Elceocarpiis.] TUiaceCB. 1 8/ 



short thick tomentosc ped. in long racemes from axils of 

 fallen 1. below the new growth, bracts serrate, silky ; sep. \ in., 

 densely fulvous-tomentose ; pet. twice as long, cut \ down ; 

 stam. 15-20, pubescent, anth. beardless; fr. subglobular or 

 ovoid, i-i-| in., apiculate, at first densely covered with fulvous 

 tomentum, stone pointed,. 3-grooved, tuberculated. 



Moist low country extending into the montane zone to 4000 ft.; rather 

 common. Pasdun Korale ; Adam's Peak ; Ambagamuwa ; Hunasgiria. 

 Fl. Feb.-April ; white. 



Also at Malacca and in Borneo. 



6. E. zeylanicus, Mast, in Fl. B. Ind. i. 406 (1874). 



Monocef-a zeylanica, Arn. Pug. <;. M. Walkerii., Wight, 111. i. 84. 

 Thw. Enum. y:>. C. P. 8, 166. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 406. 



A tree, young parts glabrous ; 1. 2-3 in., ovate, acute or 

 obtuse at base, acuminate, shallowly serrate-crenate or nearly 

 entire, glabrous, veins prominent beneath, with or without 

 glandular pits in their axils, petiole f in. ; fl. | in. diam., on 

 long drooping ped. in corymbose racemes from axils of 1. of 

 past year and about as long, bracts deciduous, buds ovoid- 

 oblong, pointed ; sep. | in., oblong-linear, acute, glabrous ; 

 pet. equalling sep., cuneate-oblong, silky on both sides, cut 

 about \ way down ; stam. 30, anth. linear, almost sessile, 

 pilose, one valve produced into an erect beak ; ov. silky, 

 2-celled ; fr. | in., oblong-ovoid, blunt, smooth, polished, 

 greenish-white, stone 2-edged, muriculate, i -seeded. 



Montane zone ; very rare. Adam's Peak, at about 5000 ft. Fl. 

 March ; white. 

 Endemic. 



7. Zi. g'landulifer, Mast, in Fl. B. Ind. i. 406 (1874). 

 Mo7tocera glandulifera, Hk. in Wight, III. i. 84. Thw. Enum. 2>2)- 



C. P. 675. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 406. 



A large, much - branched, graceful tree, young parts 

 glabrous ; 1. 3-5 in., lanceolate, acute at base, tapering to 

 attenuate obtuse apex, more or less coarsely crenate-serrate, 

 undulate, coriaceous, pale beneath, with prominent oblique 

 veins and very large glandular pits in their axils, petiole very 

 long, i\-2 in. ; fl. | in. diam., on long, drooping, slender ped. 

 in axillary racemes at end of branches shorter than 1. and form- 

 ing an apparently terminal inflor., buds oblong, pointed ; sep. 

 I in., acute, pilose ; pet. equalling sep., hairy on both sides,, 

 cuneate-oblong, cut about \ way down ; stam. 30, fil. short, 

 anth, narrowly linear, pilose, with one valve produced into a 



