DOONA GARDNER! (Nat. ord. Dipterocarpefe.) 



For Gen. Char, see letter press to PI. xcvii. 



DOONA GrARDNERI. (Thw.) A lofty tree, leaves ovate or ovato -lanceolate, rounded at the base tapering into a longish 

 point at the apex, 2-31 inches long by l|-2 inches broad, petioles about f-1 inch long, flowers drooping about | an inch across, bractes 

 small early caducous, calyx minutely puberulous or at length glabrous, corol densely pubescent on the outside. Thw. En. PI. 

 Zey, p. 35. 



This beautiful tree is found in the Central Provinces of Ceylon at 3,000 to 5,000 feet elevation. 



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