17^ Materials jor a Flora of the Mctlaynn Peninsula. 



ttinner, imbricate, the upper edge incurved, ciliate. Petalsd. Stamen* 

 Tery numerous. Stigma discoid. Ovary depressed-spherical, glabrous. 

 Fruit ovoid, smooth, '75 in. long. 



Malacca; Maingay. Perak ; King's Collector, No. 5420; Scortecliini, 

 Eo. 2044. Penang; Curtis, No. 1543. Distrib. Cochin-Chiua, British 



India. 



Not unlike C. Wallichianum, Planch. andTriana; but apetalous and 

 the leaves never tomentose. 



12. Calophyllum Inopiiyllum, Linn. sp. 732. A glabrous tree 

 20 to 30 feet higli ; young branches stout. Leaves thinly coi-iaceons, 

 elliptic, rarely obovate-oblong, apex rounded or emarginate, the base 

 acute, shining on both surfaces ; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 2"5 to 3'5 in., 

 petiole '75 in. broad. Kacemes in the upper axils, lax, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 few-flowered. Flowers "75 in. in diam. ; pedicels slender, 1 to 1'75 in. 

 Sepals 4, the 2 inner petaloid. Petals 4, longer than the sepals. Fila- 

 ments 4-delphous. Ovary stipitate, globose. Style longer than the 

 stamens ; stigma peltate, lobed. Fruit globular; the pericarp smooth, 

 fleshy, 1 in. in diam. or more. DC. Prod. I, 562 ; Bl. Bijdr. 217 ; Chois. 

 Guttif. Ind, 42; Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 254 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii, 606; W. and A. Prod. 103 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 510; 

 Wight 111. i, 128; Ic. 77 ; Hook. FL B. Ind. i, 273 ; Kurz Fl. Burm. i, 

 95. C. Blumei, Wight III. i, 128. C Bintagm; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 60~. (?) 



On the Coasts, in all the Provinces. Distiib. Burniah, S. India 

 and Ceylon, E. African Islands, Australia, Polynesia. 



The pure white flowers are delightfully flagrant, the seeds yield a 

 beautiful mild oil, and the wood is useful for spars of boats and ships. 



13. Calophyllum Inophylloide, King, n. sp. A gLibrous tree, 60 

 to 80 feet high ; the young branches about as thick as a goose-quill, dark 

 brown. Leaves thickly coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, the apex 

 retuse or emarginate, the edges thickened, recurved (when dry), gradually 

 narrowed from about the middle to the stout petiole ; both .surfaces shin- 

 ing, the lower less so and paler; nerves veiy numerous, little prominent, 

 the midrib stout ; length 3'25 to 4"5 in., breadth 1"75 to 2"7o in, ; petiole "6 

 to 1 in. long, broad at the apex. Bucemes from tlie axils of the upper 

 leaves, 2 to 3 in. long, lax, few-flowered. Flowers globular in bud, about 

 •75 in. in diam. when expanded. Outer sepals rotund, concave, reflexed, 4 

 in. long; the inner petaloid, larger than the outei'. Pet«.ls narjower 

 than tlie sepals ; pedicels slender, "65 to 1 in. long. Style stout; stigma 

 broad, discoid. Fruit (not quite ripe) ovoid, '75 in. long, the pericarp 

 not pulpy. I 



Perak ; on low Hills, elevation 300 to 500 feet. 



The leaves of this much resemble those of 0. Inophyllum, but they 



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