IN CEYLON. 
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Pistil large, 13 mm. long ; stigmas 2-3, reddish-brown, 
spathulate, glabrous, and 1*5 mm. long; style densely 
pubescent, 4 mm. long ; ovary globular, apiculate, brown, 
densely pubescent, 4-6-celled. (See pi. VIL, fig. 14.) 
Fruit ovoid-attenuate, tapering strongly towards stigmas, 
30 mm. long, 15 mm. diameter ; fruiting calyx enlarged, 
segments 15 mm, long, inter segmental groove and reflexed 
margin pronounced. (See pi. VIL, fig. 13.) 
Seeds 4-6 per fruit, flattened-elliptical, strongly acuminate 
at micropylar end, 22 mm. long, 7 mm. diameter ; testa 
umber-brown, smooth and shiny, endosperm copious, 
equable ; embryo white, 12 mm. long. 
Seedlings epigeal, cotyledons detached early,' 3 traces per 
cotyledon. 
Timber when freshly cut is dirty white, but on exposure 
turns red ; small trunk, no black heartwood, heavy, compact. 
The narrow lumined fibres form 83 per cent, of the 
elements in many parts, and the rings of growth are very 
inconspicuous. 
The elements are never abundantly supplied with 
contents, the majority being not more than quarter filled ; 
in the sapwood the contents are always yellow and in the 
form of globules ; in the heartwood they are of a deeper 
colour, occasionally granular, but never abundant. (See 
pi. III., fig. 11.) 
Uses .—Only the timber is used. 
Distribution .—This is a very rare endemic species found 
with D. attenuata in the Wewella, Wirakanda, and Hewessa 
forests, Pasdun korale. It has not been found outside this 
very wet area. 
The trees usually vary from 4 to 6 metres (20 to 30 feet) 
in height and 25-75 mm. in diameter, the maximum size being 
quoted above ; they thrive best in clayey or boggy patches 
and like D, attenuata frequently occur in clumps of 3-14 
trees, the leaders being matted together by dense woody 
roots at the base. The leaves and large stems are very 
similar, microscopically, to D. Moonii. 
