504 Lix. MTBTACEa;. (J. F. Duthie.) 



§§ Flowers sessile or svisessile. 



121. E. floccifera, rtonites-EraMm. 115; leaves oblong-lanceolate acutely 

 acuminate, young parts and inflorescence densely clothed with yeUow tomen- 

 tum, pedicels axillary short clustered, calyx-lobes 4 lanceolate much longer than 

 the tube. Bedd. Ft. Sylv. Anal, ffen^cxi. 



Ceylon ; Eeigam Corle, at no great ele-rotion, Thwaites. 



A small tree ; brancMets terete. Leaves acutely acuminate, 4-8 by 1-2 m., at 

 length glabrous ; primary nerves rather prominent beneath, jomed into a maiginal 

 looping one ; petiole H in. Petals white, equaUing the calyx-lobes, \ in. 



122. E. fiilva, Thwaites Enum. 115 ; leaves elliptic or oblong abruptly 

 and shortly acuminate rounded at the base smooth above prominently nerved 

 beneath young parts and inflorescence clothed with yellow tomentum, flowers 

 axiUaiy and cauline small sessile crowded. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cxi. 



Cbilon ; Pasdoon Corle, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A small tree with terete branchlets. Leaves coriaceous, 4-6 by 2^-3 in., the 

 young ones rusty-tomentose beneath ; petiole about j in. 



123. E, rivulorum, Thwaites Enum. 115 ; leaves rather large lanceolate 

 acuminate narrow at the base covered very slightly beneath with fulvous pubes- 

 cence at length glabrous, flowei's rather large sessue axillary and cauline, calyi- 

 lobes 4 pilose externally rounded equalling the tube. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. 

 Gen. cxi, 



Cexlon ; banks of streams in the Singherajah forest between Galle and Eatna- 

 poora, at no great elevation, Thwaites. 



A small tree with terete branchlets. Leaves 10-14 by 3-4J in.; midrib stout 

 longitudinally striated ; principal nerves very prominent below and uniting to form a 

 conspicuous intramarginal one ; petiole about \ in. Petals oblong, pale purple, 



124. E. insig'nis, Thwaites Enum. 416 ; young parts covered with white 

 fugacious down, leaves rather large glabrous oblong acuminate smooth above ribs 

 channelled paler beneath, primary nerves about 12 prominent anastomosing 

 near the margin, interspaces smooth, flowers axillary and on the branches few 

 sessile small, calyx vsdth white hairs or floccose, fruit spherical. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 Anal. Gen. cxi. 



Ceylon ; Galpara in the Eeigam Corle, TTiwaites. 



A low branching tree. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3^ in., rather acute at the base ; petiole 

 ^-| in. Calyx-lobes J in. Petals rather longer than the calyx, ciliate. FruU dothed 

 with white hairs or floccose. 



* * Whole plant nearly glabrous. 



t Flowers sessile. 



125. E. decora, Thwaites Enum. 115 ; leaves oblong acuminate rounded 

 at the base glabrous shining above paler beneath minutely reticulate, flowers 

 sessile crowded axillary and cauline, berries transversely oblong 2-8eeded. 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. cxii. ; not of WaU. Cat. 3608. 



Ceylon ; Galle, at no great elevation, Thwaites, Champion. 



A small tree ; young branches terete. Leaves 4-5 by about 2 in. ; petiole i in. 

 Flowers white. Birries red or nearly black, J by § in. — Champion's single specimen 

 from Galle has only one flower terminating a lateral branch ; the calyx-tube is spa- 



