80 XXI. GVTTIFEn.T;. 



In the evergreen Gbat-forests of tlie Konkans and Kanara. Konkax : Stocks], 

 Law I ; Eatnagiri Collectorate, common, J)ahcllcf Gibsoii ; Kanheri jungles, abundant, 

 Graham; Tarel and \A'orlee liills (Eonibav), Graham, Bahc/ll Deccan : Shirol, 

 Elichie, 1650! K.vsara : in evergreen forests on tlie Ghats, Talbot'.; Kadgal (N. 

 Kanara), JVoodrow. 



Tlic flower-buds are an article of commerce and used for djeiug silk. 



3. CALOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Trees. LeaA'es coriaceous, shining, striately penninerved. Flowers 

 polvgamous, in axillar}' or terminal panicles. Sepals and petals 4-12, 

 imbricate in 2-3 series. Stamens indefinite, free or scarcely connate at 

 the base ; filaments filiform ; anthers erect, ovate or oblong, 2-celled, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary 1-celled ; ovule 1, erect; style rather 

 long ; stigma peltate. Drupe indehiscent ; putamen crustaceous. Seed 

 erect, ovoid or globose ; testa thin, or thick and spongy. — Distrib. Tro- 

 pical Asia and America ; species 25. 



1, Calophyllum inophyllum, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 513. A 

 very handsome, small or middle-sized glabrous tree, with a crooked 

 trunk; bark grey, smooth. Leaves 4-7 by 3-4 in., broadly elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, often emarginate, with subrepand waved margins 

 and very close lateral nerves, giving a striate appearance to the blade, 

 base acute; petioles |-| in. long, stout, flat, liowers |-1 in. in diam., 

 pure white, fragrant, in lax few-flowered racemes 4-6 in. long. Sepals 

 4, ovate-orbicular, concave, reflexed, ciliolate, the two outer much the 

 smaller. Petals 4, oblong, obtuse, spreading. Stamens numerous; 

 filaments united into 4-6 bundles. Style long, twisted; stigma large, 

 mushroom-shaped. Fruit globose, 1-l.j in. in diam., smooth, yellowish ; 

 pulp scanty. 11. B. I. v. 1, p. 273 ; Grab. Cat. p. 26 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 31 ; Engler, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 3, part 6, fig. 105, a-f; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 15; Woodr. in .Tourn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 126; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 20.— Flowers : Dec-Jan. 

 Veii>". Undi. 



A strikinHv handsome tree often called \\\ii Akxundiian Laurel, cultivated throughout 

 India ; indigenous in the coast districts of the Presidency ; very common at Ratuagiri. 



Ko.NKAN : Salsette, Graham ; Malwan tahika and sandy shores of the S. Konkan, 

 Balzell i.^- Gibson; Love Grove, Bombay, Graham; banks of rivers near the coast, 

 Imw\, Stochsl; Ratnagiri, Cooke \, H'oocb-otvl — Distkib. Ceylon, E. African islands, 

 Malaya, Australia, Polynesia. 



The timber is used for knees for boats, and an oil called Wtindi is extracted from 

 the seeds. For an account of the uses of the oil &c. consult Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 1. c. 



2. Calophyllum tomentosum, Wight, III v. 1 (1840) p. 128. 

 A tree, attaining a great height; young shoots, buds and panicles 

 clothed with rusty tomentum ; young branches quadrangular. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 3-5 by 1^-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the 

 base, glabrous, shining; nerves very fine equally conspicuous on both 

 surfaces ; petioles ^-i^ in. long, stout, pubescent, at length glabrous. 

 Flowers ^"l^"- "^ diam., in terminal panicles, and in racemes or panicles 

 from the axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels long, slender, tomentose. 

 Sepals 4, the outer orbicular, much shorter than the inner, ciliolate. 

 Petals 4, oblong, obtuse, spreading, exceeding the sepals. Stamens 

 numerous ; filaments united at the base. Style long, flexuous ; stigma 



