84 SapOtacecB. [Palaquium J 



rufous-pubescent, segm. lanceolate, very acute; cor.-tube 

 short, lobes oblong, acute, slightly exceeding cal. ; anth. 

 sharply pointed ; style much exserted ; fruit (not ripe) i in., 

 ovoid, apiculate. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft.; rare. Hiniduma; foot of Adam's Peak; 

 Maskeliya; Hunasgiria; Lagalla Hill. Fl. March, April ; whitish. 



Endemic. 



A very large tree with beautiful foliage. The low-country specimens, 

 have smaller leaves with somewhat different venation. I have had the 

 S. name ' Kiri-nuga ' given me for this. 



4. P. canaliculatum, Etigler, I. c. (1890). 



Isotiandra canaliculata^ Thw. Enum. 177. Dicliopsis canaliculatay 

 Trim. Syst.Cat. 51. C. P. 3473. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 541 {Dichopsis). 



A moderate-sized tree, bark rcddish-grcy, 1. scattered, 

 large, 4-10 in., on stout petioles i-i-J in. long and narrowly 

 channelled on upper surface, oblong-oval, rounded or subacute 

 at base, more or less acuminate, acute or obtuse, glabrous on 

 both sides, rather thick, deeply channelled along midrib on 

 upper surface ; fl, on rather slender densely pubescent as- 

 cending pcd. \-\\ in. long, 1-6 together in axils of past and 

 present 1. ; cal, rufous-pubescent, segm. triangular-ovate, acute ;. 

 fruit (not ripe) \ in., ovoid. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft. ; very rare. Kalutara; Singhe Raja 

 Forest. Fl. Jan., June, September; white. 



Endemic. 



5. P. Thwaitesii, Trim. 



Isonandra lanceolata, Thw. Enum. 442 (non Wight). Dicliopsis lan- 

 ceolata, Trim. vSyst. Cat. 51. P. lanceolaium, Engl. 1. c. (non Blanco). 

 C. P. 3679. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 541 {Dicliopsis lanceolata). 



A medium-sized tree, young parts rusty-pilose ; 1. scattered, 

 3-4^ in., oblong-lanceolate, tapering to base, very bluntly 

 acuminate, glabrous on both sides when mature, when young 

 fulvous-pubescent beneath, rather thick, lat. veins incon- 

 spicuous, petiole f in., thickened at base ; fl. solitary or 2 or 

 3 together, ped. about | in., rufous-pilose ; cal, minutely 

 pilose, about h in,, segm, triangular, acute ; fruit not seen. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft.; very rare. 1 have seen only the 

 C. P. specimens which were collected near Kalutara, and some (doubtful) 

 leaves from Hiniduma. 



Endemic. 



6. P. leevlfolium, Engler, I. c. (1890). 



Isonandra hcvifolia, Thw. Enum. 177. Dicliopsis Iccvifoliay Trim. 

 Syst.Cat. 51. C. P, 2832. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 541 {Dicliopsis). 



A moderate-sized much-branched tree, bark rather smooth, 



