Stemonoporus.'] Dipterocarpacece. 133 



A large tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. 5-10 in., oval or 

 oblong-oval, more or less rounded at base, suddenly and 

 shortly acuminate, glabrous above, \Qry slightly scabrous 

 beneath, stiff, lat. veins about 21, very prominent beneath, 

 petioles 1-2 in., stout ; fl. nearly i in. diam., stalked, in small, 

 axillary, pubescent panicles much shorter than the 1. ; sep. 

 oval-oblong, obtuse, pubescent ; pet. half as long again as 

 Sep., ovate, acute ; fr. (? ripe) fin., broad-ovoid, blunt, rough, 

 Sep. fin. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Singhe Raja Forest ; Pelmadulla ; 

 Nambapana and Labugama (F. Lewis) ; Gilimale, Kuruwita Korale(?) 

 Fl. April ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



The Gilimale specimens are in leaf only, and are probably a new 

 species allied to ^. Wightii. 



2. S. G-ardneri, Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 58 (1854). 

 Vateria Gardnert, Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. 1920. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 314. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 2 A. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 99. 



A large tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. 3-4! in., ovate or 

 oblong-ovate, rounded at base, acuminate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 thick, lat. veins 10-12, prominent beneath, petioles ^ i^., 

 slender ; fl. nearly f in, diam., on rather long, curved ped. 

 near the end of numerous, stout, erect, axillary racemes from 

 the end of the branches ; sep. broadly ovate, acute, glabrous 

 fruit \-i\ in., nearly spherical, rough, sep. over \ in. 



Lower montane zone ; rare. Ramboda (Gardner) ; Gangalla, near 

 Adam's Peak at about 5000 ft.; Maskeliya. Fl. Jan.-March ; yellowish 

 white. 



Endemic. 



3. S. acuxninatus, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 100(1870?). 



Vateria acuminata., Thw. Enum. 403 (non Hayne). V. jucunda,Thyf., 

 Trim. .Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 10. C. P. 3687, 3595, 3474. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 314 {V. jucunda). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 100. 



A large tree, young parts glabrous, red ; 1, 3^-5 in., 

 narrowly lanceolate-oblong, acute or obtuse at base, gradually 

 caudate-attenuate, or ovate-oblong and shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous, lat. veins 10-12, usually much curved, petioles 

 i-i^ in., slender ; fl. | in. diam., in stiff, few-fld., axillary 

 racemes or panicles much shorter than the 1.; sep. linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; pet. scarcely longer than sep.; fr. 

 (? ripe) small, \ in., depressed-globular, with 2 or 3 longi- 

 tudinal furrows, sep. \ in. or a little longer. 



Low country ; rare. Ambagamuwa ; by the Mahaweli between 

 Medamahanuwara and Alutnuwara (C. P. 3595) ; Badulla Dist. (J. 



