Sapiiim.'] EupJiorbiacecE, 75 



acuminate, acute, thickly coriaceous ; fl. numerous, crowded, 

 as in C. castanocarptis, but smaller; fr. as in last. 



Moist region below 1000 ft.; very rare. Hewesse, Pasdun Korale. 

 Fl. Dec-April. 



Endemic. 



I think this scarcely more than a variety of C. castanocarpus, but 

 Sir J. Hooker considers it ' entirely different,' relying on ' the much stouter 

 and very hirsute branches and leaves beneath, the much larger very 

 coriaceous leaves 8-10 by 3-4 in., and more minute sessile tomentose 

 flowers, narrower sepals, and shorter tomentose staminal column.' 



3. C. coriaceus, Tkiu. Enuin. 275 (1861). Hddoka, K^da- 

 waka, S. 



C. pungens^ Thw. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 301 (part). C. P. 1025. 

 Fl. B. Ind. V. 461. Kew Journ. Bot. vi. t. 10, f. A, 6-9. 



A moderate-sized tree; young parts glabrous, or nearly so; 

 1. 3-4 in., broadly oval or suborbicular, suddenly tapering 

 below, shortly acuminate, subacute, or obtusely cuspidate, 

 entire, quite glabrous, thickly coriaceous; petiole very short, 

 stout, often corky ; fl. in axillary clusters, male on short ped., 

 fem. on longer ones; male fl. : — sep. glabrous; stam. 8, fil. 

 connate only at base, pilose; capsule ovoid-globose, bluntly 

 trigonous, nearly f in., glabrous, glaucous green, covered with 

 close bristle-pointed warts or tubercles; seeds black and 

 -shining, caruncle red. 



Moist region, rather common, to 2000 ft. Ambagamuwa ; Reigam 

 Korale ; Kukul Korale and Pasdun Korale ; abundant ; Galle. Fl. Dec- 

 March ; pinkish. 



Endemic 



41. SAPIUM, P. Br. 



Trees, with acrid milky juice; 1. alt., with conspicuous 

 pinnate venation ; fl. monoecious (or dioecious ?j, apetalous, 

 in terminal or leaf-opposed spikes ; male fl. : — calyx a minute 

 membranous 2-3-toothed cup, not enclosing the stam. in bud; 

 stam. 2 or 3, fil. distinct; pistillodeo; fem. fl. : — cal. 3-fid. or 

 3-partite; ov. 3-celled, with one ovule in each cell; styles 2-3, 

 undivided ; fr. a dry capsule, with woody cocci, and a central 

 persistent column ; seeds trigonous, estrophiolate, testa crusta- 

 ceous, endosperm fleshy, cotyledon broad. — Sp. 40 ; 6 in Fl. 

 B. Ind. 



Evergreen, male and fem. fl. in same spikes . . . i. S. INDICUM. 

 i)eciduous leaved, male and fem. fl. on separate spikes . 2. S. INSIGNE. 



I. S. indioum, Willd. Sp. PL iv, 572 (1805). Klrl-makulu, S. 



Moon, Cat. 65. Thw. Enum. 269. C. P. 2946. 



Fl. B. Ind. V. 471 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic t. 1950. 



