MONOPORANDRA CORDIFOLIA. (Nat. order Dipterooarpese.) 



MONOPORANDRA. Thw. — GEST. CHAR. Calyx 5 parted divisions equal not enlarging in fruit, petals 5 equal aestivation convolute, 

 stamens 5 monadelphous in one series in a short ring round the base of the ovary, the rest as iu Sternonoporus. Thw. Hook. Jour, of Bot. vol. vi. p. 5 ; — 

 Benth. and HooTc. Gen. PI. p. 194 ;-DC. Prod. xvi. p. 637. 



MONOPORANDRA CORDIFOLIA. (Thw.) A middling sized, much branched tree, leaves shining rigid very 

 coriaceous ovate or oblong with a very sudden long blunt acuminatum, rounded but scarcely cordate at the base, costa and primary 

 veins very prominent beneath depressed above, 2|-4| inches long by 1J-2J inches broad, petioles -J to nearly 1 inch long, panicles 

 much shorter than the leaves, slightly puberulous, flowers very small, calyx segments very acute, fruit small size of a large pea, 

 Thw. En. PI. Zey.p. 39. 



Ceylon, in the Ambagamwa and Saftragram districts, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. 



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