lOO Guttiferce. {Calophyllum. 



an easily detached rufous tomentum ; 1. \\-2\ in., broadly 

 oval or obovate, very obtuse, tapering to short, thick petioles, 

 stiff, lat. veins very fine, close and prominent on both sides, 

 glabrous ; fl. ^-4 in. diam., on slender glabrous pcd. \-\ in., 

 arranged in stalked, axillary, spreading panicles usually shorter 

 than the leaves ; sep. 4, spreading, obtuse, the inner 2 much 

 the longer ; pet. o ; stam. erect ; fr. subglobose or ovate-ovoid, 

 i-f in., tipped with persistent style, smooth, bright orange ; 

 seed ovoid, testa thin, pale brown. 



Low country, especially on the coast and in the dry districts ; 

 common. Jaffna; Chilaw ; Batticaloa ; Bentota ; Colombo; and inland 

 at Kurunegala ; Deltota ; Katnapura. Fl. March-May ; white. 



Endemic (?) (Cochin China ij) 



Specimens from Jonville, 1800, are in Mus. Brit. 



A remarkable variety with oblong fruit, sent by Mr. Vincent from the 

 sea-coast of the Eastern Prov., requires further examination. 



The embryo appears quite solid and homogeneous, and I fail to see 

 the structures shown in Wight's figures. On a careful examination, how- 

 ever, a transverse line is to be detected on a cross section, and with some 

 difficulty the mass can be separated into the two thick more or less fused 

 plane-convex cotyledons. 



LinnjEus included also a W. Indian species under his C. Calaba, and 

 to that the name is now usually restricted. 



Heart wood red, rather hard and heavy. 



3. C. pulcherrimum, Wa!/. Cat. 4848 (1828) (?) 



Trimen in Journ. Bot. xxvii. 161. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 271. Pierre Fl. For. Coch. -Chine, t. 104. 



A small, slender tree, with very smooth, bright yellow 

 bark, twigs quadrangular, buds finely pubescent ; 1. i;|-2^in., 

 lanceolate or oval, tapering at both ends but actual apex 

 obtuse, petiole \ in., lat. veins prominent on both sides ; fl. 

 ^-f in. diam., about 5 together in small axillary racemose or 

 umbellate stalked clusters much shorter than the 1., ped. 

 |-^~ in., very slender, glabrous ; sep. and pet. as in last ; fruit 

 not seen. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Only seen in Mandagala Forest, 

 Hewesse, Pasdun Korale, by the stream. Fl. March ; white. 



Also in Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Banca. 



I feel some doubt as to the name of this, but Pierre's plate above 

 quoted appears to represent it. C.Jloribunditm^ Hk. f., seems scarcely to 

 differ. Specimens from Col. Walker in Wight's Herb. (Hb. Kew) 

 labelled ' C. Bunrtanni^ var. parvifoliutn ' may perhaps be the same. 



Differs from C. Burnianni in habit and locality, in the narrower and 

 more tapering leaves, and in the fewer and much smaller flowers. The 

 bright yellow bark is also very distinctive. 



.1. C. Inophyllum, L. Sp. PI. 513 (1753). Somba, Tel-doxnba, 

 ^ Funnaj, Dommakottai, T. 



