Palaquium] LXVIII. SAPOTACE.E 425 



{a) L. velvety beneath. 



3. P. polyanthum, Benth. (Dirt/apsis) (Isonandra polyaniha, Kurz). Silhet, Caehar, 

 Chittagong. Arakan, Pegu, Tavoy. A middle-sized tree, I. clothed beneath 'with very 

 short brown or silvery velvet, glabrescent when mature, obovate-obloug, blade 6-12, 

 petiole stout, 1 in. long. Fl. fragrant, cream-coloured, in axillary fascicles, pedicels 

 lh in., sepals J in., corolla a little longer than sepals. Fr. obovoid 1A in. long. 



4. P. Gutta, Burck, in Ann. Jardin Buitenzorg v. 24 t. 4 (Dichopsis Gutta, Benth. ; 

 Isonandra Ghilta, Hooker.) The Gutta Percha tree. Malay Peninsula, extirpated in 

 many places. A tall tree, branchlets rusty-pubescent. 1. obovate-oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, underside clothed with a shining golden-orange velvet, blade 4-5, pet. J in., 

 pedicels ^, corolla twice the length of calyx. \ in. long. .">. P. oblomrifolium, Burck I.e. 

 t. 5. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. Believed to be the chief species yielding 

 Gutta Percha at present. Similar to 4, I. oblong-lanceolate, long-acuminate, blade 8, 

 pet. i/ in. long. Species I and 5 are here mentioned, as it may not be impossible to grow 

 them ,,n a large scale in the Mergui district. 



\ii. i L. entirely glabrous. 



•J. P. obovatum, C. B. Clarke (Dichopsis). Tenasserim. Malay Peninsula. L. crowded 

 near the ends of the thick branchlets, which are marked by the scars of petioles, 

 obovate from a cuneate base, blade 6-8, pet. J in., sec. n. 10-12 pair, straight, parallel, 

 prominent beneath, tertiary n. obscure. Fl. fascicles as a rule from above the scars of 

 fallen I., pedicels J-:( in., corolla \ in. long, glabrous outside, more than twice the length 

 of calyx, lobes lanceolate, stamens exserted, style twice the length of corolla. Fr. 

 globose | in. diam. Yields an inferior kind of Gutta Percha. 7. P. Helferi, C. B. Clarke 

 (Diehopsis). Tavoy, Mergui. A middle-sized tree, similar to 6. Young shoots minutely 

 rusty-tomentose, see. n. distant, ti-9 pair, arching, tert. n. parallel, slender but distinct. 

 This may possibly be Isonandra obovata, Kurz, F. Fl. ii. 120. 



5. MIMUSOPS, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 548. 



Evergreen trees, rarely shrubs. Midrib prominent, sec. n. numerous, fine, 

 parallel. El. axillary, mostly fasciculate, calyx-segments 6-10, in two series. 

 Corolla rotate, lobes 18-24 in "2 or 3 series. Stamens usually fi-8, inserted 

 opposite the inner corolla-lobes, alternating with staminodes, anthers lanceo- 

 late, extrorse. Ovary hairy, ii-8-celled. Fr. fleshy, seeds compressed, testa 

 hard, shining, cotyledous broad, flat, in fleshy albumen. Species 30, tropics of 

 both hemispheres. 



1. M. Elengi, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 14: Wight Io. t. 1586; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 40. Vern. Mulsari, Maulsari, Hind. ; Bukal, Beng. ; Owli, Wovali, Mar. ; 

 Pogada, Tel. ; Bakul, Pagade,J£&Ti. ; Magadam, Tarn.; Elenji, Mai. ; Khaya, 

 Burm. 



A large tree, youngest shoots, pedicel ami outside of calyx with short rustj 

 pubescence. L. scattered, wholly glabrous when full grown, shining, elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, blade 3-4, pet. | in. long. 1*4. white, fragrant, nearly 1 in. 

 across, pedicels \-'\ in. long, calyx-segments 8, corolla-lobes in 2 series, stamens 

 usually 8, staminodes short, densely hairy on the back. Fr. yellow; ovoid, 1 

 in. long, seed one. 



Western Peninsula, southwards from the Kandala Ghat on the west and the Northern 

 Ciicars on il asl side. A.ndamans, Martaban and Tenasserim, Commonly planted, 



north as far as Lahore. Fl. .Ian. April Ceylon. M,'il:i\ Penins. and Archip. 2. M. 

 Roxburghiana, Wight [c. t. L688. Common al t he loot of the Nilgiris and A n.nn.ilais 



I elsewhere on the West side of the Peninsula. Similar to I bu1 I. obtuse at both 



end-, colj h tegmenta 6, staminodes glabrous, Irregularly jagged, as long as Filaments, 



3. M. hexandra, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. l.">. -Svn. M. indica, A. DC. ; Wight 



Ic.t. L587; Hr lisF.Fl.291. Vern. Khii-ni, Hind. ; Ranjana r Raim,'SS.a,T. ; 



Pata, '[VI.: Palla, Tain. 



A large tree, sometimes a Bhrub only, often gregarious, 1. wholly glabrous, 

 shining, generally crowded al the ends of branchlets, obovate-oblong, obtuse 

 or emarginate, blade 2-4, pet. | -■,' in. PI. \ in. across, pale yellow, pedicels 

 I \ in., calyx-segments 6, Stamens 6-8, staminodes glabrous, frequently hitid. 

 Merry !. in. long, L- (sometimes 2- s led. 



