AXINANDRA ZEYLANICA. (Nat. order Lythrariese.) 



AXINANDRA. Tkw.— GEN CHAR. Calyx-tube campanulate adnate to the ovary, lobes 5 triangular, petals 5 small inserted into the jaws of 

 the calyx, connate into a deciduous cup, stamens 10 in 2 series dolabriform, 5 inserted with the petals, 5 affixed under the margin of the calyx, filaments 

 short dilated inflexedj anthers adnate affixed at the back, connective thick, much produced behind, quadrate, cells minute, ovary inferior 6-celled, style 

 very short, stigma simple, ovules solitary in the cells erect anatropal, capsule semi-superior woody oblongo-cylmdrical surrounded beiow with the adnate 

 tube of the calyx, loculicidally 2-6 valved at the top, seeds erect oblong compressed, testa membranaceous, the superior margin produced into a wing, the 

 umbilicus basal, cotyledons oblong auriculato-saggitate at the base, radicle short terete. A large tree, very glabrous, branches 4-angled and dilated into 

 wings below the nodes, leaves opposite ovato-laneeolate, acuminate entire coriaceous, racemes axillary suberect, flowers small white very shortly 

 pedicellate. 



A-XINANDRA ZEYLANICA. (Thw.) A lofty tree, much branched, branches 4 angled, and winged just below the nodes, 

 leaves opposite shortly petiolate, ovato-lanceolate, entire very glabrous and shining, 3-5 inches long by 1|-2| broad, penniveined with 

 a prominent intramarginal vein, racemes axillary simple or branched from near the base, flowers small white 2-3 lines long shortly 

 pedicelled, 3 bracteated, bracts linear pubescent equalling the pedicel, Thw. in Hook. Eew Journ. vi. 66. t, 1. c. j — Walp. Ann. 

 iv. p. 690. 



This large tree has only been found in Ceylon in the Ambagamwa, district, elevation 1500/eei ; nothing is known of its timber, &c. The 

 dissections in the plate were communicated by Dr. ThvJaites. 



Analysis. 



1. Petals. 



2. Corol. 



3. Corol, underneath vie^f, 



4. A ripe seed. 



5. Embryo. 



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