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.species 10, filaments much dilated at base, anthers short, ovate, connective 

 pr< .bulged into a straight apical awn. longer than anther. Segments of fruit- 

 ing calyx enlarged and thickened, not much longer than fruit, enclosing 

 its base. Fruit oblong or globose, apiculate, often with numerous raised lines. 

 Spe ies 14. 1 in Ceylon, 7 in the Malay Peninsula, 4 in Borneo, 2 Indian. 



1. B. utilis, Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 330.— Syn. Hopea Umgifolia, Dyer, PI. 

 Brit. Ind. i. 309. Vera. Kong, Kara kong, Tinnevelli. 



A lofty tree, young shoots and inflorescence hoary. Leaves lanceolate, 

 obtuse, secondary nerves 10-12 pair, tertiary parallel, visible on both sides of 

 leaf. Fl. J— J in. long, stamens 15, awn twice or three times the length of anther. 

 Fruit globose, i in. diam., veined, not ribbed. 



Tinnevelli hills, south of Courtallam, 1,000-3,000 ft. 2. B. erosa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 329. Tinnevelli bills 2,000-3,000 ft. Leaves oblong from a cordate, often unequal-sided 

 ban •. tertiary nerves reticulate. Fruit ovoid. 1 in. long, with numerous longitudinal 1 i u>-~. 



8. VATIC A, Linn. : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 301. 



Brandos, Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 31, 116 (Synaptea and Yatica, TrimenHaudb. 

 Ceylon i. 126, 127; Vatica and Retinodendron, King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



vol. 62, 100, 127). 



Trees, sometimes shrubs. Leaves mostly coriaceous, tertiary nerves reticu- 

 late. Fl. in spikes or racemes, not unilateral, arranged in terminal and axillary 

 panicles. Calvx segments valvate, petals as a rule much longer than broad, 

 erect, nor spreading when expanded. Stamens 15, of which 10 1 in 5 pairs' stand 

 opp site to the sepals. Filaments of the 10 outer stamens very short, those of 

 the •"' inner much Linger. In a few species 10 stamens. Anthers short, glab- 

 rous, cells very unequal, diverging at the base, appendix of connective obtuse. 

 Ovary either free or half immersed in the obconical receptacle, generally 

 hairy, often pitted, style usually shorter than ovary, often ribbed ami furrowed, 

 stiguiii capitate or conical. Segments of fruiting calyx either equal, or two 

 segments growing out into long wings. Species 15, Eastern Peninsula and 

 Indian Archipelago. 



A . (Subgenus Retinodendron.) Ovary free, segments of fruiting cal}-x equal, 

 shorter than fruit, spreading or reflexed. 



1. V. Roxburghiana, Plume: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 95; Trimen Handle 

 Ceylon i. 128. Syn. V. chinensis, Linn.: Brandis in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 31, 



p. L19 'I Ider name, but the tree does not grow iu China, and Blume's 



name is better known). Vera. Vella payin, Mai. 



A moderate-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves from a rounded base elliptic-lanceolate, blade I 9, petiole Li— 2 in. 

 lone. Fl. Ij in. in axillary panicles, shorter than leaves, pedicels as long as 

 calyx, 5-ribbed. Fruit nearly globose. M. in. diam., densely pubescent, inde- 

 bjscenl but marked with 3 vertical grooves supported at base by the enlarged 

 thinly c >riac s sepals, pericarp very thick, fibrous, w ly. 



Western Ghats, South Kanaro to Travancore. PI. II. s. Also Ceyl loist low 



country. 



2. V. lanceaefolia, Blume; Kurz. F. PI. i. L22. Vera, Morhal, Makrai, 

 Assam. 



A large shrub, sometimes a tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence mealy- 

 puberulous. Leaves from an acute base oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, pale 

 beneath, blade 5 8, petiole .1 in. long. Fl. yellowish-white, fragrant, \ in. 

 long, anthers ovate-oblong, the cells with a blunt beak at the base, appeo 

 ol connective cylindric, as long as anthers, Fruit ovoid, I in. long. 



