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GENUS IV. CALOPHYLLUM. 
Polyandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Kalon, beautiful, and Phyllon, a leaf, alluding to 
“the elegantly veined leaves. 
. Gen. Cuar. Trees: leaves furnished with parallel veins : 
flowers often polygamous by abortion: sepals 2~4, petal-like: 
petals 2~4: stamens sometimes definite, more or less 4-adelphous 
at the base or distinct: filaments short: ovary 1-celled: ovule 
solitary: style longish, flexuose: stigma large, peltate, irregularly 
lobed: fruit drupaceous, 1-celled, 1-seeded.: 
_ (1) C. rnopuytium. (Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 103.—Dec. prod. I. p. 562.—Roxb. 
fl, Ind. II. p. 606. 
Syn. Balsamaria inophyllum, Lour. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 38.—Rumph, Amb. II. t. 71.— 
. Wight’s Icon. t. 77. 
Srec. Cuar. Leaves elliptical or oboval,. obtuse: racemes 
longer than the leaves, from the axils of the upper leaves, or dis- 
posed in a terminal panicle: sepals and petals 4: drupe spherical : 
flowers white, very fragrant. 
Peninsula-and Southern Concans, flowering nearly all the year. 
(2) C, spurium. (Choisy.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 103.—Dec. prod. I. p. 563. 
Syn. C. apetalum, Willd.—C. calaba, Linn. Burm. Ind. pe 120. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 39.—Burm. Zeyl. t. 60. 
Spec. Cuar. Young branches square: leaves cuneate-obovate : 
‘yacemes lax, about as long as the leaves, axillary near the ends of 
“the branches: sepals and petals 2: drupe small, oblong. 
Travancore. Canara. 
(3) C. aneustiFoLium. (Roxd.) ' 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 608. 
Srxc. Cuan. Leaves short-petioled, lanceolate, somewhat ob« 
tusely pointed :- flowers in axillary fascicles: pedicels with a cup- 
_ shaped apex. 
‘The Ghauts south Dharwar. This is the Poon tree yielding the 
_ Poon spars for ship’s masts, 
