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



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152.— Anisophyllea zeylanica. 



Welipenna, Welipiyenna, S. 0^£5tS?®ce, ©igScoitftfcp. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 157. 



A medium-sized tree with gray bark when young, chang- 

 ing to brown with age. 



Leaves very like cinnamon owing to the prominent five 

 nerves traversing the blade. A second series of scale-like 

 leaves also occurs on the young branches and in very young 

 plants, but these are not persistent. Flowers small, pale 

 greenish-white, in short racemes. 



Common in all the wet forests of both Provinces up to a 

 considerable altitude, often nearly gregarious. 



Wood pale grayish-brown, with very clear silvery medul- 

 lary rays, rather hard, easily split. Weight, about 45 lb. per 

 cubic foot. A favourite wood for shingles, for which purpose 

 it is fairly suited. Suitable for ornamental wall-panels if 

 carefully varnished. 



^ther inclined to splinter. 



foist low-country up to 3,000 feet ; rather common.] 



GOMBRETACE/E. 



A comparatively small Order in Ceylon, embracing some 

 of the largest trees and small climbing plants. It is 

 represented by five Genera : Terminalia, Anogeissus, 

 Lumnitztera, Combretum, and Gyrocarpus. 



153.-— Terminalia helerica. 



Bulu, S. ; Tandai, T. &&xr ml-. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 159. 



A very tall handsome erect tree, with dark brown much- 

 furrowed bark, and more or less large buttresses. Leaves 

 large, alternate, much clustered at the ends of branches, ovate, 

 rather abruptly pointed at apex, with pellucid venation and 



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