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A slender-stemmed small tree, with thin pale gray bark. 

 Leaves crowded at the end, very long, often two feet, narrowly 

 lanceolate, tapering to apex, and suddenly pointed. Slightly 

 serrate near apex, smooth, rather stiff, often a handsome 

 copper colour when in young leaf. 



Leaf -stalk one to one and a half inch, thick at base, fading 

 into a very strong midrib. 



Flowers pale yellowish- white, in long hanging racemes. 



A gregariously growing plant, usually found near water 

 in small dense masses. 



Occurs at Rambukka in the Kukulu Korale, Gilimale, 

 Kitulgalla, and Eratne, all in the wet parts of Sabaragamuwa, 

 but it cannot be considered common. 



The leaves afford an excellent material for thatching 

 Wood poor and small in size, soft. 



248. — Chcetocarpus castanocarpus. 



Hedawaka, S. aoic)©©. 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. IV., p. 74. 



A moderately large, much-branched tree, with brownish- 

 gray bark, rather closely furrowed. Leaves ovate, about four 

 inches long, tapering to extremities, smooth, rather stiff, on 

 short stalks, with inconspicuous veining. Readily distin- 

 guished by its disagreeably spinous, red, or chestnut-brown 

 fruits. Flowers small, in axillary clusters, devoid of petals. 



Common in the wet forests of both Provinces up to 2,500 

 feet. Quite plentiful in places, but not generally so. 



Wood reddish-brown, close-grained, hard, durable, heavy. 

 Weight, about 56 lb. per cubic foot. 



Affords an excellent building timber for houses or lines 

 and improves greatly by careful seasoning. 



[Ambegamuwa.] 



249. — Sapium insigne. 



Tel-kaduru, S. @a>$c*gdi ; Tilai, T. jeSso. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. IV., p. 76. 



