2 74 Celastracecs. \Kitrrimia, 



pet, erect; capsule about 4- in., turbinate, flat-topped, strongly- 

 trigonous, apiculate, finely transversely wrinkled. 



Dry region ; rather rare (?). Jaffna ; Batticaloa ; Lunugala, Uva. 

 Fl. Oct.; pale greenish-yellow, sweet-scented. 

 Also in Southern India. 



9. KURRZnilA, Wall 



Trees ; 1. alternate, stipulate ; fl. sessile, in terminal 

 panicles ; cal. deeply 5-lobed, imbricate ; pet. 5, imbricate ; 

 stam. 5, inserted on the disk ; disk small, cup-shaped, with 

 5 lobes alternate with stam. ; ov. 2-celled, with 2 erect 

 collateral ovules in each cell, styles 2, filiform ; fruit a leathery 

 capsule, tardily 2-valved, 1-3-seeded; seed nearly covered by- 

 fleshy aril, embryo straight, green, in centre of fleshy endo- 

 sperm, cotyledons narrow, oblong. — Sp. 5 ; all in Fl. B. Ind. 



K. zeylanica, At-n. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 328 (1836). 



Palen, Et-heraliya, ITru-honda, S. Konnai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 72. C. P. 1225, 409. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 622. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 147. 



A large tree, young parts glabrous, bark smooth, rather 

 thick, dark grey, buds pointed, enveloped in loose stip. ; 

 1. 4-6 in., oval or ovate-lanceolate, rounded at base, acute, 

 often twisted at apex, entire, glabrous, lat. veins conspicuous, 

 12-15 o'"* each side, parallel, curved, petiole about i in., 

 thickened at top, stip. large, convolute, quickly deciduous ; 

 fl. J in., sessile, laxly arranged on the branches of a glabrous, 

 terminal panicle exceeding the 1.; cal. -lobes oval, acute; pet. 

 rounded, concave, longer than sep. ; anth.-cells distant at base; 

 ov. globular, with a dense tuft of hair on top; capsule 4-1^ in., 

 irregularly ovoid, blunt, glabrous, red ; seeds erect, oblong- 

 ovoid, brownish, aril thick, greenish-white, covering all but 

 summit of seed, lacerate at top. 



Moist region chiefly in the low country, but extending to 5000 ft.; 

 rather common. Colombo ; Kalutara ; Singhe Raja Forest ; Galagama ; 

 Hantane; Ambagamuwa ; Maturata ; Rangala; Sabaragamuwa. Fl. 

 Feb., March, and (in hills) September ; green. 



Endemic. 



Wood pale yellowish-brown, heavy, close-grained. The leaves are 

 very like those of a Dipterocarp. The aril is slightly acidulous and edible. 



C. P. 409 is a mountain form, var. vtontana^ Thw., with larger flowers 

 and shorter panicles. 



