Dipterocarpus. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 611 
from the Shoreas, and used in the Marine pate asa 
substitute for pitch. , 
2. ide serlelaib dnd R. 
_ Leaves ovate, oblong, obtusely acuminate, no sl 
in the axills of the veins. 
“A very beautiful large tree, a native of the hills of 
Tipperah, from thence plants have been introduced into 
the Botanic garden twelve years, and are not more than 
ten or twelve feet high though perfectly healthy. Trunk 
perfectly straight, as ‘are the branches, which are scatter- 
ed equally all round, spreading and dividing much, but 
never drooping ; the bark in this species is of a greyish 
colour whereas in odorata it is dark brown, which mark 
_ alone is sufficient to sean them. 
3. H. ac R. 
Leaves elliptic, entire, »smooth. Baapioiee indents. 
Stamina inserted on the margin of an expanded receptacle 
an which the germ is inserted. 
Boil shora is the vernacular name in: Mascal Island 
where the tree is indigenous and its trunk so immensely 
-large,;as to be made into canoes ee the Mug inhabitants, 
——— seieiete his sab 
, DIPTEROCARPUS. Garhi Lagi? 
Gen. CHar. Calyx one-leaved, pominnly) two of the 
five divisions of its berder large, and- growing with the 
- pericarp into two very long, scariose wings. Corol five- 
-petalled. Germ superior, three-celled ; cells two-seeded ; 
attachment interior. Nut ovate, , one-celled, onueeoden. 
—_— inverse, no perisperm. | 
This genus isso nearly related to Shorea and Hopea, 
arriba belief that they might all be referred 
one, but a nearer inspection of the calyx andco a fe i. 
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