OAMPNOSPEliMA ZEYLANICUM. (Nat. order Aiiacardiacese.) 



CaMPNOSPERMA, Thw.— GEN. CHAR. Flowers hennathrodite, calyx 3 partite persistent, divisions erect imbricate, petals 3' sub- 

 orbicular erect imbricate, disk urceolate. Stamens 6 inserted at the base of the disk, ovary free sessile ovate, 1 celled, style very short and thick, stigma 

 broad peltate and lobed, ovule pendulous from the apex of the cell; drape fleshy ovate, putamen bony, the cavity semi 2.celled in the upper half from a 

 pendant bony process, seed pendulous arcuate, cotyledons plane oblong arcuate, radicle short superior terete. A tree, leaves alternate simple entire, 

 panicles simple; flowers minute. Thw. in HoohKew Journ. vi. 65. fig. i. 



CAMPNOSPEKMA ZEYLANICUM. (Thw.) A tree 30-40 feet, ramous, branches terete young parts and young leaves 

 ferruginous, leaves lanceolate to obovate -lanceolate, gradually attenuated at the base penniveiued and reticulated, below minutely rufo- 

 punctate, 3-4 inches long by |-1| broad, flowers 2 lines long 1 bracteolate. Thw. I. c. 



Ceylon, not uncommon on the banks of streams at Ratnapoora and the lower part of the Safl "rag am district tip to about 1,0C0 feet 

 elevation. 



The dissections are from a drawing by Dr. Thvmites. 



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