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XVII. DIPTEROCARPACE.^ 



[ Vatica 



Fig. 32. — Vatica lanceeefolia, Blume. Fl. and fr. i. 



Assam, in the valley as well as on the hills sur- 

 rounding it, Cachar, Chittagong hills. Upper 

 Burma on the Irawaddi above Bhamo. Fl. April, 

 May. 3. V. Grifflthii, Brandis. Moganng, Upper 

 Burma. A tree. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, blade 

 4-9, petiole J in. long. Fl. yellow, scented, in 

 much ramified axillary panicles. 



B. (Subgenus Synaptea). Ovary as a rule 

 entirely or partially immersed in receptacle, 

 2 segments of fruiting calyx expanding into 

 long wings. 



4. V. grandiflora, Dyer. — Syn. Anisop- 

 tera odorata, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 112. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, young 

 shoots and inflorescence clothed with ferru- 

 ginous stellate tomentum. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic, blade 5-7, petiole f-1 in. long. Fl. 



f in., ovary 

 slightly im- 

 mersed in the 

 receptacle, 

 dense 1 y 

 clothed with 

 stellate hairs. 

 Wings of 

 fruiting 

 calyx o b - 

 lanceolate, 

 the larger 

 2k in. long 

 with stellate 

 deciduous 



pubescence, the smaller one-third their length. 



Martaban, Tenasserim, Singapore. 5. V. faginea, Dyer, Tenasserim, Perak, Cochin- 

 china, is very similar and perhaps not specifically distinct. Leaves and flowers smaller, 

 blade 4-5, petiole J-J in. long. Fl. \ in. 



6. V. Scaphula, Dyer; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 301. Vern. Boil shora, Mugh 

 (Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 611). 



A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, blade 5-8 in., petiole much thickened 

 in the upper half, 1 in. long, midrib and 14-16 pair secondary nerves very 

 prominent beneath, tertiary nerves parallel and reticulate. Fl. A- in. diam., 

 in ample terminal panicles, ramifications and calyx grey tomentose with long 

 stellate hairs, petals white, nearly glabrous, broadly ovate, spreading. 

 Stamens 10. 



Maskhal Island, Chittagong district, canoes made of it. 

 this anomalous species merits further study. 



Fl. C. S. The anatomy of 



9. VATERIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 313. 



Species 3, one in Ceylon, another on the Seychelles. 



1. V. indica, Linn.; Boxb. Cor. pi. t. 288; Wight 111. t. 36.— Syn. V. 

 malabarica, Blume ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 84. The Piney Varnish Tree. Vern, 

 Dhujpada, Gugli, Kan.; Bili dujpa, Coorg; Vellei Kuntrikam, Tarn.; Payin. 

 Mai. 



