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Spxc. Cuan. Tree: leaves oval, acute, at first villous, after- 
wards glabrous above, tomentose, rusty- coloured beneath: racemes 
axillary, shorter than the leaves, many-flowered : flowers drooping :° 
sepals lanceolate: anthers glabrous: drupe oval. 
Neilgherries. 
ORDER XXIII. DIPTERACEA. 
Trees, abounding in resinous juice: leaves alternate: stipules 
deciduous, terminating the branches with a tapering point: 
calyx tubular, 5-lobed, usually unequal, afterwards becoming 
enlarged, imbricated in xstivation: petals hypogynous, sessile, 
often combined at the base, twisted in eestivation: stamens in- 
definite, hypogynous: filaments dilated at the base: anthers 2. 
celled, subulate, opening lengthwise towards the apex: ovary 
superior: ovules in pairs, pendulous: style and stigma simple: 
fruit 1-celled, 3-valved, or indehiscent, surrounded by the calyx: 
seed solitary, without albumen. 
GENUS I. VATERTIA. 
Polyandria Wonogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Vater, Professor of Botany in Wurtemberg. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees: leaves oblong: panicles axillary or termi. 
nal: calyx 5-partite: segments sometimes afterwards enlarged, 
equal: petals 5: ovary 3-celled. ~ 
(1) V. Inpica. (Linn. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 88.—Roxb. fl, Ind. II. p. 602. 
Syn. Elceocarpus copalliferus, Retz. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. III. t. 288.—Rheede Mal. IV. t. 15.— 
Wight’s Ill. I. t. 36. 
Spec. Cuar. Large tree: panicles terminal: calyx segments 
oblong, not enlarged: petals oval, emarginate, scarcely longer than 
the calyx : style elongated : filaments produced beyond the anthers: 
stigma acute: flowers white. 
Malabar and Travancore, flowering in the hot season. This is 
known as the Piny varnish, or dammer tree, and produces the 
resin called Indian. Copal. When recent, it is found from pale- 
green to a deeper amber colour, with all the intermediate shades. 
