274 XXIII. GUTTiFER^. (T. Anderson.) {Calophyllwm. 



Petals 4, mnch longer than the inner sepals, linear-spatlialate. Stamens very short, 

 FruU (according to Maingay's drawing) 5 in. long, ellipsoid, narrowed at both ends, 

 smooth. — J. D. H. 



12. C. polyanthum, Wall. Ca<. 4844; quite glabrous, leaves lanceolate 

 acuminate, margins waved, racemes terminal glabrous, outer sepals very- 

 small. Chois. Guttif. Ind. 43; Planch. & Trian. Mem. Gwttif. 250. 



Eastern Bengal ; Khasia Mts. ascending to 3000 ft. ; Pegu, Kurz. 



A glabrous tree, 60 ft., twigs 4^gnnal, corapressed. Leaves 4-6 by IJ-li in., coriar 

 ceous ; veins equally distinct on both surfaces ; petiole J-J in. Raoemes mauy- 

 flowered, equalling the leaves; the upper together forming a terminal panicle. Flowers 

 I in. diam. Outer sepals suborbicular, inner twice as long, petaloid. Petals rather 

 longer than the inner sepals, obovate, concave, reflexed. Fruit the size of a small 

 plum, subglobose, not pointed. 



13. C. tomentosum, Wight HI. i. 128, Ic. 1. 110 ; young parts tomentose, 

 leaves elliptic or linear-lanceolate acuminate, margin waved, racemes 

 pubescent, outer sepals smaller than the inner. Planch. & Trian. Mem. 

 GuLtif. 241 ; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. Gen. xxii. C. elatum, Beddome I.e. xxii. 

 and t. 2. 



Moist forests in the Western Peninsui-a from the Concan southwards ; and in 

 Ceylon, ascending to 5000 ft. 



A tall straight tree ; branches 4-angled ; buds, shoots, panicles and outer sepals 

 clothed with rusty tomentum. Leaves 3-6 by I J-2 -in., coriaceous, shining ; veins many, 

 close-set, slender, equally prominent on both suifaces ; petiole ^| in., ofteu downy. 

 Macemes frum the axils of the upper leaves, sometimes collected into a terminal panicle, 

 lax, many-flowered. Flowers upwards of 4 in. diam. ; pedicels long, slender. Sepals 

 orbicular. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, larger than the sepals. Fruit f in. long, obliquely 

 ovoid, pointed. — Yields the Poon-spars of Western India, and the seeds an abundant oil 

 in Ceylon. 



14. C. bracteatum, Thwaites Enum. 51 ; young parts tomentose, leaves 

 elliptic- or obovate-lanceolate acuminate, racemes glabrous few-flowered 

 bracteate, sepals obovate, petals oblong-lanceolate. Planch. & Trian. Mem,. 

 GvUif. 252 ; BeddoTm Fl. SylvaZ. Gen. xxii. 



Near streams in the SaflVagam district of Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A large tree, closely resembling 0. Tomentosum. Leaves dimorphic, the fully deve- 

 loped 3^ in. long, tapering to the obtuse base, highly pulished, golden brown when 

 dry ; petiole J-J in. ; abnormal or undeveloped leaves 1-2 by J-J in., subsessile, linear- 

 lanceolate or linear, pubescent, resembling bracts. Sacemes in the axils of and shorter 

 than the normal leaves, few-flowered. Flowers J in. diam. ; pedicels with an oblong 

 ■ bract J in. long at the base. Sepals 4. Petals 4. Fruit | in. long, oblong. — Flowers 

 not in a good state for examination. 



15. C. Wig'btianum, Wall. Cat. 4847 ; young shoots often pruinose, 

 leaves obovate or oblong-cuneate, racemes axillary glabrous, sepals subequal, 

 petals usuaUy 0. Planch. & Trian. Mem. GuUif. 228 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. 

 t. 90. C. spurium, Chens, in DC. Prod. i. 563 ; W. & A. Prod. L 103. C. deci- 

 piens, Wight III. i. 128, Ic. t. 106, not of Thwaites ; Wall. Cat. 4841 A, G. 



Mountains of the Western Coast of the Western Peninsula from the Concan to 

 Travancor. 



Young shoots 4-gonal. Leaves 2-4 by lJ-2 in., rigidly coriaceons, rounded and 

 usually retuse at the_ tip ; veins most prominent on the under surface ; petiole J in. 

 Racemes from the axils of all the leaves and scars of a few fallen ones, several-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves ; peduncles and pedicels slender. Flowers J in. diam. ^<J* 

 4, very thin, strongly veined. Petals (or 4 small ones visible in the bud, Wight). 



