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apex acute or obtuse, tapering base, pubescent on both 

 surfaces when young, especially midrib, glabrous and shining 

 when old, thin, venation reticulate, meshes wide, midrib 

 prominent beneath, lateral veins inconspicuous ; petiole 

 green, finely pubescent, slightly grooved above, 8 mm. long, 

 2 mm. diameter. Flowers in March to June ; fruits March- 

 October. 



The monoecious condition was seen at Palaketi, near 

 Udugama. The male clusters and female flowers occur 

 irregularly on the same or different twigs. I fully satisfied 

 myself that the 5 staminodes in the fruiting flowers were 

 barren, this being the species in which the monoecious 

 condition was first noticed. The polygamous condition 

 established by the occurrence of male and hermaphrodite 

 flowers on the same tree is very frequent. Pure male and 

 female trees occur in the same district, and it occurred to me 

 that perhaps the trees now bearing unisexual flowers may 

 at another time of the year produce hermaphrodite flowers. 

 The sex appears to be very unstable. (See pi. XVI., fig. 3-4). 



At Palaketi there is a variety of this species characterized 

 by broader and coriaceous leaves, in which the lateral veins 

 and midrib are conspicuous on the upper surface, and 

 measure 40-120 mm. long and 30-50 mm. broad. 



The male inflorescence consists of a sessile axillary cluster 

 of 4-15 flowers ; each flower is subtended by a small brac- 

 teole, 2 mm. long, acuminate apex, green and glabrous above, 

 covered with red hairs below. (See pi. XVI., fig. 1). 



Calyx green, hairy, 3 mm. diameter, 4 mm. long in open 

 flower ; segments 5, accrescent, with tapering apex, not un- 

 dulate in flower. 



Corolla yellowish- white, 8 mm. long, 8 mm. diameter of 

 open flower at top, throat widely open and covered above and 

 below with silky hairs ; segments 5, rotate, tapering apex, 

 broad base, half of flower surfaces covered with brown hairs. 



Stamens variable but usually 5 epipetalous pairs alternat- 

 ing with corolla segments, attached by separate or united 



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