294 Rllbiacece. \_Stephegyne. 



bark brownish-grey, thick, soft, furrowed, young parts pu- 

 bescent ; 1. closely placed, Z^~Ak i n -> very broadly ovate, 

 cordate at base, acuminate, acute at apex, glabrous above, 

 more or less softly pubescent beneath especially when young, 

 minutely reticulate, petiole long, 2-4 in., pubescent, stip. 

 oblong-oval, obtuse, pubescent ; heads about f in., peduncles 

 long, slender, usually in threes from axils of young 1., jointed 

 a little below the heads, fl. very numerous, bractlets clavate; 

 cal. hairy inside and out, segm. club-shaped ; cor.-tube slender, 

 dilated above, pilose, lobes subacute, recurved ; style much 

 exserted ; capsule very small, £ in., turbinate, very hairy. 



Dry region ; rather common, extending into intermediate region, e.g., 

 Kurunegala. Fl. July ; yellow 



Also in India and Burma. 



This is quite deciduous for a short time. A form with thinner leaves, 

 more cordate and with fewer longer hairs beneath, occurs at Anuradha- 

 pura. Wood rather hard and heavy, smooth, pale yellow, durable. 



4. STEFHE6YNE, Korth. 



Trees, stip. large, fl. sessile, crowded but not fused in 



terminal globose heads; cal.-limb tubular, truncate, segm. o; 



cor. tubular, lobes 5, valvate, acute, recurved ; stam. inserted at 



mouth of cor.; ov. 2-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell, 



style long, stigma large, oblong-ovoid ; capsule .2-celled, 



septicidally dehiscent; seeds numerous, small, winged. — Sp- 



10; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



L. underpin.; cal.-limb short 1. S. PARVIFOLIA. 



L. over 4 in.; cal.-limb long and tubular . . .2. S. TUBULOSA. 



1. S. parvifolia, Korth. in Verh. Gesch. Nat. Bot. 161 (1843?). 

 Chelampai, Nirkadampa, T. 



Nanclea parvifolia, Roxb., Thw. Enum. 137. C. P. 780. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 25. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 34. Wight, 111. t. 123. 



A moderate-sized tree, bark rather smooth, whitish-grey 

 thick, flaking off, young parts glabrous ; 1. 2^-3 in., rotundate 

 or broadly obovate-oval, acute or rounded at base, very 

 obtuse or rounded at apex, entire, glabrous on both sides 

 save for small tufts of hair in vein-axils beneath, thin, bright 

 apple-green, pale beneath and minutely pellucid-reticulate, 

 petiole under \ in., stip. \ in., oblong-spathulate, very obtuse 

 pink ; heads f in., shortly pedunculate, cal.-limb very short ; 

 cor.-tube three times as long as acute recurved lobes, head of 

 fruit § in., capsules crowded but quite separate, oblong with 

 blunt rounded tops marked with line of the cal.-limb, with 

 10 blunt vertical ribs. 



