84 DIPTEROCARPE. VATICA. 
‘than the calyx: stamens 40-50 ; anther-cells linear ; connectivum produced 
beyond them into a subulate point, splitting along with the anthers: style 
elongated; stigma acute.— Ro«b. Cor. 3. t. 288 ; fl. Ind. 2. p. 602; Spr. syst. 
2. p. 599 ; Wall.! L. n. 3670; Wight ! cat. n. 289.—Eleocarpus copalliferus, 
Retz.— Rheed. Mal. 4. t. 15. Malabar. 
V. lanceolata, Roxb., ought perhaps to form a distinct genus: asa species 
it differs by the panicles axillary ; calyx-segments ovate, acute, and much 
increased as the seeds ripen ; petals linear-falcate, obtuse, with their concave 
bases placed closely together and forming a kind of tube round the ovary and 
stamens ; stamens 15, anther-cells short with the connectivum produced be- 
‘yond them into an ovate, acute, indehiscent coloured glandular point ; style 
short, stigma clavate 3-dentate. 
II. VATICA. Linn.—Shorea, Roxb. ; Gertn. fr. t. 186. 
Sepals 5, afterwards enlarging into 5 long wings. Petals 5.. Stamens 15- 
100: filaments capillary below the anthers: anther-cells short, obtuse ; con- 
nectivum filiform, produced beyond the cells into a more or less elongated, 
coloured, deciduous bristle. Ovarium 3-celled, with two pendulous ovules 
in each cell. Seed solitary: cotyledons stalked, not crumpled: radicle su- 
perior.—Trees with entire leaves, and panicles of yellow flowers. 
300. (1) V. laccifera (W. & A.:) glabrous: leaves coriaceous, oblong, ob- 
tuse, often emarginate at the base: panicles numerous, from the axils of the 
fallen leaves ; branches and pedicels glabrous: calyx in flower glabrous: 
stamens 15 ; anther-bristle very long.— Wight ! cat. n. 960.—Shorea Talura, 
Roxb. hort. Bengh. p. 93; fl. Ind. 2. p. 618.—S. laccifera, Heyne ; Wall.! L. 
n. 967.—S. Roxburghii, G. Don ? in Mill. dict. p. 813.—8. robusta, Roth. nov. 
sp. p. 221 (not Rozb.).—Saul Iallarea, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1567.—— 
Naikeneri, upon the Ghauts. Nundidroog. Paulghaut-mountains. ; 
- As there is some uncertainty about the Tamul name of the plant, (whether, 
as Roxburgh says, it be Talura (in his mss. Jallarea), or, as Wallich has it, 
Galari-maram), we have adopted the less barbarous specific one of laccifera. 
With this species it is most probable that V. chinensis, Linn. (a name inad- 
missible, as it is not a native of China), is identical: indeed we know of no 
distinguishing character. : 
t301. (2) V. Tumbugaia (W. & A. :) leaves ovate-cordate, long-petioled : 
panicles terminal: stamens about 100, with bearded anthers.—Shorea Tum- 
, bugaia, Rowb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 617.—Saul Tumbugaia, Roxb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 
1566.—Balaghat or Paulghaut mountains ; Berry. em 
III. DIPTEROCARPUS. Gert. fr. t. 187, 188. 
Calyx of one piece, 5-cleft: two of the segments, when in fruit, expanded 
into long ligulate scarious wings. Petals 5. Stamens numerous: anthers 
long, linear, tapering. Ovarium 3-celled, with two pendulous ovules in each 
cell. Seed solitary: cotyledons crumpled: radicle superior —Large trees. 
Flowers in racemes, white tinged with red, 
D. incanus, Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 614, and D. alatus, Wall.! L. n. 953. b. (not 
Roxb.), having ovate leaves softly pubescent beneath, with strongly marked lateral 
nerves, and a glabrous calyx, appear to belong to the true D. costatus, Gærtn., aC- 
cording to Hamilton’s description of the plant of which Gertner represented the 
fruit. Roxburgh's D. costatus, with linear-oblong leaves and a slightly hairy calyx; 
is a distinct species, and may be called D. angustifolius. D. alatus, Roxb. is vety 
closely allied to D. scaber, Ham., and may be the same; but the latter is sa! 
have the leaves scabrous on both sides with fascicled hairs ; and the former, smoo' 
and opaque above, and harsh underneath. As we have no means of ascertaining 
whether ms in Wall. L. n. 952. b, be the D. turbinatus of Roxburgh or of 
ner, we shall here insert both. i 
