1893.] G. King — Indian .Species of Canarium. 187 



Ham ; but it is also known as Googal and Dhup, two words which in the 

 Eastern Himalaya are conjoined as the name of the species which I 

 below name C. sikhimensis. In S. Canara G. stricturn is known as 

 Manila DJrnp. The rezin, which is obtained by the barbarous and 

 destructive method of cutting' gashes in the lower part of the stem and 

 then setting it on fire, is an article of trade in Southern India. It is 

 used in the manufacture of bottling-wax, varnishes, &c, and is known 

 by a variety of names of which the commonest are Dhup, Googal, and 

 Black dammar. 



Plate XI, Canarium stricturn, Roxb. — 1 and 2. leaflets. 3. inflore- 

 scence of male flowers. 4. inflorescence of female flowers. 14. drupe ; 

 of natural size. 5. calyx of male flower. 6. the three petals of the 

 same. 7. side view of a petal. 8. staminal tube laid open. 12 and 

 13, pistils ; enlarged, 1Q and 11. front and back view of stamens ; much 

 enlarged. 



3. 0. sikkimense, King, n. sp. Young branches very thick and 

 (like the petioles, petiolules, and under surfaces of leaves) densely rusty- 

 tomentose. Leaves 15 to 13 inches long ; leaflets ovate or elliptic to 

 oblong, minutely crenate-serrate, shortly acuminate, the base rounded 

 or emarginate, slightly oblique ; upper surface (when adult) glabrous, 

 shining; the lower softly tomentose, the 13 to 20 pairs of spreading, 

 rather straight main nerves bold and prominent ; length 4 to 7'5 in,, 

 breadth 2 to 35 in., petiole '1 to "25 in. Male inflorescence a racemose 

 panicle 9 to 15 in. long, the lateral branches being shortly-stalked few- 

 flowered cymes. Flowers "3 in. long. Calyx tomentose outside, glabrous 

 inside, cainpanulate, cut for one-third of its length into 3 broad, obtuse 

 teeth. Petals twice as long as the calyx, oblong*, obovate, coriaceous, 

 concave and pubescent externally in the upper two-thirds, glabrous within. 

 Staminal tube about half as long as the free part of the filaments and 

 anthers, puberulous inside ; free part of the filament nearly as long as the 

 linear-ovate anther. Rudimentary ovary depressed, hirsute, lobed. Disc 

 none. Female floivers unknown. Ripe drupe narrowly cylindric, ellipsoid, 

 slightly obovoid, glabrous, sub-trigonous, I '75 in. long and *7 in. in cliam. 

 G. bengalense, (not of Roxb.) Gamble List of Trees of Darjeeling 

 District, 15. 



Sikkim, in tropical valleys at elevations of from 1,000 to 3,000 feet. 

 This is named Googal Blinp by the Nepalese, and Nar-ok-pa hy the 

 Lepchas. It is a very tall tree, and was once very common on the 

 lower hill-forests ; -but now, alas ! it is rare. According to Mr. Gamble 

 (1. c. 15) the wood is white, open-grained and soft, with large niedullarv 

 rays, and has a low specific gravity. It yields a rezin which is burnt as 

 incense by the Lepchas This much resembles the Southern Indian ( ' 



