NO. 53.— 1902.] TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 



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Wood very hard, pale yellow, heavy, suitable for bridge 

 planks, beams, and struts. 



[Hinidum Pattuwa, Southern Province.] 



59. — Vatica Rozburghiana. 

 Mendora, S. ©i«@s6@c)J<5. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. I., p. 128. 



A medium-sized tree with rather pale grayish bark, and 

 always found near water. Flowers pure white. 



It is found in most of the waturanas on the Kelani and 

 Kalu-ganga rivers, but does not occur where the water is 

 salt or brackish. Abundant at Barrawa in the Hewagam 

 Korale, and Tudugala and Waggawatta in the Kalutara 

 District. 



Wood hard, smooth, dull brownish colour, about 50 to 

 60 lb. weight per cubic foot. 



A most excellent timber for piles or any work exposed to 

 water. 



Affords a clear resin suitable for thin varnishes. 

 [Moist low-country ; rather common.] 



59a.— Vatica obscura. 



Tumpalai, T. gubunZsv. 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. I., p. 129, plate XIII. 



A large tree with brown bark, smooth and woolly twigs. 

 Leaves about four to six inches, narrow, lanceolate, oblong, 

 tapering. Lateral veins about twelve pairs, inconspicuous, 

 pellucid. Leaf-stalks slender. Flowers rather large, pinkish- 

 white, in erect axillary clusters. 



Fruit about one inch, ovoid, blunt, splitting on germina- 

 tion into three furrows. 



Grows gregariously in the Eastern Province, where 

 it is locally plentiful. 



Affords a valuable wood, durable, suitable for sleepers, 

 beams, and building work. Heavy. Yields a gum-resin. 



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