Mimusops.\ Sapotacecs. 85 



grey ; young parts glabrous ; 1. numerous, evenly scattered, 

 rather small, 3-4 in., on stout petioles \ in. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to base, obtuse, glabrous and shining on 

 both sides, rather thin ; fl. few, small, ped. about \ in., slightly 

 pubescent, 2 or 4 together ; cal. \ in., pubescent, segm. oval, 

 obtuse, cor. exceeding cal., lobes oval, obtuse ; style not ex- 

 serted ; fruit (ripe ?) about i in., fusiform-oblong, sharply 

 pointed. 



Moist low country below 2000 ft.; rather rare. Karawita Kande ; 

 Reigam Korale; Kalawane, Sabaragamuwa. Fl. March-May ; brownish- 

 white. 



Endemic. 



7. P. pauciflorum, Engler, I. c. (1890). 



Iso/uifidra paiiciflora, Thw. Enum. 177. Dichopsis pauciflora^ Trim. 

 ■Syst. Cat. 51. C. P. 2680. 



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



A moderate-sized tree, bark brown, buds rufous-hairy ; 1. 

 large, 5-9 in., lanceolate, tapering to base, suddenly acuminate, 

 obtuse, glabrous on both sides, rather thin, lat. veins horizontal, 

 -connected by arches within the margin, deeply channelled 

 along midrib above, petiole f-i in., channelled above ; fl. few, 

 nearly sessile, 1-3 together ; cal. under \ in., rusty-pubescent, 

 segm. ovate, subacute ; cor. exceeding cal., lobes oblong, 

 obtuse ; fruit (immature) ovoid, apiculate. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft.; rare. About Ratnapura; near 

 Opatte, S. Prov. Fl. March; greenish-white. 

 Endemic. 



6. MIMUSOPS,^ Z. 



Large trees, 1. alt., without stip., fl. small, in axillary 

 ■clusters ; cal. -segm. 6 or 8 in two series, outer valvate en- 

 closing the inner; cor.-tube short, lobes 18 or 24 in two or 

 three series; stam. 6 or 8 inserted at base of cor.-tube; stami- 

 nodes 6 or 8, alternating with stam. ; ov. 6- or 8-celled, style 

 simple, exserted ; fruit a fleshy berry ; seed usually solitary, 

 ovoid, compressed, embryo with large flat cotyledons, in fleshy 

 endosperm. — Sp. 30; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



The large number of cor. -lobes may be readily explained by consider- 

 ing each true pet. (alt. with cal. -segm.) to be provided with large lat. 

 ■Stipules. 



Cal.-segm. and stam. 8 ; cor.-lobes 24 . . . i. M. Elengi. 

 Cal.-segm. and stam. 6; cor.-lobes 18 . . .2. M. hexandra. 



* Mimusops is equivalent to the Sinhalese Muna-mal (= face-flower), 

 the application of which is not obvious. 



