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Fruit ovoid-apiculate having a basal diameter of 22 mm. 

 narrowing sharply in the upper part, then tapering gradually 

 to an acute apex ; total length 35 mm. ; wall light green in 

 colour, hairs short and sparse ; calyx of fruit enlarged to 

 total diameter of only 16 mm., not accrescent, deeply lobed 

 thin, green, hairy. (See pi. XL, fig. 13.) 



Seeds 2-3-4 per fruit ; 25 mm. long, 10 mm. wide, 5 mm. 

 thick ; elliptical-wedge or semilunar shape ; testa umber 

 brown, smooth ; endosperm copious, equable. (See pi. XI., 

 fig. 12.) 



Seedlings epigeal, cotyledons detached early, epicotyle- 

 donary leaves enhanced developmen tally. Cotyledons pale 

 colour, ovate ; hypocotyl white txirning black, 75-80 mm, 

 long, 3 mm. diameter ; epicotyledonary stem 20-25 mm. 

 long; first epicotyledonary leaves form an opposite pair, 

 leaves being broadly ovate with tapering apex, rounded 

 base, venation reticulate and feebly pellucid, length 40-45 

 mm., and width 25-30 mm. ; traces 3 per cotyledon, xylem 

 diffuse, epicotyledonary traces 1 per leaf. 



Timber red with small black decaying heartwood, heavy, 

 very compact fine grain ; the smallness of the tree, maximum 

 diameter being about 160 mm. (6-6^ inches), renders it 

 impossible for most commercial purposes ; tracheal elements 

 are narrow but irregularly differentiated, fibres abundant. 

 The medullary rays and vessels have characteristic large 

 lumina. (See pi. III., fig. 10.) 



The coloured materials are absent from the fibres, but are 

 moderately abundant in the medullary ray cells and vessels. 

 The wide pits between adjacent medullary ray cells possess- 

 ing coloured materials are often completely choked with the 

 coloured material, suggesting the passage of these substances 

 in solution from cell to cell. 



Distribution,. This is one of our .very rare endemic 

 species, being limited to the wet forests in the south of the 

 Island. It occurs as a very small tree along river sides in the 

 damp forests of Wewella, Pasdun korale, about eight miles 

 north-west of Hinidumkanda. It has also been found at 



