204 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Glyptopetalum. 



Cyme-peduncles 1-1-5 in. long, 5-7-flowered ; capsule small, under 



5 in. in diam. : 



Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate, serrate except at the very 

 base, acute at apex, cuneate at base, 4-6 in. long, 1-5-2-5 in. 

 broad, nerves slender, hardly prominent: petals oblong, about 



'2 in. long, the pits near the apex 1. zeylanicum. 



Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-obovate, entire or with few serratures at 

 apex, more or less obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, 2-3'5 in. long, 

 1-2*5 in. broad, nerves thick, prominent ; petals ovate, obtuse, 

 about '1 in. long, pits oblique 2. Lawsonii. 



Cyme-peduncles 3-6 in. long, 3-flowered ; capsule large, about '75-1 in. 



in diam. ; leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, entire, 4-6 in. 



long, 2-2*5 in. broad; petals obovate, *3-'4 in. long, without or with 



obscure pits , 3. grandiflorum. 



1. GLYPTOPETALUM ZEYLANICUM, Thw. ; F. B. I. i. 612. 



W. Ghats, Anamalai Hills and Hills of Tinnevelly and 



Travancore at 2,000-3,000 ft, 



A large shrub or small tree, with white hard wood. 



2. GLYPTOPETALUM LAWSONII, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1916, 

 131. 



W. Ghats, N. slopes of Nilgiris at low elevations (Wight, 

 Lawson), Geddesala Ghat in Coimbatore (A.W.Lushington). 

 A large shrub or small tree, with prominently -nerved 

 coriaceous leaves. 



3. GLYPTOPETALUM GRANDIFLORUM, Bedd. Ic. t. 102 ; F. B. I. 

 i. 613. 



W. Ghats, in Sholas below Devala, S.-E. Wynaad, at 2,000- 

 3,000 ft. 



A large shrub with oblong entire leaves, large flowers on 

 long peduncles and a large, pale, smooth, rounded, usually 

 4-seeded capsule. 



3. Lophopetalum, Wight. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate. 

 Floivers rather large, hermaphrodite, in axillary or terminal 

 dichasioid cymes. Calyx broadly flattened at the base ; lobes 5, 

 broad, obtuse, very short. Petals 5, continuous with the disk, 

 persistent, the upper surface usually cristate or lamellate. Disk 

 large, flat, 5-lobed, Stamens 5, inserted on the disk ; filaments 



