1 86 Tiliacece. \Eiceocarp7is^ 



3. E. obovatus, Arii. in Nov. Act. Nat. Ctir. xviii. 323 (1836). 

 E. coriaccus, Hk. in Wight, 111. i. 83. Thw. Enum. 32. C. P. 316. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 404. Hook. Ic. PI. t. i 54 {E. coriaceus). 



A small tree, young branches stout, prominently marked 

 with leaf-scars ; 1. crowded, 1-3 in., obovate-oval, obtuse or 

 acute at base, rounded at apex, shallowly mucronate-serrate, 

 very coriaceous, glabrous, veins strongly marked, reticulate,, 

 petiole very short, stout ; fl. large, f-i in. diam., drooping, on 

 long pilose ped. thickened upwards, often whorled, in racemes 

 from the axils of upper 1. and much exceeding them, bracts 

 sharply toothed, buds bluntly pointed ; sep. \ in., lanceolate- 

 linear, acute, pilose, red ; pet. exceeding sep., oval, cut about 

 \ down ; stam. 25-30, fil. as long as beardless anth., drupe 

 nearly spherical, about i in., stone rugose and tubercled. 



Upper montane zone; rare. Pedurutalagala ; Nuwara Eliya. Fl. 

 Feb.; white. 

 Endemic. 



4. E. montanus, Thw. Enum. 32 (1858). 

 C. P. 624. 



Fl, B. Ind. i. 404. 



A moderate-sized tree, young parts pubescent ; I. i|-3^ in., 

 broadly oval or rotundate, rounded at base, very obtuse, 

 denticulate, the margin usually revolute, glabrous above, 

 glandular-pubescent, becoming glabrous beneath, coriaceous, 

 veins very prominent beneath, with large glandular pits in 

 their axils, petiole under i in.; fl. §in. diam., on short tomen- 

 tose ped., in axillary racemes a little shorter than the 1., buds 

 ovoid ; sep. narrow, acute, tomentose ; pet. longer than sep., 

 cuneate, cut | way down, hairy on both sides, anth. beardless ; 

 fr. nearly globular, about i in. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. Nuwara Eliya (Gardner) ; Hakgala 

 (Nock). Fl. April, September. 

 Endemic. 

 I have not met with this species. 



5. E. subvillosus, Am. hi Nov. Act. Nat. Cu?: xviii. 323 (1836). 

 Gal-weralu, S. 



Thw. Enum. 2>Z- C. P. 704. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 404. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 155 {E. picbesccns). 



A tree, young parts finely tomentose ; 1. 3-5 in., oval, 

 narrowed or rounded at base, obtuse or very shortly acu- 

 minate, shallowly spinous - serrate, glabrous above (when 

 mature), more or less tomentose or pubescent beneath and 

 on margin, petiole i-It,- in., tomentose, stip. very small, 

 subulate, persistent ; fl. rather large, about 4 in. diam., on 



