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KAYEA STTLOSA. (Nat. order GutttfersB.) 



KaVEA. Wall. —GEN. CHAR. Flowers hermathrodite (or polygamous ?), sepals 4 petals 4, stamens numerous free or scarcely united at the 

 base, filaments long filiform, anthers small subglobose 2 celled dehiscing longitudinally, ovary 1 celled, style elongate shortly and acutely 4 cleft at the 

 apex, ovules 4 erect, capsule roundish coriaceous indehiscent included in the much enlarged coriaceous calyx 1-4 seeded, te3ta membranaceous colored, 

 cotyledons fleshly. Trees, leaves oblong penniuerved, flowers numerous small in terminal panicles or solitary and large. 



KAYEA. STYLOSA. (Tliw.) A large tree, branches terete glabrous reddish, leaves ovato-lanceolate acuminate, 2-3 inches 

 Ion" by 7-10 lines broad, petiole 2-3 lines long, flowers very fragrant small in terminal panicles or from the upper axils, style much 

 longer than the numerous stamens. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 50. 



This elegant tree has only been found in Ceylon, in the south of the island at no great elevation ; it is called Soovanda by the 

 Singhalese. The timber is valued for building purposes. 



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