HydnocarpusI\ BixacecB. yc 



seeds with oily endosperm, embryo with foliaceous, plicate 

 cotyledons. — Monotypic and endemic. 



T. zeylanica, Thw. in Kew Jourti. Bot. vii. 196 (1855). Tolol, 

 Titta, 5. [Plate VOL] 

 Thw. Enum. 19. C. P. 2505. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 196. Kew Journ. Bot. vii. t. 5. 



A very large tree, young shoots tomentose ; 1. large, 

 5-12 in., oblong or oval-oblong, very coarsely sinuate-serrate, 

 obtuse or acute, rounded at base, glabrous above, tomentose 

 on the prominent veins beneath, coriaceous, petioles i|-3 in., 

 tomentose, stip. foliaceous, concave, ovate, tomentose, soon 

 falling ; fl. \ in., in axillary, racemose panicles from below the 

 new leaves, 3-4 in. long, ped. and bracts tomentose ; cal. 

 tomentose ; pet.-scales hairy ; stam. hairy at base, anth. linear; 

 ov. ovoid, hairy ; styles short, divergent, stigma dilated, reni- 

 form ; berry subglobose, i| in., apiculate, i-3-(rarely 2-) 

 seeded ; seed ovoid, f in., with a bony testa. 



Moist low country, extending to its upper limit ; rather rare. Alla- 

 gala ; Hunasgiriya ; Kottawa (Ferguson); Karawita Korale. Fl. May, 

 June ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



A little known forest tree, now become scarce through extensive 

 clearing. 



The leaves of seedling trees or young shoots are sometimes very large 

 and deeply palmately 7-fid. 



The wood is useless. An oil is obtained from the seeds and used in 

 skin diseases and for burning. 



6. KYDNOCARPUS, Gaertn. 



Trees ; fl. dioecious, fasciculate ; sep. 5, imbricate ; pet. 5-6, 

 with a large scale on the inner face ; male fl. : — stam. 5-8, 

 ov. rudimentary or o ; fem. fl. : — stam. with small anth. with- 

 out pollen, ov. I -celled, with 3-5 parietal plac, ovules numerous, 

 stigmas 3-5, sessile, dilated ; fruit a berry, with tough or hard 

 rind; seeds several, endosperm oily, cotyledons foliaceous, 

 broad, flat. — Sp. 6 ; 5 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Stam, 5. 



Sep. rotundate ; pet. rotundate, shorter than sep. . i. H. venenata. 



Sep. ovate ; pet. lanceolate, longer than sep. . . 2. H. alpina. 



Stam. 8 3. H. octandra. 



I. H. venenata, Gaertii. Fmct. i. 288 (1788). Makulu, S. 

 makal, T. 



Herm. Mus. 50. H. inebrians, Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. 100 ; Thw. Enum. 

 18. Moon Cat. 74. C. P. 1630. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 196. Gaertn. Fruct. i. t. 60, i. 3 (fruit only). 



