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XVII. Dl PTEEOrARPAi ^E.E 



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Fig. 29. —Anisoptf-'ra 

 glabra, Ivurz. ^. 



1, A. glabra, Iviirz, F, Fl. i. 112. Yern. Thui 

 kadti, Biirxn. 



EvergreeDj glabrous, except the pubescent inflor- 

 escence, -vrood hard, dark olive-iATeen. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, elliptic-obloug. Fruitini^- calyx-tube mucli 

 constricted at the mouth, the 2 larii;er segments 

 oblanceolatej with 3 prominent lonn;itudinal nerves, 

 joined at right ana:les by cous])icuous transverse 

 veins. 



Pegn. Alartaban, Cambodia and < Whinchina. FL A]>ril, 

 Mav. 2. A. oWonga, Dvf-r (Sliorca }}errosa, Ivurz). TenaN- 

 horim. Young shoots and If^av^^ on tlip nerves heupatli 

 with scattered tufts of minute stellate hairs. 



3. HOPEA, Eoxb.: Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 308. 



Stipules small or minute^ earty deciduous. Fl. 

 in unilateral spikes or racemes, arrani>;ed in 

 ample racemose panicles, calyx often glabrous, petals 

 always hairy outside. Calyx seo-ments imbricate, the 

 two outer growing out into thin membranous wings 

 as the fruit ripens. Stamens 15, of which lU in 5 

 pairs are episepalous, in a few species 10, anther cells 

 equal, connective prolonged into a long awn. Stylo- 

 podium generally large. Seeds without albumen, 

 cotyledons thick, fleshy, concave, one enclosing the 

 other, both bifid to the base. Radicle and petioles of cotyledons embedded 

 in a groove between the lobes of the outer cotyledon, while the lignified pla- 

 centa with the remains of dissepiments intrudes between the lobes of the inner, 

 they are filled with stai'ch and oil, the former generally prevailing. Species 

 46, one in New Guinea, 



Sesin cluctb in the pith 8-12 at the base of a leaf-bearing internode. The 2 lateral 

 leaf traces run a bhort distance only through the bark. 



Sect. L — Euhopea. Secondary nerves not more than 20 pair, not approxi- 

 mate. 



A. Calyx grey-tomentose. 



1. H. odorata, Eoxb., Cor. PL t. 210. Vern. Thlngan^ Burm. 

 Evergreen, wood yellowish-brown, close- and even-grained, Y&tj durable. 



Griabrous, except inflorescence. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, secondary nerves 

 12 pair. Fl. fragrant, in axillary grey-tomentose panicles, petals ciliate 

 at margin, anthers oblong. Ovary gradually narrowed into conical stylo- 

 pcdium and long cylindidcal style. Ovary and stylopodium puberulous. 



Moist forests in the southern portion of the Eabtern Peninbula, from Pegu and 

 Tenasserim to Cochinchina. Andanians. Also reported from Ohittagong. 3S[ot gre- 

 garious, but scattered in mixed forests. Fh March, April. Fruit May, June. 



2. H, parviflora, Beddome, FL Sylv. t. 7. The Iromvood of Malabar. 

 Vern, Bovumara, Kan. ; NlrJcongu, TinnevellL 



Differs from 1 by petals not ciliate, anthers small orbicular, ovary and 

 stylopodium glabrous, stigma 3-fid, stylopodium ovoid, constricted at base. 



Moist forests of the Western G-hats, from Houth Kanara southwards. PL March. 

 3. H. ololongifolia, Dyer. Mergui. Secondary nerves 10 pair, between them a multitude 

 of fine veins, closely reticulate, stylopodium cylindric. 4. HL Helferi, Brandis (Vafica 

 Melferi, Dyer). Mergui, 60 miles inland, branchlets tomentose. Leaves from a cordate 

 unequal-sided base, oblong. FL pedicelled in terminal panicles, ovaiy glabrous. 



