MALVACE/E DIPTEROCARPACE^. 123 



middle-sized, yellow, fragrant. In H. C. G. fl. April ; fr. August. 

 {Roxb.) 



Ganitrus, Rumph. (Gurtn.fr. 2, p. 271.) 



1. spharicus, Giirtn. (o. c. t. 139 ; — Wight, ill. \,p. 83 ; — icon. 1, t. 6Q. 

 — Elseocarpus Ganitrus, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 592 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 22 ;— Rumph. 3, t. 101.) L. b Moluccas, Assam, Khassya and 

 Morung Mountains, Nepal. Fl. middle-sized, white. In H. C. G. fl. 

 Feb. and March ; fr. Nov. (Roxb.) The hard, dry, deeply grooved 

 and elegantly sculptured seeds are frequently worn as beads by Brah- 

 mins and Fakeers, and set in gold, are sometimes even sold as orna- 

 ments in England. (Royle.) 



El^ocarpus, L. (W. and A. pr. I, p. 82.) 



1. prinodes (E. serratus, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p. 596, not L. ; — W. and A. 

 I. c. annot.) 'S^'fl^ Julpai. 5 Assam, Khassya Mountains, Ka- 

 maon. Fl. small, white, H. S. ; fr. R. S. Fruit eaten by the Na- 

 tives in their curries, or pickled. No oil can be extracted from them. 

 (Roxb.) 



2. lancciefolius Roxh. (fl. ind. 3, p. 5dH;— Wight, icon. 1, t. 65.) b 

 Khassya Mountains, Assam. Fl. small, white. In H. C. G. fl. June 

 and July ; fr. Sept. and Oct. (Roxb.) Seeds used like those of Gani- 

 trus sphaericus. (Royle.) 



3. robustus, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 597 ;— Wight, icon. 1, t. 64.) L. b 

 Khassya Mountains. Fl. largish, white, fragrant, June and July ; 

 fr. Sept. and Oct. 



4. lucidus, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 600.) b Chittagong. Introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1810, but had not fl. in 1814. 



5. longifolius, Bl. (Spreng. c. p. p. 189.) b Java. Banks of the Saluen. 

 Introduced in 1839. Has not fl. 



6. integrifolius , Lam. (DC. pr. 1, p. 519.) 5 Mauritius. Has been 

 introduced into H. C. G. Fl. } 



Monocera toberculata, W. and A. ; Wight, ill. 1, t. 35. 5 Travancore. 

 Neelgherry, — M. Griffithii, Wight, b Mergui. — M. ferruglnea Wight. 

 b Neelgherry. — M. Munronii, Wight, b Coorg. — M. petiolata. Jack, b 

 Penang. — Elceocarpus serratus, L. 5 Travancore, — E. cuneatus, Wight, 

 b Malabar, Quilon, Ceylon. 



ORDER. LXXII.— DIPTEROCARPACE^, (DIPTERACE^, Liudl. 

 Nat. Syst. p. 98.) 



THE CAMPHOR TREE TRIBE. 



Generally large trees, arranged in 5 genera comprising 32 species : 2 for 

 Sierra Leona; (Lophira) ; and the rest E. Indian, viz. 11 oi Dipterocarpus; 



