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274 XXIII. GUTTIFER2E. (T. Anderson.) [Calophyllum. 



PetaU 4, mucli longer than the inner sepals, linear-spathulate. Stamens yerj short, 

 Fndt (according to Maingay's drawing) 5 in. long, ellipsoid, narrowed at both endflj 

 smot)th. — /. D. H, 



12. C. polyanthum, Wall. CaL48U; quite glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate, margins waved, racemes terminal glabrous, outer sepals very 

 small. Chois. Guttif. Ind. 43; Planch. <k Trian. Mem. Guttif, 250. 



Eastern Bengal; Khasia Mts. ascending to 3000 ft. ; Pegu, Kurz, 

 A glabrous tree, 60 ft., twigs 4-gonal, compressed. Leaves 4-6 by li-l| ni-» ^"*' 

 ceons ; veins equally distinct on both surfaces; petiole \-^ in. Racemes vciwxy 

 flowered, equalling the leaves ; the upper together forming a terminal panicle. Flowers 

 ^ in. diam. Outer sepals suborbicular, inner twice as long, petaloid. Petals raine 

 longer than the inner sepals, obovate, concave, reflexed. Fruit the size of a smal 

 plum, subglobose, not pointed. 



13. C. tomentosum, Wight III i. 128, 7c. 1. 110 ; young parts tomentose, 

 leaves elliptic or linear-lariceolate acuminate, margin waved, racmes 

 pubescent, outer sepals smaller than the inner. Planch. <k Trian. Men. 

 Guttif. 241 ; Beddome Fl Sylvat. Gen. xxii. C. elatum, Beddorm U. xxii. 

 and t. 2. 



Moist forests in the Western Peninsula from the Concan southwards ; ana i 

 Ckylox, ascending to 5000 ft. i • 



A tall straight tree ; branches 4-angled ; buds, shoots, panicles and outer sepa 

 clothed with rusty tomentum. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, sinning ; vems many, 

 close-set, slender, eqnally prominent on both surfaces ; petiole ^| in., oft^^j "^J^ 

 Bacemes fmm the axils of the ui)per leaves, sometimes collected into a ternnnal P^ / 

 lax, many-flowered. J'^mrers upwards of ^ in. diam. ; pedicels long, slender, jr^^jy 

 orb-cular. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, larger than the sepals. Fruit | in. long, obJiq . 

 ov<id, pointed.— Yields the Poon-spars of Western India, and the seeds an abundant w 

 in Cevlon. 



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14. C, bracteatum, Thwaites Enum. 51 ; young parts tomentose, lea 

 elliptic- or obovate-lanceolate acuminate, racemes glabrous ^^."^ju^j^ 

 bracteate, sepals obovate, petals oblong-lanceolate. Planck & 2 nan. m 

 Guttif. 252 ; Beddoitie Fl Sylvat. Gen. xxii. 



Near sti-eams in the Saffragam district of Ceylon, Thwaites. , k f llv devc- 



A large tree, closely resembling C. Tomentosum. Leaves dimorphic, the tui y ^^^^ 



loped 3-8 in. long, tapering to the obtuse base, highly p dished, golden ^^?, |. g^^. 



dry ; petiole \-^ in. ; abnormal or undeveloped leaves 1-2 by J- J in., subsessiie, ^^^^^ 



lanceolate or linear, pubescent, resembling bracts. Bacemes in the^ axils 0}*°^ y^^g 



than the normal Ipavfts fpw.flnwororl ;?7^^««^o 1 \n rli'^Tn • nprlicels witu ^n 



than the normal leaves, few-flowered. ^Flowers \ in. diam. ; pedicels 



bract \ in. long at the base. Sepals 4. 

 not in a good state for examination. 



PetaU 4. Fruit | in. long, oblong. 



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15. C. Wigrhtianum, Wall Cat 4847; young shoots often V^f^^^^ 

 leaves obovate or oblong-cuneate, racemes axillary glabrous, sepals ^^"^^i^ 

 petals usually 0. Planch, dh Trian. Mem. Guttif 228 ; Beddatne ^^^^'^vT^Jeci- 

 t. 90. C. spurium, Chois. in DC. Prod. i. 563 ; W.&A. Prod. 1. 103- ^• 

 piens, Wight III i. 128, Ic. t. 106, not of Thwaites ; Wall Cat. 4841 A, " ^^ 



Mountains of the Western Coast of the Western Peninsula from tne v 



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Young shoots 4'gonal. Leaves 2-4 by lJ-2 in., rigidly coriaceous, '^^H j^ ^ in. 

 nsuiilly retuse at the tip; veins moat prominent on the under surface; P^gQ^ere4 

 Bacemes from the axils of all the leaves and scars of a few fallen ones, severa ^^ 

 shorter than the leaves; peduncles and pedicels slender. Flowers i in- dwin. ^^jyj. 

 4, very thin, strongly veined. Petab (or 4 small ones visible in the 0^^ ^ 



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