april — june, 1857.] New Cinghalese 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. Ord. Dipteeocaepeje. 



Chak.Gen. — Dcona, nobis. — Arbor 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; fi- 

 lamentis dilatatis ad medium connatis ; antheris subquadratis in- 

 trorsis, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, singula claviculo dorsali 

 instructa. Ovarium superum, 5-loculare, loculis 2-spermis ; 

 ovulis semianatropis pendentibus. Stylus simplex, curvatus. Stig- 

 ma simplex. Inflorescentia ad apices ramotum, paniculata ; pa- 

 niculis axillaribus terminalibusque. 



Doona Zeylanica. 



A tree, sixty feet in height and upwards, with a single trunk) 

 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 f 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 \ 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 up. 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 



