CRUDIA ZEYLANICA. (Nat. order Leguminosse.) 



CrUDIA, Schreb. — GEN. CHAR. Calyx tube short, segments 4 membranaceous imbricate refiexed when in flower, petals none, stamens 

 10 or rarely fewer free, filaments filiform, anthers ovate or oblong, cells dehiscing longitudinally, ovary shortly stipitate, stipe free at the bottom of the 

 calyx or obliquely affixed to one side of the tube, few ovuled, style filiform short or elongate, stigma terminal small, legume obliquely orbicular, ovate or 

 broadly oblong, flatly compressed, rigidly coriaceous 2-valved, margins often thickened, seed 1-2 large orbicular or subreniform, flatly compressed emargi- 

 nate at the side near the hilum, albumen none, cotyledons flat, radicle short straight included, Unarmed trees, leaves unequally pinnate, leaflets alternate 

 coriaceous or membranaceous, stipules small and very caducous, or foliaceous and persistent, flowers small racemose. — Crudia, DC. Pryonia, Mig. Fl. 

 Ind. Boi. i. part 1. Apalatoa, Aubl—t Tonchiroa, A^ubl. 



CRUDIA ZEYLANICA. (Tb.w.) A large tree, glabrous, leaflets 2-6 ovate or oblong obtusely acuminate, slightly 

 oblique at the base rounded, paler beneath, very minutely reticulated 2-6 inches long, racemes terminal many flowered spar- 

 ingly pilose, from shorter to nearly as long as the leaves, pedicels 2 lines long, minutely bibracteolate at the middle, flowers crowded, 

 sepals 2 lines long rounded persistent, filaments alternately shorter ; anthers rotundate, ovary stipitate, palely fusco-tomentose, 3-4 

 ovuled, style filiform glabrous, stigma small, legume (immature) oblong slightly falcate. — Detarium Zeylanicum, Thw. En. PI. Zeyl. 

 p. 414. 



This large tree has only been found in Ceylon (Galpaata near Caltura) ;my specimens are only in bud, and 1 have not been ablt to 

 procure full grown flowers for analysis. 



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