8i4 Selections. [no. 4, new series, 



basi angustata, 5-ncrvia, utrinque glabemma ; juniora rubra ; 

 paria vcrnationc opposite dissimilia squannrformia, unico 5-nervi 

 marginibus involutis demum explanato foliaceo, altero 1-nervi 

 piano stipulam referente cito deciduo. Raccmi supra-axillares, 

 solitarii v. gemini, strigoso-puberuli. Flares parvi, subscssiles, 

 bracteati. Bractece minutoc. Calycis limbus superus, 4-fidus, 

 lobis acutis, valvulis persistentibus. Pctala minuta, carnosula, 

 laciniata, asstivatione induplicativa, segmentis 5 linearibus su- 

 bulatis. Stamina 8, alterna breviora, filamentis subulatis calyce 

 insertis ; antheris versatilibus longitudinalitcr deliiscentibus. 

 Styli 4, crecti, eonico-subulati ; stigmatibus capitatis. Ovarium 

 4-loculare ; loculis l-ovulatis ; ovulis pendulis anatropis. Fruc- 

 tus indehiscens, abortu 1-spermus. Semen pendulum, albumi- 

 nosum ? 



This is a handsome tree, 40 feet and upwards in height : its wood 

 is very hard and valued by the Cinghalcse for building purposes. 

 Young stems and leaves downy, of a bright-red colour. The dissi- 

 milarity in the pairs of young leaves is very remarkable,' one being 

 flat, single-nerved, and soon falling away, whilst the other is five- 

 nerved, has involute margins, grows rapidly, and is carried up by 

 the elongating stem to some distance above the smaller one. Old 

 leaves coriaceous, dis\ichou3, alternate, shortly petioled, 3-4 inches 

 long, 1 inch broad, lanceolate, tapering to a long narrow blunt 

 point : nerves five, strong, parallel. Racemes single or in pairs 

 from the upper part of a large scar, which extends' upwards from 

 the axil of the leaf, pendulous or nodding, 1-1 j inch long, pube- 

 scent, eight-to twelve-flowered. Flowers nearly sessile, with small 

 bracts, white, 1 line long, pubescent. Calyx of four valvate co- 

 riaceous green lobes. Corolla of as many small incurved white 

 petals, seated on the calyx, split below the middle into subulate 

 lacinise. Stamens eight, alternately longer and short; filaments 

 subulate ; anthers versatile ; pollen minute, elliptical, with a dark 



Under these circumstances we have thought it desirable to retain the name 

 Tetracrypta, both because it was accompanied with the first published 

 account of the genus, and because it was the only one to which Mr. 

 Thwaites appears to have had access. 



