76 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Calophyltum. 



1. CALOPHYLLUM DBCIPIENS, Wight Ic. t. 106. C. Wightianum, 

 Wall. ; F. B. I. i. 274 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 90. C. spurium, W. & A. 

 103 (probably not o/Choisy). 



Forests of W. Ghats from Mysore to Travancore at low 

 elevations up to 1,000 ft. ; banks of rivers and backwaters 

 on W. Coast. 



A moderate-sized tree with reddish-brown useful wood. 

 Vern. Mar. Bobbi ; Kan. Irai ; Mai. Cherupinna. 



2. CALOPHYLLUM ELATUM, Bedd. Fl. t. 2. C. tomentosum, T. 

 Anders. F. B. I. i. 274 (partly, not of Wight). 



W. Ghats from Nilgiris to Travancore and Tinnevelly, at 

 1,000 to 5,000 ft. ; W. Coast from S. Canara southwards. 

 The Poon Spar tree of India. A tall evergreen tree, 

 unbranched to a great height with deeply cracked yellow 

 bark and reddish-brown wood, used for masts of native 

 vessels, but not in very great demand. Vern. Tarn. Katta 

 pinnei ; Mai. Katta pinna ? pinnapai. 



3. CALOPHYLLUM TRAPEZIFOLIUM, Thw. ; F. B. I. i. 275. 



Evergreen forests of S. Travancore and Tinnevelly at about 

 4,000 ft. ; S. Canara. 



4. CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 273 ; W. & A. 

 103 : Wt. 111. i. t. 77. 



E. and W. Coasts, a littoral species, much cultivated and 

 often found run wild, perhaps not truly indigenous in 

 India. 



The Alexandrian Laurel. A moderate-sized very orna- 

 mental tree with a reddish -brown useful wood. The fruits 

 are collected and sold for the extraction of oil. Vern. 

 Hind. Sultana champa ; Ur. Poonang ; Mar. Undi ; Tarn. 

 Pinnai ; Tel. Puna ; Mai. Pinna. 



$. Mesua, Linn. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, thick, often with transparent dots ; 

 nerves very numerous and slender, at right angles to the midrib. 

 Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite, large, solitary or in pairs, 

 axillary or terminal. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Stamens numerous; 

 anthers large, elongated, erect. Ovary 2-celled ; style long ; 

 stigma peltate ; 2 erect ovules in each cell. Fruit usually woody, 

 subtended by the lignified sepals, 1-celled, tardily 2-4-valved. 

 Seeds 1-4, without an aril. 



