanists as Mrs. (Colonel) Walker. Subsequently Wight dedicated 

 another genus to this lady as Paiionia (Ic. t. 1750), which is now 

 reduccil to (iraminaiophylium. (See also under Diospyros Gardncri.) 



