54 XV. GUTTIFER.E [Calophyllum 



ovules few,, mdstly one only.: Drupe with a crustaceous endocarp, cotyledons 

 thick, fleshy, the cells filled with oil. Species 60, tropics of both hemispheres. 



A. Petals 4. 



1. C. Inophyllum, Linn. ; Wight Ic. t. 77. Alexandrian laurel , Piinnq, 

 Malyal. 



A middle-sized ornamental tree or shrub, glabrous, buds only with minute 



Fig. 23. — Calophyllum Inophyllum, Linn. J. 



rusty hairs. Leaves elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or obovate, blade 4—8, narrowed 

 into petiole -|-1 in. long. Fl. scented, white, 1 in. diam., in axillary racemes. " 

 Fr. yellow, 1 in. diam. 



A littoral species, on the west coast from Bombay, on the east coast from Orissa 

 southwards. Andamans and Tenasserim. Fl. C. S. On the sea coast, within the 

 tropics, from Madagascar to Australia and the Pacific. Often cultivated. The seeds 

 yield oil. 



2. C. elatum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 2. This and C. tomentosum are known 

 as the Poon spar tree. 



A tall tree, wood light red, shining, branchlets and petioles glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-5, petiole J-l in. long. Fl. in ample terminal 

 pubescent panicles, sepals hairy, the 2 outer small, the 2 inner petaloid, and as 

 large as petals. Fr. ovoid, apiculate, 1£ in. long. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, and adjoining hills, from South Kanara to 

 the Palnis. Fl. January-Febuary. 3. C. tomentosum, Wight Ic. t. 110. Evergreen 

 forests of North Kanara, branchlets and petioles rusty-tomentose. Fl. in axillary 

 racemes, the 4 sepals of nearly equal size. 4. C. polyanthum, Wall. Sikkim to 5,000 ft., 

 Khasi hills, hills east of Toungoo (Kurz, F. Fl. i. 95). A large tree, almost entirely 

 glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, blade 4-7, petiole marginate, i-1 in. Fl. white, J in. 

 diam., in axillary racemes and terminal panicles. Fr. globose, f in. diam. 5. C. 

 trapezifolium, Thwaites. Travancore evergreen forest, 4,000 ft.- — Ceylon. A large tree, 

 leaves obovate, l-ljin., narrowed into short petiole. Fl. nearly 1 in. diam., in few-fid. 

 axillary racemes near the ends of branches. Fr. ovoid, apiculate, f in. long. 



■ B. Petals none or early deciduous. 



6. C. Wightianum, Wall.— Syn. C. decipiens, Wight Ic. t. 106. The 

 Poon spar of Travancore. Vern. Bobbi, Mar. ; Iria, Irai, Ean. ; Katta 

 punna, Travancore. 



A tree, lofty in Travancore, middle-sized elsewhere, almost entirely glabrous, 



