104 XX. GUTTIFEE^. [Calophyllum. 



1. C. inophyllum (alluding to the thread-like veins of leaf), Linn.; Benth. 

 Fl. Austr. i. 188. Alexandrian laurel ; Tacamahac tree ; Doomba tree of India. 

 A middling-sized glabrous tree. Leaves petiolate, broadly oblong or oboyate- 

 oblong, rounded at the apex, about 6in. long, coriaceous and glossy on both sides, 

 veins many, fine. Kacemes in the upper axils often shorter than the leaves. 

 Flowers fin. diameter, white, fragrant ; buds nearly globular, sepals 4, the 2 

 inner ones more petal-like than the outer ones. Petals 4, longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens numerous, more or less united at the base into 4 (or more ?) bundles. 

 Ovary globose, stipitate, style much exceeding the stamens, stigma peltate-lobed. 

 Fruit globose, lin. or more in diameter, smooth, yellowish. — Wight. I.e. t. 77. 



Hab.: Bockingham Bay and other parts of the tropical coast. 



The following analysis of the fruit is by Mr. K. T. Staiger, F.L.S.:— Shells, 62-5 per cent.; 

 kernels, 37-5 per cent. Greenish-yellow oil, 43 per cent.; dry residue, 27, per cent.; moisture, 

 30 per cent. Ashes of whole kernels, 1-66 per cent.; ashes of exhausted residue, 6-15 per cent. 

 Mr. Staiger finds the green oil on saponification gives a bright-yellow soap, the green pigment of 

 the oil having changed into a bright yellow. 



Wood of a reddish colour and pretty wavy figure, strong and durable ; a useful wood for the 

 joiner and cabinetmaker. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 16. 



Ehede states that the resin is emetic and purgative. It is mostly used externally for plasters, 

 like turpentine. 



2. C. tomentosum (tomentose), Wir/ht. 111. i. 128 ; It. t. 110 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Brit. Iiiil. i. 274. Keena or Poon spar tree. A tall straight tree, branches J- 

 angled, young parts tomentose. Leaves elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 margins wavy, 3 to 5in. long, IJ to 2in. broad, coriaceous, shining ; veins many, 

 close, slender, equally prominent on both sides ; petiole ^ to fin. long, often 

 tomentose. Eacemes in the axils of the upper leaves or forming a terminal 

 panicle, pubescent. Flowers upwards of ^in. diameter, pedicels long, slender. 

 Sepals orbicular, outer ones smaller than the inner. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, 

 larger than the sepals. Fruit fin. long, obliquely ovoid, pointed. 



Hab.: Tropical coast scrubs. 



A common tree in India and Ceylon. 



This yields the Poon spars of commerce. It is used for bridgework in India, where the seeds 

 are also said to give an oil. Yields a slightly astringent dark-coloured gum, soluble in water, 

 which contains : Water, 18'5 per cent.; tannin, 4 per cent.; arabin, 77'5 per cent. — Lauterer. 



Wood of a red colour, strong and durable ; also a useful wood for the joiner and cabinet- 

 maker. — Bailey'' s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 16a. 



3. C< COStatum, Bail. n.sp. A lofty tree, the branchlets not prominently 

 angular, puberulent. Leaves oblong, tapering much towards the base, 2 to 2fin; 

 long, 1 to l^in. broad, sometimes very shortly and broadly acuminate, margins 

 somewhat wavy, lateral nerves numerous, oblique, midrib channelled above, 

 prominent and more or less hairy on the under side. Petioles about -J^in. long, 

 flattened and puberulent. No flowers seen. Fruit picked off the ground under 

 the trees, roundish-oval, pointed at each end, the largest measuring about l^in. 

 long and lin. diameter, epicarp thin, dark, and more or less prominently ribbed. 



Hab.: Kvelyn, J. F. Bailey, June, 1899. Figured in Q. Ag. Jl. vol. v. 



4. C. australianum, F. v. M.; J. Vesque's Guttifera in A. and C; DC. 



Mono. Phane. Branches acutely 4-angled, slender, ferruginous-tomentose. 

 Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, petiolate, the apex obtuse, somewhat acute at 

 the base, both sides shining ; nerves somewhat ferruginous-tomentose, charta- 

 ceous, 4 to 7in. long, 1 to 2in. broad. Petioles concave above, slightly pilose. 

 Racemes axillary, short, bearing few flowers. (Flowers not seen.) Fruit globose, 

 about 6 lines diameter. Epicarp thin, fragile, red with a pale-violet pruinose 

 covering. Endocarp thin, crustaceous. Putamen ellipsoid, about 5 lines long, 

 8 or 4 lines broad. — J. Vesque I.e. 



Hab.: Rockingham Bay, ■). Dallachy, F. i. M. I.e. 



