Calophyllitm] XV. GFUTTIFEEiE 55 



bark yellow (Talbot), brancMets angular. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, obovate, 

 obtuse. Fl. J in. diam. on axillary racemes, shorter than leaves, petals some- 

 times present in the bud. Fr. 1 by f in. 



On tlie banks of rivers and m evergreen forest, Western Gbatb ascending to 4,500 It., 

 from Nortli Kanara southwards. PL December- April. A remarkable variety, possibly 

 a distinct species, with, elliptic acute leaves, fr. small, ^ in. long, oil made from the seed, 

 fl. Oct., Nov , occurs along river hanks in Travancore and possibly further north {Cheru 

 ptmna, Atta punna, For a }mnna, Travancore). To this may belong Bedd., PL Sylv. t. 90. 



7. C. amoenum, Wall. ; Kurz, P. PL i. 95 ; Ve&que in Monogr. Phan. viii. 576 (C retu' 

 sum^ Wall , PL Brit. Ind. i, 272, in part), Tenasserim and Andamans, young shoots, 

 petioles and inflorescence with minute rusty pubescence, Leaves elliptic, rigidly 

 coriaceous, blade 2-4 in., narrowed into petiole |-1 in. long. Fr. globose J in. diam. 



8. 0. spectaTbile, Willd. Tenas&erim, Andamans and Nicobar. Pantaga, Burm. , A large 

 tree. Leaves 7-10 m. long, woolly beneath along midrib. PL § in. diam , on pedicels 

 I in. long, in short umbelliform axillary cymes, sepals all petaloid. Pr. globose, f in, 

 diam. 



4. PCECILONEURON, Bedd,; M. Brit. Ind. i. 278. 



Trees, branchlets and petioles clothed with minute hairs. Leaves coriaceous, 

 secondary nerves oo, close, joined at right angles by numberless transverse 

 veins. Yl. bisexual ; ( ^J fl. not yet found ?). Calyx of 4 or 5 sepals, imbricate 

 in bud, petals 5 or 6, contorted or imbricate. Stamens 16-20, filaments free, 

 slightly united at base, anthers basifixed. Ovary 2-celled, 2 ovules in each 

 cell. Styles 2, filiform. Species 2. 



1. P. indicum, Bedd, M. Sylv, t. 3, Yern, Kirhally^ Balagi, Kan. 

 Futhan koll% Trav. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-9 in., acuminate, secondary nerves very close 

 and equidistant. M. yellowish-white, in terminal panicles, sepals 5, petals 5, 

 contorted, anthers tuberculate, each cell consisting of numerous superposed 

 compartments. 



Evergreen forests of the Western G-hats from South Kanara southwaids, ascending 

 to 4,000 ft. FL 0. and H. S. 5. P. pauciflonitn, Bedd., PL Sylv. t. 93. Banks of rivers 

 on the South Tinnevelli and Travancore mountaiias (Vern. Pudangalli)^ secondary 

 nerves less close and regular. FL solitary or in pairs, sepals 4 uneq^ual, petals 6 

 imbricate, anthers smooth. Fruit globobe, pointed, J in. diam., dehiscent, valves 2, 

 coriaceous, seed 1. 



5. MESUA, Linn.; M. Brit. Ind. i. 277. 



Three species in F1. Brit. Ind., one transferred by Vesq[ue to Kayea^ the third 

 {M. Thivaitesii of Oeylon) united by him with Jf. ferrea, 



M. ferrea, Linn.; Wight Ic. t. 118; Vesque, Gruttiferae in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan, 630.— Syn. M, coromandelianctj Wight; Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 64; 

 M, pedunctdata, Wight Ic. t. 119. 3/. speciosa^ Chois. ; Wight Ic. t. 961, Spici- 

 legium Neilg. t. 30, 31. Vern. Nagesar^ Beng. ; JVaAor, Assam ; N'aga^kesaraj 

 Tel. ; Nagchampa^ Mar. ; Ndga sampige, Kan. ; Irupu mara^ Coorg ; Nangul^ 

 Tam. ; Gangau, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, heartwood dark red, extremely hard, medullary 

 rays extremely fine. The young shoots at first brilliant red, then pink, gradually 

 passing into dark green. Leaves 2-6 in., coriaceous, lanceolate, upper side 

 shining, under side covered with a white waxlike powder, secondary nerves 

 very close, but indistinct. M. 3-4 in. diam., solitary, nearly sessile, bisexual. 

 Sepals 4 in 2 rows, petals 4, imbricate, stamens oo,, anthers linear, basifixed. 

 Ovary 2-celled, 2 ovules in each cell, style filiform, stigma peltate. Fruit 

 pointed, 1-lJ in., 2-valved, valves tough, supported by the enlarged sepals, 

 seeds 1-4, testa hard, shining, embryo a fleshy homogeneous mass. 

 , Western Puars and Assam, Khasi hills, Ohittagong. Upper Burma, Tenasserim > 



