XXIII. BIPTEROCABPAOE^. 85 



subglobose, pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 295; Eoxb. Cor. Pits. v. 3, 

 p. 10, t. 213; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 17; Branclis, Enum. Dipter. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 31 (1895) p. 27 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. y. 3, 

 p. 161. — Flowers: Dec. -Jan. Veen. Challan. 



Sparingly in the southern forests oP the Presidency. Konkan : Slocks ! Kanaka : 

 Southern Gbuts of N. Ktiuara, certainly indigenous, ex Talhoi ; Gairsoppa Ghat, 

 Talbot'. — DiSTKiB. Pegu, Singapore and the Andanians. 



In Ciiittagong, where the tree is abundant, it attains a height of upwards of 200 feet. 

 Roxburgh (Fl. Ind. v. 2, p. 612) says that the trunk is large enough to furnish a 

 canoe capable of containing 100 men. It produces the celebrated Garjaii or Kanijiii 

 oil, for a full description of the mode of extraction and uses of which, see Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. SHORE A, Eoxb. 



Eesiniferous trees. Leaves entire or repand, with parallel nerves ; 

 stipules large, coriaceous and persistent, or small and deciduous, or in- 

 conspicuous. Calyx : tube very short, not enlarged in fruit, adnate to 

 the torus ; lobes ovate-lanceolate imbricate, unequally enlarged in fruit, 

 wing-like (3 usually larger), closely embracing the fruit. Stamens 15- 

 many; anthers ovate or oblong, rarely linear; connective subulate or 

 cuspidate ; valves obtuse, rarely cuspidate, equal, or with the exterior 

 valve the larger. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell ; style usually 

 subulate ; stigma entire or 3-toothed. Capsule coriaceous, indehiscent, 

 usually 1-seeied, enclosed within the base of the calyx-lobes. Seed 

 ovoid ; cotyledons fleshy, unequal, usually enclosing the superior radicle. 

 — DiSTEiB. Tro])ical Asia and Malaya ; species about 80. 



1. Shorea Talura, Uoxb. Hort. Bcng. (1814) p. 93. A large tree ; 

 branches glabrous. Leaves 2|-4 by lh-2 in., elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 

 often emarginate, rounded at the base, glabrous ; nerves 12-15 pairs ; 

 petioles k-'i in. long. Flowers exceeding 1 in. in diara., white, in 

 numerous panicles 2|-3g in. long from the axils of fallen leaves. 

 Calyx : in flower, glabrous, small, lobes ovate, acute ; in fruit, 3 lobes 

 much more enlarged than the other 2, reaching 3 in. long, by J-f in. 

 broad, the two less enlarged lobes 2\ by I5 in., all linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 with 8-12 prominent nerves and with netted veins. Fruit smooth, 

 obconical, |-| in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 304; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 18 ; Brandis, Enum. Dipter. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 31 (1895) p. 84; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 126 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 2, p. 678. Vaticci laccifcra, W. & A. Prodr. p. 84. 

 Shorea laccifem, Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 6. — Flowers : Jan.-Mar. Veen. 

 Jalaranda. 



Rare. Kanaka: Sirsi taluka ofN. Kanara, Ta/ic;', Woodrow; Siddapur (N. Kanara), 



Woodr ow. 



3. HOPEA, Roxb. 



liesinoixs tree, glabrous or hoary-tomentose. Leaves quite entire, 

 coriaceous, usually penninerved and reticulately veined ; stipules small, 

 deciduous or inconspicuous. Flowers small, in axillary and terminal 

 panicles, sessile or shortly pedicelled ; bracts 0. Calyx : tube very short, 

 adnate to the torus; lobes short, obtuse, imbricate, often with mem- 

 branous margins, in fruit enlarged, the 2 largest wing-like, erect, the 

 others small, all closely embracing the fruit. Stamens 15 (rarely 10) ; 

 anthers ovate or orbicular, cells obtuse, valves equal ; connective subu- 



