Shorc.i . | DIPTEROCARPACEA E. 83 



into 7-10- veined reticulate membranous linear-oblong wings. 

 Cotyledons fleshy, unequal. 



Calyx glabrous in flower and fruit ; stamens usually about 15 ; leaves 



elliptic with nerves close, under -25 in. apart 1. Talura. 



Calyx pubescent in flower and fruit ; stamens usually 30-50 ; leaves 



ovate, often cordate at base : 



Peduncle and rachis of panicle densely tomentose ; petioles under 1 in. 

 long; wings of fruit 0-8 times as long as the capsule; leaf-nerves 



usually over '5 in. apart; very gregarious 2. robusta. 



Peduncle and rachis of panicle nearly glabrous ; petioles 1-2 in. long ; 

 wings of fruit 2-3 times as long as the capsule ; leaf-nerves usually 

 25- ! 35 in. apart ; sporadic or only partly gregarious... 3. Tumbugpaia. 



1. SHOREA TALURA, Eoxb. ; F. B. I. i. 304. 8. laccifera, Heyne ; 

 Bedd. Fl. t. 6. Vatica laccifera, W. & A. 84 ; Wt. Ic. t. 164. 



Forests of the E. Ghats and Deccan in Cuddapah, N. 

 Arcot, Anantapur, Mysore, and Salem, up to 3,000 ft. ; 

 W. Ghats in Malabar, Coimbatore, and Madura, sporadic 

 only and in hilly country. 



A handsome tree with yellowish-brown valuable wood. 

 Vern. Tel. Jalari ; Tarn. Talura, Talari. 



2. SHOREA ROBUSTA, Gaertn. ; F. B. I. i. 306; Koxb. Cor. PI. 

 iii. 312 ; Bedd. Fl. fc. 4 ; Brand. For. Fl. t. 9. 



N. Circars, forming large forests in Gumsur Surada and the 

 E. Ghat Range, up to 3,000 ft. ; Palkonda Hills and Jeypore 

 forests in Vizagapatam, and south to the Godavari, but 

 scarce. The Sal tree. 



A large gregarious forest tree with a brown but rough 

 and rather cross-grained wood, valuable for building 

 purposes and sleepers. Vern. Hind. Sal ; Ur. Salwa ; 

 Tel. Gugal. 



3. SHOREA TUMBUGGAIA, Boxb. : F. B. I. i. 306 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 5. 

 Vatica Tumbuggaia, Wt. Ic. t. 27. 



E. Ghats : forests of the Cuddapah, N. Arcot, and Chingle- 



put Hills, up to 3,000 ft. 



A large forest tree, sporadic or only partly gregarious, with 



a brown hard wood similar to Sal but much smoother 



and better for carpentry. It is much in demand in 



Cuddapah and N. Arcot. Vern. Tarn. Tambagam ; Tel. 



Thamba. 



