Litsea.'] LmtracecE. 45 1 



segm. 6, oblong, obtuse, pubescent, deciduous; stam. 9, fil. 

 hairy at base ; fruit \ in., globose. 



Moist region up to 3000 ft. or higher; common. Fl. November- 

 March. 



Endemic. 



I have restored Moon's very appropriate specific name in place of the 

 later one of Meissner, which is scarcely applicable. 



5. Zi. Kookeriana, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xv. i, 188 (1864). 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 166. L. Jienioralis (part), Trim. Syst. Cat. Ceyl. 76 

 (non Thw.). 



'Bark pale, branchlets very stout with large leaf-scars; 

 1. 4-6 in., elliptic or obovate, obtuse, glabrous above, densely 

 softly brown -tomentose beneath, thickly coriaceous, not 

 reticulate-veined, petiole \ in., very stout; umbels obscurely 

 pubescent, bracts concave; perianth funnel-shaped, silky, 

 segm. oblong, glabrous; stam, 6.' 



Only known from Gardner's specimens, n. 1765, which are not 

 localised. 



The above description is taken from Fl. B. Ind. When in Syst. Cat. 

 Ceyl. PL I erroneously referred this to L. nemoralis., I had seen no 

 specimen. It is perhaps not distinct from L. caulijlora. 



6. Zi. nemoralis, Th%v. Enuni. 255 (1861) (sub Tetranthera). 

 C. P. 2921. 



Fl. B. Ind. v. 167. 



A shrub, 10-12 ft., stem scarcely branched, upper part 

 densely covered with ferrugineous velvety tomentum ; 1. few, 

 very large, 12-18 in., linear-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, 

 softly silky-villous on both sides, especially when young, 

 the upper surface dark green except the midrib, becoming 

 glabrous when mature, the lower surface beneath the hair 

 glaucous, petiole i in., very stout, villous ; umbels small, 

 globose in bud, in clusters on bosses in axils of fallen 1, on 

 old wood, bracts glabrous ; per.-segm. 6, long, glabrous, 

 deciduous; fruit | in., ovoid-globose on large flattened cir- 

 cular per.-tube. 



Forests in moist low country ; very rare. Near Galle (Gardner) ; 

 Mapalagama (Thwaites). Fl. October. 

 Endemic. 

 The foliage is extremely beautiful. 



7. Ii. ovalifolia, Thw. Eniim. 256 (sub Tetra.nthera) (1861). 

 Lepidadenia ovalifolia., Wight, Ic. v. 2, 15 (1852). CylicodapJiTie 



Thwaitesii, var. a, Meissn. 1. c. 208. C. P. 167. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 173. Wight, Ic. t. 1839. 



A tree, 30-40 ft., bark rough, brown, branchlets stout, 

 young parts puberulous ; 1. 2|-6 in., oval or oblong-oval, 



