320 Anacarciiacece. [Semecarj>u^. 



transparent, stifif, strong, parchment - like, horny, rcflexed 

 border with a sharp-cutting edge, glabrous on both sides^ 

 very stifif and coriaceous, lat. veins horizontal, petiole very 

 short and thick, transversely wrinkled ; fl. small, \ in., on 

 slender articulated ped., panicles 3 or 4 in., much branched,, 

 coming off in clusters from the old wood of the stem for its 

 whole length ; cal. glabrous, lobes broadly triangular, acute ; 

 pet. oval, spreading, obtuse ; drupe small, ij in., almost dry, 

 striate, red, receptacle as long as drupe, pear-shaped, brilliant 

 crimson. 



Moist low country ; rare. Galle ; Veddagalle ; Ratnapura ; Adam's 

 Peak; Kuruwita Korale. Fl. Nov.-March ; white. 



Endemic. 



Var. /3. /lirsufa, Thw. 1. c. has the leaves stiffly hairy beneath, but of 

 this I have seen no specimens. 



Very unlike the rest of the species in habit ; the horny border to the 

 leaves is also very remarkable. The receptacle of the fruit is sweet and 

 edible. 



2. S. subpeltata, Th7u. Enum. 75 (1858). Maha-badulla, .S". 

 Engler, Mon. 476. C. P. 3004. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 2>Z. 



A large tree, bark smooth, leaf-scars very prominent,, 

 young parts glabrous; 1. very large, 9-15 in., lanceolate- 

 oblong, rounded and peltate at base, suddenly and shortly 

 acuminate, entire, with a marginal vein close to the edge, 

 very coriaceous, glabrous and shining, lat. veins horizontal, 

 petiole i^- in., extremely thick; fl. sessile, articulated, panicles 

 6-10 in., with spreading branches, glabrous, from the axils of 

 fallen 1.; drupe much depressed, h in. long by i| in. wide, 

 slightly compressed, striate, receptacle large, broad, cupped. 



Moist low country; rare. Kuruwita Korale; Singhe-Raja Forest;. 

 Hiniduma Kande. Fl. March. 



Endemic. 



The panicles are certainly axillary, not terminal, in this, and often 

 come off from the old wood in axils of the fallen leaves. After flowering 

 they become woody and greatly enlarged, reaching 12 in. in length, with 

 thick branches bearing the fruit. 



3. S. pubescens, T/ru>. Enian. jj (1858). 

 Engl. Mon. 475. Thw. Enum. 77. C. P. 163. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 31. 



A small tree, branchlets and young parts densely pubes- 

 cent ; 1. 5-12 in., narrowly oblong-lanceolate, obtuse at base, 

 very acuminate, acute, entire, glabrous except on midrib 

 above, softly hairy beneath, rather thin, lat. veins horizontal, 

 curved, prominent beneath, petiole l in., densely tomentosc ; 



