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XVII. DIPTEROCARPACE^ 



[Shorea 



4. S. Talura, Roxb.— Syn. S. laccifera, Heyne : Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 6; 

 Vatica laccifera, Wight Ic. t. 164. Vern. Talura, talari, Tam ; Jalari, Tel.; 

 Jhalli, Ran. 



A large tree, perfectly glabrous, only petals pubescent on the outside, and 

 sepals ciliate on edges, wood very hard, heartwood small. Leaves 3-4 in., 

 from a more or less rounded base, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, petiole J-J length of 

 blade. PI. light pink, h in. long, in drooping axillary panicles, ramifications 

 slender, almost filiform. Stamens 15, in 3 rows. Anthers of the 5 interior 

 stamens longer than the others, appendage of connective equal to anther, 

 scabrous at the end. Larger wings of fruiting calyx 3 in. long, narrowed 

 above the broad base, which completely encloses the fruit. 



Hills of the southern Deccan, also on the west side, in evergreen forests, from North 

 Kanara southwards. PI. C. S. Closely allied and perhaps not specifically distinct is 

 "i. S. floribunda, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 119, Tenasserim ; base of leaves acute. 



6. S. assamica, Dyer. Vern. Makai, Assam. 



A tall tree, shoots, stipules and young leaves softly tomentose, stipules § in., 

 lanceolate, nearly falcate. PI. h in. on very short pedicels, sepals and petals 

 hairy outside. Stamens 15, appendage long, glabrous. Ovary and base of 

 style hairy, style filiform, longer than ovary. Fruiting calyx glabrous, wings 

 coriaceous, the longer 3-5 in., the shorter more than half as long. 



Upper Assam, forests at the foot of the Naga hills, in Sibsagar and Lakhiinpur 

 districts. Fl. September. 7. S. gratissima, Dyer. Tenasserim, Singapore. Glabrous 

 except branches of inflorescence outside, of calyx and petals. Fl. J in., in unilateral 

 paniculate racemes, stamens 20-25, top of ovary and base of style slightly puberulous. 

 Wings of fruiting calyx thin, membranous. 



6. PARASHOREA, Ruiz, F. Fl. i. 117. 

 Species 4, 1 in Sumatra, 2 in the Philippine Islands. 



P. stellata, Rurz ; Pierre, PI. For. Cochinch. t. 224. — S} T n. Shorea stellata, 

 Dyer, Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 304. Vern. Kaunghmu, 

 Burm. 



A tall evergreen tree, attaining 150 ft. Leaves 

 pale beneath, blade 4-6, petiole -i-1 in. long, 

 second ary nerves 8-10 pair, tertiary nerves 

 numerous, parallel, not more conspicuous than the 

 reticulate veins between them. Fl. small, cream- 

 coloured, in large axillary and terminal panicles. 

 Sepals almost valvate in bud, like the petals 

 grey-velvety outside. Stamens 15, anthers hir- 

 sute, linear, on short filaments, prolongation, of 

 connective short, obtuse. Ovary hairy, globose, 

 prolonged into a cylindric furrowed style, no 

 stylopodium. Segments of fruiting calyx nearly 

 equal, tube not enlarged, the ovoid acuminate 

 velvety fruit free and exposed. 



Martaban and Tenasserim, also Malay Peninsula. 



31.-Parashorea stellata, Scarce in the southern portion of the Pegu Yoma. 

 Kurz. 4. Fl. March, April. 



7. BALANOCARPUS, Beddome, Foresters 1 Manual, 237. 



Trees, glabrous except inflorescence, stipules minute, deciduous. Fl. 

 supported by 2 bracteoles, in unilateral racemes, arranged in compound 

 panicles. Calyx on a flat torus, distinctly imbricate. Stamens 15, in some 



