i86 XVIII. GUTTiFER.E. [CalophylluM. 



petioles '5 to 75 in. long. Flowers in terminal pubescent panicles 

 1*5 to 6 in. long, or in axillary racemes, "75 in. across, on pedicels 

 •15 in. long. Sepals orbicular, puberulous outside, inner larger 

 and thinner. Petals o. Fruit ovoid smooth 75 in. long. Hub. 

 Forests, Singapore, Bukit Mandai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Senawang Reserve (Long). Perak, 

 Thaiping (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill (Curtis). 



(16) C. inophyllum Linn. Sp. PL 732; Wight. III. 128; Ic. 77; 

 Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 273 ; King, I.e. 178. 



A glabrous tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Main stem short and very 

 stout. Leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong, tip rounded or emar- 

 ginate, base acute, deep shining green, 4 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3*5 in. 

 wide ; petioles "75 in. long. Racemes very many in upper axils, 

 4- to 6-flowered. Flowers "75 in. wide; pedicels slender, i to 

 175 in. long. Sepals 4, inner pair petaloid. Petals 4 longer; 

 filaments 4-delphous. Ovary stipitate. Fruit globular green i in. 

 through. Hah. Seashores in sandy places common, also often 

 planted. Singapore, Pahang. Malacca, Perak, Penang. Distrih. 

 Seashores of Africa, S. India, Cejdon, Malaya, Australia and Poly- 

 nesia. Native names: Bintangor Bunga; Penaga Laut; Pudik. 

 Use : In shipbuilding for knees of boats. 



(17) C. inophylloide King, I.e. 178. 



A glabrous tree, except buds and young pedicels hairy, 60 to 

 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves thickly coriaceous obovate 

 or obovate oblong, tip refuse or emarginate, edges thickened, 

 narrowed to cuneate base; midrib stout, 3-25 to 4-5 in. long, 175 

 to 275 in. wide; petioles "6 to i in. long. Racemes from upper 

 axils, 2 to 3 in. long, few-flowered. Flowers 75 in. across. Sepals 

 outer rounded, inner larger petaloid. Petals 4 narrower. Fruit 

 ovoid 75 in. long. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle and 

 Changi. Perak, Tapa (Burn-Murdoch). Batang Padang district 

 (Kunstler). 



(18) C. venustum King, I.e. 180. 



A small tree rising to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate refuse, base cuneate; nerves rather distant, 175 to 3 in. 

 long, I to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 3 to "4 in. long. Racemes solitary 

 axillary 2*5 in. long, 3- to 5-fiowered, spreading. Flowers '5 in. 

 across, on pedicels 75 in. long. Sepals 4 orbicular. Petals 4 to 

 6 narrower, oblong blunt. Hab. Mountains. Pahang, Gunong 

 Tahan (Robinson) at 5000 ft. altitude. Perak, Batang Padang 

 district (Kunstler). 



(19) C. foetidum Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 18. 



A straight tree about 80 ft. tall and 8 in. through. Leaves 

 elliptic narrowed at base and shortly narrowed to blunt tip, 1-5 to 

 3'5 in. long, i to 1-25 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers in 

 lax axillary 8-flowered racemes 3 in. long. Flowers '25 in. across 

 foetid; pedicels slender "5 in. long. Bracts very small ovate. 



