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



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158. — Gyrocarpus Jacquini. 

 Hima, S. e9s) ; Tanakku, T. & oak's. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 165. 



A medium-sized tree with smooth greenish-white bark 

 and very pubescent buds. Deciduous. Leaves rather large, 

 broadly ovate, smooth above, closely covered with stellate 

 hair below, conspicuously three-veined, and attached to long 

 slender stalks. Flowers creamy-white ; males abundant, 

 females few, all on large terminal or sub-terminal cymes. 



Fruit winged like a small Hora fruit, much wrinkled below, 

 finely coated with short hair. 



Only found in the driest parts of Sabaragamuwa, in the 

 Kolonna Korale, and towards Diyenna. 



Wood pale grayish-white, very soft, and exceedingly light, 

 the weight being about 24 lb. per cubic foot. Very suitable 

 for floats, but for no other purpose. 



[Southern Province, dry region.] 



MYRTACEJE 



The Myrtle Family, while being a small one in point of 

 number of Genera, is very rich in endemic species, one genus 

 alone — Eugenia — having no less than twenty-six species 

 peculiar to the country. The Order consists of Rhodomyrtus, 

 Eugenia, Barringtonia, and Careya, exclusive of the semi- 

 wild well-known Guava (Psidium Guyava), introduced by 

 the Portuguese. 



159. — Eugenia aquea. 



Wal-jambu, S. ©(Jcrsr§'. 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 169. 



A moderate-sized tree, with smooth gray bark. Leaves of 

 variable size, often small, usually rounded, oval, stiff, smooth, 

 with fine black glands, on very short stiff stalks. 



