NO. 53. — 1902.] TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 183 



An excellent timber, light brown, darker in the heart- 

 wood, close, very durable. Weight, about 48 lb. per cubic 

 foot. Very suitable for house-building, beams, rafters, and 

 trusses. 



[Moist low-country ; rather common.] 



DATISCAGEJE. 



A very small Order, represented in Ceylon by the follow- 

 ing species only : — 



173. — Tetrameles nudiflora. 

 Mug una, S. ^epe^. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 265. 



A gigantic tree with smooth pale greenish-gray bark, very 

 much buttressed, and widely branching. Leaves alternate, 

 large, ovate, cordate at base, pointed, rather dentate on margin, 

 smooth, bright green above, with soft prominent veining 

 below. Long leaf-stalks. Flowers without petals, closely 

 arranged in panicles near the ends of the branches, of a pale 

 yellow or greenish-yellow colour, most conspicuous when 

 the tree sheds its leaves. 



Confined to the intermediate rainfall zone. Plentiful at 

 Rambukkana and at Maduwanwela. 



Wood pale straw-white, with long brown streaks, very light. 

 Weight, about 28 lb. An excellent wood for tea boxes only. 



[Ambegamuwa, Maha-oya, Batticaloa.] 



CORNACEJE. 



A small Order of two Genera : Alangium and Mastixia. 



174. — Mastixia tetrandra, var., Thwaitesii. 

 Diyataliya, S. ^x«s>-(^». 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 287, plate XLVIL 



