Hopea.] Dipterocarpace<2. 125 



1. K. discolor, Thiu. Ettmn. 36 (1858). 

 C. P. 3125, 2970. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 310. 



A large tree, young parts finely scurfy; 1. 2-^-3 in., lan- 

 ceolate-ovate, rounded at base, gradually tapering to acu- 

 minate or caudate obtuse apex, glabrous above, densely 

 covered with bright brown scurf beneath, lat, veins con- 

 spicuous beneath, petiole \ in., scurfy ; fl. | in. diam., shortly 

 pedicellate, secund on short spreading branches of axillary 

 and terminal racemes which are shorter than the 1. ; sep. 

 nearly equal, glabrous ; pet. 3 or 4 times as long as sep., 

 linear, hairy outside ; stam. with terminal bristle nearly thrice 

 length of anth. ; enlarged fruit-sep. 2| in., wings linear- 

 spathulate, strongly 7-veined ; nut sharp - pointed, much 

 exceeding the thickened sep.-bases. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Eknaligodde ; Kuruwita Korale ; 

 Ambagamuwa ; Kaniliya Forest, Hiniduma Pattu ; Akuressa ; Pelma- 

 dulla. Fl. April ; pinkish-yellow, very sweet-scented. 



Endemic. 



Like many other Dipterocarps this is called ' Dun' in S. Prov. ; it is 

 also known as ' Malmora ' there. 



2. K. jucunda, Thw. Email. 403 (1864). Rat-beraliya, 5. 



Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. 3709. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 310. 



A large tree, twigs dark purplish - brown, glabrous ; 

 1. 3-5 in., oval or ovate - oval, rounded at base, abruptly 

 caudate with tail | in. long, glabrous, lat. veins 4, curved, 

 conspicuous beneath, usually with pilose glands in their axils, 

 petioles \ in. ; fl. very shortly pedicellate, secund on short 

 branches of lax, axillary and terminal panicles, which are as 

 long as or longer than 1. ; sep. equal, very obtuse, glabrous ; 

 pet. thrice as long as sep., linear, silky outside ; stam. with 

 terminal bristle 4 times as long as anth.; fruit not seen. 



Var. /3. modesta, A. DC. Prod. xvi. 2. 633. C. P. 3710. 



L. smaller, if-2in., branches of panicle very slender. 



Moist low country forests ; rather rare. Near Ratnapura ; Hewesse ; 

 Hiniduma Pattu ; Kukul Korale. Var. ji. Lihinigala, Hewesse ; Kukul 

 Korale (Lewis). Fl. April. 



Endemic. H. inalaharica, Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 185 {H. racophlcea., 

 Dyer, Fl. B. Ind.) of Malabar is very closely allied. 



Var. /3. is called at Hewesse by the same name, ' Pini-beraliya,' as 

 Doo7ia ovalifoUa., along with which it grows and to which it has much 

 resemblance. 



Wood hard, smooth, yellowish-brown, rather heavy. 



