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30. Anthers with a hairy appendage. Stigma 3-lobulate. Capsule 

 § in. long, ovoid, acuminate, pubescent above ; bases of fruiting 

 Calyx-segments J in. long., ovate, hoary ; wings 1|-1| by | in., 

 spathulate, obtuse, 8-10-nerved. 



Part used : — The resin. 



Use : — It is an external stimulant. Not used internally. 



To all appearance, it will foim a good basis for some plas- 

 ters and ointments (Moodeen Sheriff). 



142. Vateria Indica, Linn., h.f.b.l, i. 313. 

 Roxb. 436. 



Vern. : — Sufed-damar; kahruba, sandras (H. ) : Koond- 

 rikum, vellikoondricum (Tarn.) ; Vellakoondricum, Peinimarum 

 (Malay); Dupa maram (Kan.); Dnpadu, (Tel.); Chandrus (B.) ; 

 Ral (Bomb.). 



Eng. :— Indian Copal, Piney varnish, or white Dammar 

 Tree. 



Habitat : — Western Peninsula, from Canara to Travancore. 



A large handsome evergreen tree ; young shoots and in- 

 florescence clothed with a scurfy stellate tomentum (Brand is). 

 Bark whitish grey, rough, f in. thick, peeling off in round thick 

 flakes. Sapwood white, with a tinge of grey or red ; heartwood 

 light grey, rough, moderately hard, porous. Pores large, 

 often subdivided, ringed. Medullary rays fine and broad, very 

 prominent on all vertical sections, while on radial section they 

 appear as rough plates, with shining fibres between them. 

 The distance between the broad rays is generally greater than 

 the transverse diameter of the pores. Annual rings doubtful, 

 though distinct (Gamble). Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, elliptic- 

 oblong ; blade 4-10 by 2J-3J in., obtuse or minutely acuminate, 

 base rounded or emarginate ; petiole 1-1* in. long, secondary 

 nerves 14-16 pair, prominent beneath as well as midrib. Sti- 

 pules \ in., obliquely lanceolate, acute. Flowers J-J in. across, 

 one-ranked, erect, in Inrge terminal panicles, loosely corymbose; 

 pedicels.longer than Calyx-segments, which latter are lanceolate, 

 obtuse, canescent on both surfaces. Petals spreading, slightly 



