Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon. 7 



ceam,, oblongam^ producta. Embryo exalbaminosus, rectus : 

 Cotyledonibus ovatis^ plano-convexis : Radicula, elongata^ ob- 

 tusa, supera. Arbor Ceylanica, procera : foliis alternis, sub- 

 sessilibus, ellipticis, coriaceis, integerrimis, retusis, margine re- 

 volutis : stipulis nullis : floribus axillaribus terminalibusque, 

 solitariis, magnis, coccineis. 



1. Carria. — Speciosa, Gardn. 



Hab. — Gregarious in a rather moist part of the forest 

 above Rambodde, Ceylon^ at an elevation of about 4,000 feet. 

 Flowers from May till September. 



Descr. — A tree 40-50 feet high. Branches round, glabrous, the 

 younger ones only leafy. Leaves subsessile, alternate, elliptical, ob- 

 tuse at both extremities, retuse and apiculate at the apex, margins 

 entire, very much revolute, glabrous, coriaceous, veinless, green and 

 shining above, somewhat glaucous beneath, 3-4^ inches long, 1^-2 

 inches broad. Stipules none. Flowers large, solitary, axillary and 

 terminal. Pedicel very short, bearing a few small bracts. Calyx 

 free, persistent : Sepals 3-5, rotund, concave, deeply emarginate, 

 about 8 lines long by 10 broad, of a coriaceous texture, and with 

 scarious ciliated margins. Corolla broadly campanulate, of a dark 

 crimson color : Petals 5, hypogynous, broadly obovate, emarginate, 

 cohering together at the base, where they are a little tomentose ex- 

 ternally, aestivation imbricate. Stamens numerous, in several series 

 hypogynous, adhering to the base of the petals, and about half their 

 length : Filaments filiform, stout, combined at the base into five fas- 

 cicles : Anthers ovate, 2-celled, the cells separated by a broad fleshy 

 connective, bursting longitudinally, externally. Ovary superior, 

 5-celled, with 4-6-ovules in each cell, attached to the inner angle in a 

 double series, pendulous. Style about as long as the stamens, stout, 

 clavate, somewhat 5 -angled : Stigma 5-lobed. Capsule oblong, 

 5-angled, angles rounded, 5-celled, 5-valved, valves woody, dehiscence 

 loculicidal. Seeds 3-5 in each cell, ovate, compressed, pendulous, im- 

 bricated, in two series : Testa membraneous. Embryo exalbuminous, 

 straight : Cotyledons ovate, obtuse, plain : Radical shorter than the 

 cotyledons, cylindrical, obtuse, superior. 



