Female inflorescence consists of solitary or sessile axillary 

 clusters of 1-6 flowers. (See pi. XIV., fig. 3). 



Calyx green, pubescent ; segments 4, 5 mm. long, accres- 

 cent in flower with feebly recurved margin and small inter- 

 segmental pouch. 



Corolla yellowish-white, tubular, 10 mm. long, throat 

 narrow ; segments 4, outside covered with silky hairs, tend 

 to become recurved in mature flower. 



Staminodes 4-5, epipetalous ; anthers barren, apiculate ; 

 filaments white, glabrous or nearly so. 



Pistil green, feebly pubescent ; stigmas 4, green, ovary 

 8-celled ; after fertilization becomes enveloped in rapidly 

 growing calyx and only stigma can be seen for some time. 



Fruit green, glabrous except near apex, subglobose with 

 cruciform depressed apex, with calyx like an acorn in 

 appearance, 40 mm. high, 75 mm. circumference ; fruiting 

 calyx considerably enlarged, segments woody, 20 mm. long, 

 with apices strongly pointed and projecting outwards and 

 downwards, margin recurved and coated with long velvety 

 hairs ; in mature fruit the calyx is strongly tetrahedral in 

 outline, and the basal part forms a cup over 20 mm. deep in 

 which fruit rests (cf. D. Ebenum). (See pi. XIV., fig. 4). 



Seeds 4-7-8 per fruit, oval-wedge shape ; 28 mm. long, 

 11 mm. wide, 7 mm. thick ; testa smooth, deep brown, 

 transverse striae not prominent ; endosperm copious, horny, 

 ruminate. 



I have often suspected the monoecious condition in 

 this species, but the occurrence of pure male and female 

 flowers on the same tree has yet to be definitely proved. On 

 some male trees I have found young flowers possessing a fer- 

 tile pistil and a staminal whorl of five members, but whether 

 these anthers were barren in consequence of being young or 

 otherwise I could not satisfy myself. 



There appears to be a variety of this species in the Ratna- 

 pura District, characterized by smaller leaves and fruits, 

 darker bark, and less feeblv cornered fruiting calyx. 



