120 . DIPTEROCARPER, | Hopea, 
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lanceolate, blunt, much narrowed towards the dilated base, the 2 
inner ones somewhat shorter. 
Has.—Very frequent in the Eng and dry forests, more especially in those of 
Ava and the Prome district, less frequent from Pegu and Martaban down to 
Tenasserim.—Fl. March; Fr. Apr.-May.—l—SS.—CaS. Lat. 
arks.— Wood dark or reddish-brown, tough and hard, close-grained, very 
i - O'=65 pd.—Used in house-build- 
HOPEA, Roxb. 
Calyx-tube very short, the lobes imbricate. Stamens 15; 
anther-valves nearly equal, the connective terminating in a short 
point or produced into a long bristle. Ovary free, 3-celled. Calyx- 
tube in fruit not enlarged, 2 of the 5 lobes wing-like enlarged, the 
3 outer ones remaining very short. Nut embraced by the calyx- 
lobes.—Trees, with entire leaves and racemose flowers forming 
axillary panicles. 
* Connect —_ rege re 7 : ook point. = 
-tomentose ; leaves bluntish acumina ‘ ji pee a 
Senrcteey aero ce ee fi ee ore 
% > Connective terminated by a bristle longer than the 
-_ anther-cells, 
Calyx greyish-tomentose ; flowers somewhat larger ; leaves glossy 
al ; = + A. gratissima 
Cal brescent:; les es 0 . on both ide = ‘ ade 4 ms 
Calyx eae glabrous ‘3 Seti ne as centr: lowes glossy above . = Gone 
1. H. odorata, Roxb.; H.f. Ind. Fi. i. 308.—Thengan.—An 
evergreen tree (100—120 +40—70+10—12), the young shoots 
ish puberulous ; bark about in. thick, blackish-brown, longitudi- 
ally and deeply furrowed, rough ; leaves ovate-oblong to ovate- or 
base, luntish or bluntish pieesindes Same : tuse aoe 1 
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