Calophyllum] XV. GUTTIFERyE 55 



bark yellow (Talbot i, branchlets angular. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, obovate, 

 obtuse. Fl. )j in. diam. on axillary racemes, shorter than leaves, petals some- 

 times present in the bud. Fr. 1 by J in. 



On the banks of rivers and in evergreen forest. Western Ghats ascending to 4.500 ft., 

 from North Kanara southwards. FL December— April A remarkable variety, possibly 

 a distinct species, with elliptic acute leaves, fr. small, J in.long. oil made from t lie seed. 

 fl. Oct., Nov.. occurs along river banks in Travancore and possibly further north ( Chertt 

 punna, Atta jutnua. Pora punna, Travancore). To this may belong Bedd.. Fl. Sylv. t. 00. 



7. C. amoenum, Wall.: Kurz. F. Fl. i. !i:"> ; Vesque in Monogr. Phan. viii. 576 (C relu- 

 Httm, Wall., Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 272, in part). Tenasserim and Andamans, young shoots, 

 petioles and inflorescence with minute rusty pubescence. Leaves elliptic, rigidly 

 coriaceous, blade 2—1 in., narrowed into petiole J— 1 in. long. Fr. globose J in. diam. 



8. C. spectabile. Willd. Tenasserim. Andamans and Nicobar. Pantaga, Burm. A large 

 tree. Leaves 7-10 in. long, woolly beneath along midrib. Fl. ?, in. diam.. on pedicels 

 J in. long, in short umbelliform axillary cymes, sepals all petaloid. Fr. globose, J in. 

 diam. 



4. PCECILONEURON, Bedd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 278. 



Trees, branchlets and petioles clothed with minute hairs. Leaves coriaceous, 

 secondary nerves oo, close, joined at right angles by numberless transverse 

 veins. Fl. bisexual : ( $ fl. not yet found ?). Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, imbricate 

 in bud, petals 5 or <i, contorted or imbricate. Stamens 16-20, filaments free, 

 slightly united at base, anthers basifixed. Ovary 2-celled, 2 ovules in each 

 cell. Styles 2, filiform. Species 2. 



1. P. indicum, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. fc. 3. Vera. Kirbally, Balagi, Kan. 

 Pnthan koUi, Trav. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-9 in., acuminate, secondary nerves very close 

 and equidistant. Fl. yellowish-white, in terminal panicles, sepals 5, petals 5, 

 contorted, anthers tuberculate, each cell consisting of numerous superposed 

 compartments. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from South Kanara southwards, ascending 

 to i.imiii ft. {•"]. c. nti.l ll.s. 5. P. pauciflorum, Bedd., PL Sylv. t. 98. Banks of rivers 

 oil the South Tinnevelli and Travancore mountains (Vero. Pudangalli), secondary 

 nerves less close and regular. Fl. solitary or in pairs, sepals 4 unequal, petals 6 

 imbricate, anthers smooth. Fruit glob>.-e. pointed. \ in. diam.. dehiscent, valves _'. 



coriaceous, seed 1. 



5. MESUA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 277. 



Three species in Fl. Brit. Ind., one transferred by Vesque to Kayea, the third 

 (.1/. ThwaitesH of Ceylon) united by him with M.ferrea. 



M. ferrea, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. IIS; Vesque, Guttiferae in DC. Monogr. 

 Phau. 630.— Syn. .1/. coromandeliana, Wight ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 64; 

 M. pedunculata, Wight Ic. t. L19. .1/. spetiosa,! Ihois. ; Wight Io. t. 961, Spici- 

 legium Neilg. t. 30, 31. Vern. Nagesar, Beng. ; Nahor, Assam; Naga-kesara, 

 Tel.; Nagcliampa, .Mar.: Ndga aampige, Kan.; frn/m mara, Coorg; Ndngttl, 

 Tarn. ; Gangau, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, heartw 1 dark red, extremely hard, medullary 



rays extremely Hue. The young; shoots at first brilliant red. t hen pink, gradually 

 passing into dark green. Leaves 2-li in., coriaceous, lanceolate, upper Bide 



shining, under sidr covered with a white waxlike powder, secondary nerves 



very close, hut indistinct. El. 3-4 in. diam.. solitary, nearly sessi le. bisexual. 



Sepals I in 2 rows, petals l. imbricate, stamens oo, anthers linear, basifixed. 



Ovary 2-celled, 2 ovules in each cell, Style filiform, stigma peltate. Fruit 

 pointed, 1-1. | in.. 2-valved, valves tough, supported liy t ho enlarged sepals, 

 seeds 1-4, testa hard, shining, embryo a fleshy homogeneous mass. 

 Western Duars and Assam, Khasi bills. Chittagong. Upper Burma, Tenasserim, 



