82 Sapotace<2. \Palaquium. 



Pedicels \-\\ in. 



Fil. of stam. alternately longer and shorter ; 



anth. horned {Dichopsis) . . . . i. P. petiolare. 

 Fil. of stam. equal in length ; anth. not horned. 

 L. crowded at ends of twigs. 



L. oval, lat. -veins conspicuous. . . 2. P. GRANDE. 

 L. obovate-oval, lat.-veins obscure . . 3. P. RUBIGINOSUM. 

 L. evenly scattered. 



L. rounded at base, midrib deeply chan- 

 nelled above 4. P. canaliculatum. 



L. acute at base. 

 Young parts fulvous-pubescent . . 5. P. Thwaitesii. 

 Young parts glabrous . . . . 6. P. L^vi folium. 

 Flowers nearly sessile 7. P. pauciflorum. 



I. P. petiolare, Engl. Pflajtzenfam. iv. i, 135 (1890). 

 Dichopsis peliolarzs, Thw. Enum. 176; Trim. Syst. Cat. 51. Bassia 

 petiolaris, Bedd. For. Man. 140. C. P. 3012. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 540 {Dichopsis). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 254 (fl. and fruit). 



A large tree, bark smooth, grey, buds pubescent ; 1. 3-5 in., 

 on petiole i-i^ in. long, oval or oblong-oval, tapering to base, 

 shortly acuminate, obtuse, glabrous above, lat. veins distant, 

 parallel ; fl. 2-5 together, from axils of recently fallen 1., ped. 

 ^-i in., thickened at top, finely rufous-pubescent, becoming 

 thickened and woody with fruit, spreading, cal. J in., rufous- 

 pubescent, segm. triangular, subacute, enlarged and woody 

 with fruit ; cor.-tube pilose within, lobes lanceolate, obtuse ; 

 stam. with unequal fil., those alt. with cor.-lobes very short, 

 anth. bluntly 2-horned ; fruit nearly globose, about i^ in., 

 apiculate, supported by woody enlarged sep., glabrous, i- 

 seeded. 



Moist low country below 2000 ft.; rather rare. Hiniduma; Reigam 

 Korale; Matugama, Pasdun Korale ; Ambagamuwa. Fl. Dec-March; 

 pale greenish-pink. 



Endemic. 



This is the original and only species of Thwaites' genus Dichopsis, 

 distinguished by its stamens ; the others here included in Palaquium he 

 referred to Isonandra. 



2. P. grande, Engler, I. c. (1890). Kirihiriya, Mihiriya, 

 Kirihembiliya, .?. 



Iso7iandra i^randis, Thw. Enum. 176. Dichopsis gratidis, Trim. Syst. 

 Cat. 51. C. P. 619. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 540 {Dichopsis). Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 254 {Bassia grandis). 



A large tree, much branched ; bark thick, brown ; twigs 

 with prominent scars of fallen 1. and inflor. ; 1. crowded at end 

 of annual growth, large, 4-10 in., oval, tapering into petiole, 

 very shortly acuminate, rounded or rarely acute at apex, 

 glabrous on both sides or minutely pubescent beneath, lat. 

 veins parallel, conspicuous, petiole f in., very stout, flat on 



