THE 



Calcutta Journal 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



Contributions towards a Flora of Ceylon, By George Gard- 

 ner, F.L.S., Corresponding Member of the Royal Botanical 

 Society of Ratisbon, and Superintendent of the Royal Bo- 

 tanical Gardens, Ceylon, 



ORD. NAT. STERCULIACE^E. 

 Durio ceylanicus, Gardn. 



D. foliis exacte oblongis basi rotundatis apice longe acumi- 

 natis, umbellis sessilibus nodosis multifloris, floribus cylin- 

 dricis apetalis, tubo stamineo elongato, capitulis echinatis, 

 spinis elongatis validis. 



Durio zibethinus, Moon Cat, Ceyl. PL p. 56. (non Linnaeus,) 



Hab. — Wooded hills near Galle, in the Southern Province, 

 but little above the sea level, and very common in forests 

 in the Central Province at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. 

 Flowers in May. 



Descr. — A tree from 60 to 120 feet high. The old branches 

 and stems covered with ash-coloured bark, the branchlets with small 

 imbricated, peltate, lobed, brownish coloured scales. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, oblong, rounded at the base, much acuminated at the 



Vol. viii. No. 29. April, 1847. b 



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