• ■ DlPTEROCMiPE.E. GOO 



saccatp at base, tapcrinf; info sulmlatc points, the connective also terminated by 

 a riffid bristle. Oiar;/ free. Sti/le filifonn. Nut inclosed in the imbricate bases 

 of the calyx-lobes. Largo trees, with entire leaves. Fruit as in Hhorea. 



P. SiAMEXsis, 31 iq. Ava. Prome and Tenasserini. 



Enjin. Enjyin. 



Kurz says this tree furnishes a rod resin, and describes the wood as " dark brown," 

 tongh and durable, and wci^hiiif;- ba lbs. Tliis is an error, as the seasoned wood is a 

 veiy pale brown, hard, strong, tough and durable, but not easy to work, and weighs 

 01 lbs. to the cubic foot. It is one of the best woods in the country, but not very 

 plentiful — and one consequently which should be planted. 



Dr. Mason, under the head of Shorca ruhusfa, says, "The Burmese books say 

 that Ciaudama died in a grove of Engyen-trees, and the I'ali name is f!ia?u or sulci, 

 the Sanscrit sOl, the name of the Shoreu rohusta. JIuch of the petrified wood found 

 in the Irrawaddy, the natives say, belongs to this tree, and the Burmese books state 

 that Gaudama was born under one of them, though others say he was bom under 

 the Jouciia." Dr. Mason, however, discriminated the points wherein the Burmese 

 tree differs from the true rohusta, as he adds : " The tree, though not veiy abundant, 

 is found in both the Tenasserim Provinces and Pegu, but the inflorescence dili'ers 

 from Roxburgh's description of S/wrea rohusta." The Enjin is a sacred tree with 

 Buddhists, and not used in consequence by Burmans, save perhaps in sacred buildings. 

 Dr. Mason also mentions a tree which does not seem to have been identified by Kurz : 

 " Lard Shorea. On the mountains in the interior is a species of shorea which produces 

 an oil of the consistence of lard, and has been hence named by the Karens ' the hog's 

 lard tree.' " Can this he a species of Bassia ? I see no reason why the valuable 

 Jiassia lat [folia shoidd not flourish, if introduced, in Upi)cr Pegu, and it is an 

 experiment worth a trial, in localities where the rhi/lhuifhus emhlica (Shah-hpyu) 

 flourishes, as it would prove a valuable addition to the Ibod supply of the people. 



IIopKA, Roxhuryli. 

 Cahjx-tuhc very short, the lobes imbricate. Staiiirns 15. Anther-valves nearly 

 equal, the connective teiniinating in a short point, or ])rolongcd into a long bristle. 

 Ovary Ireo, .'S-cclled. Calijx-tuhe in fruit not enlarged, 2 of the 5 lobes wing-like, 

 enlarged, the .'! outer ones remaining very short. Kxd embraced by the caly.\-lobcs. 

 Trees, with entire leaves and racemose flowers, forming axillaiy peduncles. 



* Connective terminated hi/ a short point. 



H. ODOEATA, Koxb. A'.T. C'hittagong to Tenasserim. 



Thyngan. 



Calyx greyish-tomcntose. Bluntish leaves acuminate. 



Wood brown, " heavy," and close-grained, 64 lbs. to the cubic foot according to 

 Balfour. Kurz (following Brandis ?) gives 46 lbs., but this could hardly be called 

 " heavy," and three specimens of Thyn-gan in my possession give respectively 48, 49, 

 and OO'llis. 



* * Connective terminated hi/ a hristle longer than the anther-cells. 



H. GiiATissiMA, Wall. Tenasserim. 



Calyx greyish-tomcntose. Elowers somewhat larger. 



II. OBLoxGiFOLiA, Dyer. Southern Tenasserim. 



All parts glabrous. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glabrescent. Anthers orbicular, 

 witli an appendage 4 times their length. 



H. GMFFiTHn, Kz. Tenasserim. 



Calyx almost glabrous. Floweis very small. 



The 'Jfopeas' or Thyn-gans all yield excellent timber, and the Burmese discrimi- 

 nate several species. 1 have specimens of Tliyn-griri-nct-shwO-do O'llbs., Tliyu-grin-net 



