34 Linacez. [ Eleocarpus. 
Page 189.— 
6. E. zeylanicus Mast. 
Kunadiyaparavita (F. Lewis). 
There is a very little difference between this species and E. glandu- 
lifer but the leaves are usually more ovate, thicker, less deeply serrate 
and the calyx less hairy. 
Page 190.— 
3. EBRYTHROXYLON Linn. 
Stipules persistent; tree . : ; . I. E. MONOGYNUM. 
Stipules caducous : 
Leaves more or less acuminate : 
Staminal tube equalling the calyx; lateral 
veins horizontal : 
Leaves very acuminate, cuneate at the 
base . : : : : : . 2. FE. Meena 
Leaves slightly acuminate, girs. 
truncate at the base . 3. E. ZEYLANICUM. 
Staminal tube longer than the calyx ; 
lateral veins oblique . : 4. E. LANCEOLATUM. 
Leaves rounded at the apex; staminal tube 
longer than the calyx 5. E. OBTUSIFOLIUM. 
Page 191.—For E. lucidum Moon read: 
2. E. Moonii Hochr. in Bull. Inst. Bot. Buit. XXII, p. 54 (1905). 
E. acuminatum Walp. Rep. Bot. I, p. 407 (1842) non Ruiz. and Pav. 
E. lucidium Moon Cat. p. 36 (1824) nomen; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. I, p. 191 
(1893) pp. non H. B. K. Sethia acuminata Arn. in Nova Acta. Acad. 
Nat. Arn. XVIII, p. 324 (1836); Thw. Enum. p. 54 (1858). 
Also in S. India. 
3. E. zeylanicum O. E. Schulz Erythroxylacez in Engl. Pflan- 
zenreich, p. 145 (1901), C.P. 4ort. 
Shrub 10-12 ft. high, with greyish bark; leaves 13-23 long, 
4-? in. broad, lanceolate, abruptly cuneate at the base, 
slightly acuminate, somewhat shining; lateral veins on either 
side horizontal; petioles 4 in. long; stipules caducous, with 
2 sete at the apex. Flowers solitary; pedicels up to 4 in. 
long, thin; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate; epipetalous 
stamens twice as long as the episepalous; styles connate. 
Not uncommon in the dry country; Vaha-kotta (Deschamps 65); 
Dambulla; Ooma oya; Bibile. Fls. June. 
Endemic. 
Schulz says that the wood is very hard. 
Page 193.—For Hiptage Madablota Gaertn. read: 
H. benghalensis Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLII, p. 228 
(1873). Bannisteria benghalensis Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 427 (1753). Hiptage 
Madablota Gaertn. Fruct. II, p. 169 (1791). 
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