246 AleliacecE. \Aglaia. 



2-3 pair and a terminal one, oval or lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2-7 in., acute or tapering at base, acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous above, more or less densely covered with minute 

 coppery scales beneath ; fl. in lax, ferruginous-scaly, some- 

 what supra-axillary panicles, the male smaller and more 

 numerous, ped. as long as fl. ; berry at first pyriform, nearly 

 globular when ripe, I in., smooth, orange -coloured ; seed 

 solitary, cotyledons divided nearly to the base into 2 unequal 

 lobes. 



Moist region, principally in the lower montane zone ; rather common. 

 Adam's Peak; Maturata ; Ambagamuwa; Ramboda; Hiniduma Kande ; 

 Rangala. Fl. Jan., Feb.; yellow. 



Endemic. 



A variety with narrow leaflets, very coppery beneath, was met with in 

 the Rangala district on the way to Nitre Cave. 



I doubt if this be really distinct from A. RoxbnrgJiiana ; the principal 

 differences are the greater amount of the covering of coppery scales, and 

 the larger fruit ; the ped of the fl. also is somewhat longer. 



2. A. Roxburg-hiana, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. iv. 41 (1868). 

 XLannakompu, T. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 442 {Paitaghas). Milnea Roxburghiana, W. and A., Thw. 

 Enum. 60. C. P. 1 148. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 555. Wight, Ic. t. 166 {Milnea). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 130. 



A moderate or large tree, much branched, bark thin, 

 smooth, dull greyish-orange, young parts covered with minute 

 ferruginous scales ; 1. pinnate, rachis 2-4 in., cylindrical, 

 smooth, Iflts. usually 2 pair and a terminal one, shortly 

 stalked, 2|~4 in., oval, acute or tapering at base, obtuse, 

 entire, somewhat undulate, glabrous on both sides, paler 

 beneath ; fl. small, the male numerous, in pyramidal, spread- 

 ing panicles exceeding the 1., the bisexual few, in short 

 racemes, peduncle slightly supra-axillary, lepidote ; pet. or- 

 bicular, very concave ; stam.-tube truncate, thickened below 

 each sessile anth. ; berry |-f in., broadly ovoid or pyriform, 

 gibbous at base, minutely rusty-pilose, pale orange-coloured, 

 pericarp thin, brittle-coriaceous ; seeds i (or 2\ ovoid, testa 

 white, thick, pulpy, embryo green, cotyledons very thick, not 

 readily separable, externally lobulated. 



Low country, common in the dry region, and rather common in the 

 moist region up to a little over 2000ft. Fl. July; yellow. 



Also in Southern India and Malaya generally. 



Wood hard, heavy, smooth, close, brown. The Sinhalese wood- 

 cutters in ihe E. Prov. call this ' Kirikon,' a name which properly belongs 

 to VValsiird Piscidia, which possesses a fruit externally very similar. The 

 pulpy covering of the seed is edible and slightly acid. Though very like 

 an aril in appearance, it is really a j)art of the testa and quite inseparable 

 irom the very thin brown skin covering the embryo. 



