APRIL — JUNE, 185T.] Neio Cinglialese Plants. 109 
that he strangely refers these to the Thymeleacece, leaving doubts 
even as to their affinities, I am inclined to think that both are species 
of Cudrania, and probably both described by Trecul. 
DooNA Zeylanica, Thw, 
Nat. t)rd. Dipterocarpe-j:. 
Char. Gen. — Doona, nobis. — Arhor ingens,resinifera, versus api- 
cem ramosissima. Folia alterna, stipulata, vernatione condup- 
licata, nec plicata; stipulis binis deciduis. Calyx persistens, 5- 
partitus, in sestivatione contortus ; sepalis duobus interioribus 
minimis, tribus exterioribus majoribus crescentibusque. Corolla 
5-petala ; petalis ad basin connatis. Stamina 16, bi-seriata; Ji- 
lamcntis dilatatis ad medium connatis ; antheris subquadratis in- 
trorsis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, singula claviculo dorsali 
instructa. Ovarium superum, 8-loculare, loculis 2-spermis; 
ovulis semianatropis pendentibus. Stylus simplex, curvatus. Stiy^ 
ma simplex. Inflorescentia ad apices ramo7um, paniculata ; pa- 
niculis axillarihus terminalihusque. 
Doona Zeylanica. 
A tree, sixty feet in height and upwards, ^Yith a single trunh^ 
much branched towards the upper part. Bark rough and cracked. 
Branches terete, smooth. Leaves petiolated, flat, penniveined with 
very numerous intermediate reticulations, lanceolate, 2.2J inches 
long and | of an inch wide, dark green above, paler beneath, 
rounded at the base, tapering towards the apex into a rather long 
acumen with an abrupt point. Petioles J an inch in length, grooved 
along the upper surface. Branches of the panicles pale, jointed, 
with small brown deciduous bracts. Calyx pale green, tinged with 
red, the three enlarged leaves becoming of a deeper red colour. 
Petals pale rose-colour, darker at the tips. Stamens with white di- 
lated filaments, which are united more than half-way ujo. Anthers 
yellow, with a dark red dorsal claviculus. Ovary, style, and stig^ 
ma pale green 
This fine forest-tree is very abundant in some parts of the Cen- 
tral Province of Ceylon, especially on the crests of the hills , the 
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