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peltate. Fruit obliquel}- ovoid, | in. long, pointed, smooth. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 274; Wight, Icon. t. 110; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 101; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 16 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 32. Calo];>liyVvm 

 elatum, Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 2. CaloplvjUum angusti folium, Dalz. & 

 GMbs. p. 32 (»o< of Koxb.).— Flowers : Mar.-May. 'Vern. Pim. 



Known in W. India as the Ptai or Pooh tree. It furnishes the Poou 

 spars of commerce, which are much used for masts. 



Dalzell and Gibson (Bombay Flora, p. 32) in describing C. angusti- 

 folium, adopt the description given by Roxburgh (Fl. Ind. v. 2, p. 608), 

 whicli is not applicable to C. tomentosum. As, however, Dalzell and 

 Gibson indicate the same locality (Nilkund Ghiit) in which the tree has 

 been found by Mr. Talbot, there can be little doubt that C. fomentosum 

 was intended by these botanists, and not C. a lujusti folium of Eoxburgh. 



Kanaka : in many of the Ghat evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Nilkund and Gair- 

 soppa Ghats, common, TaUiot ; Nilkund and Wulwi Ghats, ex Dalzell cf* Gibson. 



3. Calophyllum Wightianum, Wall. Cat. (1828) 4847. A 

 middle-sized tree, with yellowish bark; young shoots 4-gonons, glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 2-3| hyl-1.4 in., obovate- oblong, cuneate, rounded 

 at the apex, often emarginate, with close nerves most prominent on the 

 lower surface ; petioles \ in. long. Flowers g in. in diam., in racemes 

 from the upper axils ; bracts small, boat-shaped, caducous ; pedicels 

 slender, | in. long. Sepals 4, strongly veined, subequal, deflexed, the 

 two outer orbicular, the two inner boat-shaped. Petals 0. Stamens 

 numerous, many-seriate ; anthers large. Style flexuous ; stigma peltate 

 with crenulate margin. Fruit | in. long, ellipsoid, smooth, apiculate, 

 red when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 274; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 90; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 16; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 126 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 33. CkilojilDjllum s/iuriian, 

 Chois. in DC. Prodr. v. 1, p. 563; Grab. Cat. p. 27; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 •p. 32 (sjiearinm). — Flowers: Dec. Yern. Bobbi ; Irai. 



Western Ghats. Konkan : Law !, SiocAs ! Kanaka : plentiful in Honore, Dalzell 

 ^~ Gihaon ; very common along; tlie banks of N. Kanara rivers, Talhut ; Kala naddi, 

 Bitchie, 1649 ! ; Yellapur, Talhot ! 



4. MESUA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves closely and finely penninerved. Flowers 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous, axillary, solitary, large. Sepals 4. 

 Petals 4. Stamens indefinite ; filaments free or connate at the very 

 base; anthers erect, oblong, 2-celled, dehisdug longitudinally. Ovary 

 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, erect ; style elongate ; stigina peltate. 

 Fruit bet\\-een fleshy and subwoody, l-celled by the absorption of the 

 septum, at length dehiscing by 4 valves ; valves often finely striate 

 without. Seeds 1-4, exarillate ; testa fragile. — Disteib. Tropical Asia ; 

 species 3. 



1. Mesua ferrea, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 515. A middling-sized, 

 glabrous tree ; trunk straight, erect ; bark smooth, ash-coloured ; young 

 branches twiggy, slender. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1 1 iw-, oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, red when young, afterwards shining above, glaucous 

 and pruinose beneath, rounded or acute at the base and with close, 

 inconspicuous nerves ; petioles ^-g in. long. Flowers very fragrant, 



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