Calophyllum.'] Guttiferce . I O I 



Herm. Mus. 15. Burm. Thes. 170. Fl. Zeyl. n. 201. Moon Cat. 41. 

 Thw. Enum. 51. C. P. 2764. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 273. Wight, Ic. t. ■]■]. 



A moderate-sized tree, with a thick trunk and smooth, 

 grey bark, buds glabrous ; I. large, 4-8 in., oval or oblong- 

 oval, acute at base, acute or emarginate, smooth and shining, 

 petiole short, |-| in., stout, flat; fl. i-i| in. diam., in stalked 

 racemes from the upper leaf-axils and shorter than 1., ped. 

 \-\ in,, stout, glabrous ; sep. 4, ovate, obtuse, concave, reflexed, 

 the 2 inner longer ; pet. 4, oblong, obtuse, spreading ; stam. 

 very numerous, spreading, fil. connate at base into 4 or 6 

 bundles ; style long, twisted, stigma large, capitate ; fr. large, 

 globose, i|-ii in., quite smooth, outer pulp very scanty, endo- 

 carp spongy-woody, seed i in. long. 



Low country, principally on the sea-coast; common. Fl. May; white, 

 sweet-scented. 



On or near the sea -shore throughout the Eastern Tropics, and often 

 cultivated in inland localities. 



A very ornamental tree. 



The fruits are the ' Punnai nuts ' of commerce, and are exported to 

 India ; they afford abundant oil. Wood rather hard, tough, reddish- 

 brown, closely grained ; much used. 



5. Ctomentosum, Wight, III. i. 128 (1840). Kina, S. 

 Planch, and Tri. 1. c. 241. Thw. Enum. 51. C. P. 1171. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 274. Wight, Ic. t. i (o. 



A large tree, with straight trunk, twigs quadrangular and 

 with the buds densely tomentose with rusty hair ; 1. numerous, 

 4-5 in., lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at base, bluntly 

 acuminate, stiff, slightly undulated, veins very fine, conspicuous 

 beneath, petioles |-f in., stout, densely pubescent, afterwards 

 glabrous ; fl. numerous, |-i in. diam., in lax, axillary racem<!j; 

 or panicles shorter than the 1., ped. slender, tomentose ; .' ';p 

 and pet. as in the last but smaller ; fr. nearly globular, | in., 

 apiculate, smooth. 



Moist country at elevations of 2000-4000 ft. ; common. Fl. March, 

 April, Nov.; white. 



Also in Western India (.''). 



This is the ordinary ' kina ' of the lower hill-country, and its seeds 

 afford orange-coloured oil, 'kina-tel,' much used by the natives. Wood 

 pale red, rather light, smooth. 



C. elatum, Bedd. is recorded by Mr. Vincent in his Forest Report 

 (pt. I, pars. 106 and 147) from the Eastern Prov., where it is called 

 ' Tombu-kata.' Also sent by Capt. Walker from the Devilane Forest, 

 near Batticaloa. I have seen only leaves of this, and am not certain of 

 the name. C. elatum is figured in Beddome's Fl. Sylvat. t. 2, and in his 

 Forest Report for 1863-4, and is referred in the Fl. B. Ind. to C. tomen- 

 tosum (see Journ. Bot. 1885, 142). The leaves of our plant are much 



