I02 Guttiferce. {Calophyllnm. 



longer than in Beddome's plate, and the tree may perhaps be C. angusti- 

 folium^ Roxb. 



6. C. bracteatum, Thw.Entim. PI. Zeyl. 51 (1858. Walu-kina, 5*. 



C. acuriiinatuvi.. Moon Cat. 41. Thw. Enum. 51. Planch, and 

 Tri. 1. c. 252. C. P. 2674. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 274. 



A large tree, with smooth bark and pendulous branches, 

 young shoots and buds with ferrugineous tomentum ; 1. di- 

 morphic, the ordinary ones 4-8 in., lanceolate-oblong, acute 

 at base, acuminate, sub-obtuse, petiole h in. often twisted, the 

 other ones smaller, in groups of 2-4 pairs at intervals on the 

 branches, closely placed and overlapping, nearly sessile, 1-2 in., 

 oblong-linear, acute, pubescent ; fl. small, less than -^ in. diam., 

 in small, axillary racemes much shorter than the leaves, ped. 

 pubescent, with a conspicuous, oblong, very pubescent bract 

 at the base of each ; pet. 4, ovate, obtuse ; fr. ovoid, ^-f in., 

 apiculate. 



Moist low country, in wet forests; rather rare. Palabadalla, &c., fre- 

 quent ; Hewesse ; Kukul Korale. Fl. Feb. March ; white. 



Endemic. 



When young the leaves are white and flaccid and hang perpendicu- 

 larly downwards like those of Humboldtia, Saraca, Atuherstia^ and other 

 Ccesalpinece. 



The dimorphic leaves give this tree a very singular appearance. The 

 smaller leaves appear to be of the nature of persistent bud-scales, and to 

 mark periods of less vigorous growth. Thwaites' name bracteatum refers 

 to the conspicuous bracts of the inflorescence ; not, as thought by Planch, 

 and Tr. (1. c.) to the dimorphic leaves. 



7. C Thwaitesii, Pla7ich. and Tri. in Ann. Sc. Nat. s. 4, xv. 260 

 (1861). 



Thw. Enum. 407. C. decipietis., Thw. Enum. 5 1 (non Wight). C. P. 

 3403, 3401 (?). 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 275. 



A much-branched tree, twigs quadrangular; 1. 1 4-3 in., 

 orbicular or broadly obovate, obtuse or retuse, rounded or 

 cordate at base, very thick and leathery, lat. veins coarse, 

 prominent above, petiole very short ; fl. large, nearly i in. 

 diam., in stalked axillary racemes much exceeding the 1., ped. 

 glabrous ; fr. nearly globular, | in. 



Moist country, from 1000-4000 ft.; rare. Nillowe Kande ; Ambaga- 

 muwa ; Adam's Peak. Fl. March, April ; yellowish-white. 



Endemic. 



C. P. 3401 is considered to be a young state of this species by Thwaites. 

 The specimens are from Singhe Raja, and consist of leaves only, which 

 are long-oblong, obtuse, sessile, and amplexicaul. 



