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Doom.] XXV. DiPTERocARPEiE. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 



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7. DOOITA, Thwaites. 



. Lofty glabrous and often glaucescent resinous trees, with the habit of 

 ^except in //. nervosa) some species of Ilopea, Leaves entire, firm, incon- 

 spicuously veined ; stipules small, deciduous or inconspicuous. Flowers 

 ratner small usually in lax panicles rarely exceeding the leaves. Calyx as 

 in Uopea. Stamejis 15 ; anthers oblong, connective prolonged into a usually 

 ciavate appendage, valves equal. Ovary as in Hopea. Nut 1-seeded. Seed 

 ojoidwith the thin testa interposed between the folds of the cotyledons ; 

 racucle superior,— DiSTRiB. Endemic in Ceylon. Species 10. 



J' **• zeylauica, Thwaites in Hook. Joum. iii. (1851) t. 12 and iv. 7 ; 

 -^WMW. 34; leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate base deltoid lateral nerves 

 immerous ascending inconspicuous, r)edicels exceeding the calyx. ' Beddon^ 

 ^lor. Sylvat. t. 97 ; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 626, 



Ceylon ; Central province, ascending to 4000 ft. 



BTirnl vf ^^v^^' ^^ ™*^^^ J branchlets much divided, somewhat flexuose, with smooth 

 Furpie-brown bark. Leaves 2-8 by f-1 in., midrib prominent beneath, channelled 

 duou^' PlJ'^'ie ^ in. Panicles 2 in., erect, many-flowered; bracts small, brown, deci- 

 delioi^ ^^^'^^^ i in. diam., pink; pedicels ^ in., erect. Outermost calyx-segments 

 Kut /• ^^^' obtuse. Anthers with an appendage about 4 as long, glabrous, varnished, 

 ceolaf "^f/"^^^ ^ ^*°' '^"^' ovoid; winged fruiting calyx-segments about 1 in. oblan- 

 a varuish ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^' ^^ ^^^^ '^"^^*^ red.— Yields a gum resin manufactured into 



knd?" **®T^sa> Thwaites Enum. 35; leaves oblong elliptic or ovate 

 in^ ^•^^V'^^"^*^ ^^^^ rounded lateral nerves prominent beneath ascend- 

 "g, pedicels about equalling the calyx. A. DC. Prodr, xvi. 2, 627. 



_ ETLON ; Ekualagodde near Ratnapoora, Thwaites. 



verspiv '' ^^^"^'ilets dichotomously divided with rather pale brown bark trans- 



nerve, l"^?^ ^"^ *^^ ultimate twigs when dry. Leaves 34-44 by 1^-2 in., lateral 

 *in d pairs; petiole ^ in. Prm^'y-Jj^ 9. \n rar.ftmose. .Vfi-flowered. Flowers 



obtusp'Ti,' P^'^'^'e's T"in. docurved, then erect. 

 or obt:n!'±'i"^?^-°«ly varnished. - 



Outermost calyx- segments oblou 



obtuse o-J ]^ — ^ iif'curveu, tuen ereci. xjuwrmu-iv Luit/.^^ ooifm^f^va vw.....^, 



or ol.l«n 1 "^' scarcely varnished. Winged fruiting calyx -segments 1-14 in., oblong 

 oblanceolate, tip rounded, base narrow, gibbous. 



rounded f ^'*^*' Fhwadtes Ftium. 35 ; leaves oblong caudal 

 the oiiKT. ^^ T?^^^^^ ^^^^^^^i^piciious ascending, pedicels 

 ^lyx ^. i)(7. Prodr. xvi. 2, 627. 



equalling 



iJIt^r/ }^^^7'^^^ Katnapoora and Galle, at no great elevation, Thwaites. ^ 

 "ervesT !^™^^°*°""^"«^y divided, brown barked. Leaves 2-3 by l-U in lateral 

 •oWvmK ^*""^' ""'^"'^ channelled above ; petiole i in. Pflwicfe li 2 in., peduuoled, 



*^^^« oblon*"^' b-9-flowered; pedicels J in., at first decurved 



does n/if ^ ^* obtuse, glabrous, scarcely warnished. Fruit unknown. 



Outermost calyx-seg- 

 This description 



^oes ntit ""^"««, giaurous, scarcely warnished. J!ruit unKnown.— -imo ucauii^.^..^." 



*'i8tributpr'"^^^^^^^ ""^^^^ ^^'itli that of Thwaites; it is drawn up from specimens 

 "Pecies. *^ neri;o^a |3 C.P, 3712 and referred subsequently {Enum, 402) to this 



8rMu?ri,.*''*Pf ***°"a» Thwaites Enum. 35 ; leaves rhomboid-lanceolate 

 BpreadiZ ^H^ate-acuminate base obtuse lateral nerves inconspicuous « 

 i-^^^ouing, pedicels exceeding the calyx. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 627. 



' A^lIS V'^''"H^1 and Southern provinces ; common, ascending to 1500 ft., Thwaites, &c. 

 ♦"-SI bv 1 ?i' ."'■^"chlets much divided, bark brown with minute pale warts. Leaves 

 I**i"le i in r.'"-' "Paque, midrib slightly channelled above, lateral nerves about 12; 

 PeOicpl. i:' ^«"»c'e about \k in., racemose, about 6-flowered. Flowers 



Outermost calyx-segments 



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