DIPTERACEJE. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 98. 



VATEBIA. 



Calyx 5-partite : segments sometimes afterwards enlarged, 

 equal. Petals 5. Stamens 15-30: anthers tapering. Ovary 

 3-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in each cell. Seed solitary : 

 cotyledons stalked : radicle superior. Trees. Leaves oblong, 

 entire, coriaceous, glabrous. Panicles axillary or terminal, with 

 white flowers. W. and A. 



289. V. indica Linn, sp.pl 734. Gcertn. iii. t. 189. Eoxb. 

 fl. ind. ii. 602. W. and A. i. 83. Elaeocarpus copalliferus 



Retz. obs. iv. n. 85. Paenoe Rheede iv. t. 15. Malabar. 



A large tree. Young shoots downy. Leaves oblong, stalked, entire, 

 emarginated or obtuse, smooth, leathery, 4-8 inches long; stipules oblong. 

 Panicles terminal. Flowers distant, stalked, rather large. Bracts oblong, 

 1-flowered. Calyx 5-parted, villous. Petals 5, oval, emarginate. Sta- 

 mens 40-50 ; anthers beaked. Ovary downy, conical, 3-celled ; cells 

 each containing 3 ovules, pendulous ; style longer than the stamens ; 

 stigma acute. Pericarp coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, 1-seeded, 1-celled, 

 3-valved, about 2^ inches long and 1^ inch broad. Tree exudes an 

 abundance of a resin like copal, which hardens of a deep amber colour ; 

 in its fluid state it is the Piney varnish of the South of India; in its 

 solid state it is the Gum Animi of the shops. 



DIPTEROCARPUS. 



Calyx of 1 piece, 5-cleft : 2 of the segments, when in fruit, 

 expanded into long ligulate scarious wings. Petals 5. Sta- 

 mens numerous, membranous at base, distinct ; anthers long, 

 linear, tapering. Ovarium 3-celled, with 2 pendulous ovules in 

 each cell. Seed solitary : cotyledons crumpled : radicle su- 

 perior. Large trees. Flowers in racemes, white tinged with 

 red. 



290. D. trinervis JBlume Fl. Jav. sub Dipteroc. No. 1. p. 11. 

 t. 1. Ancient forests of Java, 2000-3000 feet above the sea. 



A tree 150-200 feet high. Leaves oval, rather acute, somewhat 

 rounded at the base, smooth, as well as the linear attenuated leafbuds. 

 Petals pale yellow with a pink stripe in the middle, united at the base, 

 lepidote on the outside. Calyx of the fruit with the larger segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Like others of this genus the tree abounds 

 in a resinous secretion ; which, in this species, is spoken of by J31ume 

 as an excellent material as salves for inveterate ulcers, when it is 

 desirable to excite the wound, and to correct the pus. Dissolved in 

 spirits of wine, or formed into an emulsion witk yolk of egg, it has the 

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