Bocagea.] AnofiacecB. 



33 



cells ; carp. i-6, ovules 2-8 ; fr.-carp. 1-4, with i to several 



seeds. — Sp. about 12 



Stam. about 20 

 Stam. 6 . . 

 Stam. 9 . . . 



5 in Fl. B. Ind. 



1. B. Thwaitesii. 



2. B. OBLIQUA. 



3. B.(.?) CORIACEA. 



I. B. Thwaitesii Hk.f. and Th. FL B. Bid. i. 92 (1872). 

 Sagenea Thwaitesii^ Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 93. Thw. Enum. 6. C.P. 

 2702. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 92. Bedd. Ic. t. 41. 



A tree, bark blackish-brown ; 1. large, 8-13 in., lanceolate- 

 oblong, obtuse or shortly obtusely acuminate, acute at base, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, petiole \ in., stout ; fl. in small clusters 

 or solitary, axillary, mostly on the old wood, ped. \-\ in., 

 bracts basal, glabrous, buds globular ; sep. short, broad, very 

 obtuse ; pet. nearly equal, about \ in., orbicular, very obtuse, 

 deeply concave, glabrous, outer rather larger, both rows 

 strongly imbricate ; stam. about 20 ; carp. 3-6, ovules about 8, 

 in 2 rows, stigma bilobed ; fr.-carp. 1-4, nearly sessile, |-f in., 

 subglobular, smooth ; seeds several in each carp,, oblong, 

 somewhat compressed, transversely rugose, deeply channelled 

 round margin. 



Moist country from 1000 ft. to 4000 ft. in lower montane zone ; rather 

 common. Ratnapura ; Maturata ; Maskeliya ; Ambagamuwa ; Doluwa 

 Kande. 



Fl. Feb.-March ; orange-yellow. 



Endemic. 



2. B. obliqua, Hk.f. and Th. Fl. B. hid. i. 93 (1872). 



Orophea{?) obliqua, Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 112. Thw. Enum. 8. C. P. 

 2703. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 93. Bedd. Ic. t. 72. 



A moderate-sized tree, young twigs glabrous, angled ; 

 1. 4-6 in., oblong-oval or oblong-lanceolate, more or less 

 tapering at each end, acuminate, obtuse or acute at apex, 

 unequal at base, glabrous, very shortly stalked ; fl. small, 

 2 or 3 together on very short slender pedicels at end of sub- 

 terminal peduncles |-f in. ; sep. very small, triangular, co- 

 herent below ; pet. nearly equal, \ in., oval, obtuse, fleshy, 

 outer row spreading, inner imbricate ; stam. 6, in 2 rows ; 

 carp. 3, with 2 ovules, stigma large, flattened ; fr.-carp. 1-3, 

 sessile, ^-^ in., globose, glabrous, pinkish red, 1-2-seeded. 



Moist low country ; rare. Near Galle ; near Ratnapura. Fl. March, 

 April ; deep rose-coloured. 

 Endemic. 



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