Stetnonoportts.'] Dipteroca7'pace^. 135 



scabrous beneath, very stiff and rigid, lat. veins 9-12, prominent 

 beneath, petioles short, \ in. ; fl. | in., on very short ped., 

 about 3 together in axillary clusters ; sep. oval-oblong, obtuse, 

 puberulous ; fr. not seen. 



Moist region ; very rare. Ambagamuwa. Fl. Dec; yellow. 

 Endemic. 



7. S. canaliculatus, Thw. Eiium. 38 (1858). 

 Vateria canaliciilata^ Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. 3413. 

 Fl. li. Ind. i. 315. 



A moderate-sized tree, young shoots angular, pubescent ; 

 1. 4-6 in., oval or oblong - oval, rounded at base, shortly 

 acuminate, obtuse, glabrous above, slightly rough beneath, 

 stiff, often somewhat bullate, midrib depressed and channelled 

 on upper surface, lat. veins 11-12, prominent beneath, petiole 

 i-ii in., pubescent, thickened at end ; fl. usually solitary, 

 supra-axillary, ped. very short ; sep. ovate, acute, densely 

 pubescent; fr. depressed - globular, \\ in. diam., rough, 

 sep. \ in. 



Moist low country ; rather rare. Pasdun Korale ; Reigam Korale ; 

 Nillowe Kande ; Hiniduma Kande ; Fl. April. 

 Endemic. 



8. S. petiolaris, Thw. Enum. 38 (1858). 

 Vateria petiolaris., Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. ;^i5i. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 315. 



A moderate-sized tree, young parts roughly pubescent ; 

 1. large, 5-10 in., narrowly lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at base, 

 shortly acuminate, obtuse, glabrous or slightly rough on veins 

 beneath, lat. veins 13-15, petiole long, 2-3 in., slender, 

 thickened at end ; fl. f in., in clusters of 1-4, axillary or 

 extra-axillary, ped. very short ; sep. ovate, acute, pubescent ; 

 fr. not seen. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Only collected at Kitulgala. Fl, 

 Feb. ; yellow. 

 Endemic. 

 The stamens seem to be sometimes 10 only, 



q. S. oblong-ifolius, Thw. in Kew Joiu-n. Bot. vi. 68 (1854). 

 Thw. Enum. 38. Vate?ia oblongifolia., Thw. Enum. 403. C. P. 2646. 



A large tree, young parts densely puberulous ; 1. 2|-6 in., 

 oval or oblong-oval, obtuse or acute at base, usually very 

 obtuse or rounded at apex, glabrous, coriaceous, lat. veins 

 7-9, distant, prominent on both surfaces, petioles \ in., 

 channelled ; fl. over \ in., on pubescent ped., 3-5 closely 

 placed in very short axillary racemes at end of branches ; 



