Cyclostemon.'] EupJiovbiacecB. ^y 



2. K. lanceolata, Thw. Enum. 287 (1861). 

 Muell. Arg. 1. c. 487. C. P. 22 11. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 338. 



A moderately sized tree ; branches slender ; young parts 

 and infl. pubescent ; 1. 1-3 in., distichous, ovate or lanceolate, 

 obtusely subcaudate, acuminate, glabrous on midrib, hairy 

 beneath, base oblique, margin entire or faintly repand, thinly 

 coriaceous, veins reticulate on both surfaces ; petiole yV~¥ !"•» 

 pubescent; fl. ^ in. diam. ; male ped. yg in., fem. rather longer; 

 sep. broadly oblong; stam. 10-16; ov. glabrous, stigma 

 flabelliform, sessile, or on a short stout style ; fr. | in. long, 

 narrow oval, red, apex oblique, with sometimes a lateral in- 

 curved stigma, endocarp coriaceous, crested, and reticulate. 



Moist region, below 1000 ft. ; very rare, Kalutara, first collected by 

 Moon. Y\. Sept. 

 Endemic. 



3. K. G-ardneri, Thw. ift Kew Journ. Bot. vii. 271 (1855). Gal- 

 wira, Sta-wira, S. [Plate LXXXII.] 



Thw. Enum. 287. Muell. Arg. 1. c. 488. C. P. 21 21. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 338. 



A small tree with numerous slender branchlets; bark 

 whitish; young parts pubescent; 1. small, i|-2 in., oblong- 

 oval, rounded or subacute at base, obtuse, sometimes emargi- 

 nate at apex, faintly crenate, glabrous, rather coriaceous, 

 bright green, petiole short, pubescent; fl. axillary, solitary 

 or 2-3 on rather long slender ped.; sep. 4, oval, obtuse, con- 

 cave, pubescent; stam. about 24, fil. slightly connate at the 

 base; ov. obliquely ovoid, slightly pubescent, i -celled, style 

 short, thick, stigma dilated, cap-like; fr. small, f in., ovoid, 

 apiculate, glabrous, endocarp thin, hard, pulp scanty; seed 

 reniform in section. 



Open places in the dry region ; rather rare. Jaffna ; Puttalam ; 

 Nilgala; Haragama; Tiripane. Fl. April; pale yellow. 

 Endemic. 



14. CVCIiOSTEMON, BL 



A tree with large leaves; fl. rather large, apetalous, 

 dioecious, in clusters on the old wood; sep. 4 (rarely 5), much 

 imbricate; male fl. : — stam. numerous, distinct, in several rows 

 round a wide disk; fem. fl. : — disk small, flat, annular; ov. 

 globose, 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell, style very short, 

 stigmas 2, large, flat, transversely oblong; fr. rather large, 

 slightly fleshy, indehiscent, nearly globose, 2-celled, pericarp 



