306 xxv. DIPTEROCARPEJE. (W. T. Tkiselton Dyer.) [Shorea. 



* Stamens %Q-*> . 



9. S. robusta, Gcertn. f. Fruct. iii. 48, t. 186; leaves ovate-oblong 

 acuminate base cordate glabrous lateral nerves about 1-2 pairs, panicles 

 terminal or axillary lax, stamens 50. Koxb. FL Ind. ii. 615 ; ('or. PL iii. 

 312 ; Wall. Cat. 965 ; A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 628 ; Beddome Fl. tit/I vat. t. 4. 

 Vatica robusta, Steud. Nam. Ed. 2. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, and along its base from Assam to the Sutlej. Eastern districts 

 of CENTKAL INDIA, \Yi>n:i:.\ I;I.NGU, HILLS. 



A very large tree, but often occuiring in a stunted form. Leaves 6-10 by 4-6 in. ; 

 petiole |-1 in.; stipules in., falcate, pubescent. Panicles 5-9 in. long, clothed 

 well as the flowers with pale velvety pubescence, branches unilateral, .raeem 

 Flowers subsestdle. Pduls about 4 i"- l ( > n g, pale yellow, tapering upwards, 12-1:5- 

 nerved. Anthers with a bearded appendage. Ovary pubescent ; stigma ;j-deniiculate. 

 Fruiting-calyx with the segments sometimes frabequal, bases .', in., ovate, pubescent; 

 wings 24 in., linear, obtuse, 10-nerved. The Sal tree.; the wood is very generally p 

 in Bengal and it ranks next to teak ; the resiu-dammer is extensively used as a sub- 

 stitute for pitch. 



10. S. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 966 ; leaves elliptic or obovate-oblong obtuse 

 base obtuse or eniarginate pubescent on the nerves ami in their axils 

 beneath lateral nerves about 15 pairs, panicles terminal, stamens 20-2f>. 

 Ji/mtie Ma*. Hot. ii. :J2, t. 8; A.JX'. Pr>lr. xvi. 2, 629. S. leucobotrya, 

 Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. i. 215. Vatica obtusa, Sttud. Nom. Ed. 2. 



MARTABAN, Wallich; PEOU, M l CleUand, &c. ; TENASSERIM, at Moulmein, Heifer. 



])isTKlB. Siam. 



Leaves 4-6 by l$-3 in., often un-ymmetrical, glabrescent above, subrepand ; petiole 

 4~J in. Panicle* 2-4 in. long, cloth. d as well as the ilowers with hoary pubesoeuce, 

 racemose. Flowers snl' t-.-silc. l'<t l*\-\ in. lung. Anlln rs with a bearded appen- 

 dage. Ovary pubescent. Jinxes <>f tltc SKJUH ft* of tin fn/it ,n<j <-<ili/x ^ in. long, rather 

 shorter than the pube-ccnt i-ap>nle, ovatc-oLiloJig, pubescent ; wings 'J.J, by ^ in. line-ar- 

 oblanceolate, glalrescent, 9-u- 



11. S. sericea, Dyer ; leaves elliptic-oblong shortly acuminate scabrous 

 beneath lateral nerves about 20 pairs, panicles terminal, stamens 50, 

 anthers inappendiculate. 



MALACCA, Manigay. 



A very large dammer-producfng tree (Jtfatnftty); young parts, nerves of the leaves 

 beneath and inflorescence covered with ru.-ty meal intermixed with fascicles of short 

 hairs. Leaves 4-^-7 by 1^-2| in., poli-hed above, laieral nerves very prominent be- 

 neath ; petiole 4~ in- Panicles about 6 in. long, ultimate branches racemose, uni- 

 lateral. Ftinrers sessile; buds clothed with tawny silky hairs. Anthers with the lobes V 

 aubequal. Stigma 3-lobed. Fmitiinj <-<dyx with immature accrescent segments, clothed 

 m both surfaces with soft yellow down. 



12. S. Tumbug-g-aia, Rnxl>. Hort. Seng. 42 ; Fl. I jut. ii. 617; leaves 

 ovate or oblong-corditOrm acuminate base truncate or eniarginate glabrous 

 on both surfaces lateral nerves about H pairs, panicles terminal, stamens 

 about 30. A. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 630 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. 26. 

 S. penicillata, A. DC. I.e. 630. Vatica Tumbuggaia, W. & A. Prodr. 84 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 27. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; forests of Cudapah and Palghaut in Mysore, Wir/ht, &c. 



A gigantic dammer-producing tree. Leave* 24-8 by 1^-4% in. (Beddome) ; petiole 

 1-2 in. Panicles 8 in. long, hoary or nearly glabrous. Flowers shortly .pedicelled; 

 buds densely hoary. Anthers with a hairy appendage, titigma 3-lobulate. Capsule % in. 

 long, ovoid, acuminate, pubescent above; bases of fruiting calyx-segments 4 in. long, 

 evate, hoary ; wings 1-^1 f by ^ in., spathulate, obtuse, 8-10-nerved. There can be no 



