Balanoearims] XVII. DIPTEEOCARPACEiE 71 



species 10, filaments mucli dilated at base, anthers shoi't, ovate, connective 

 prolonged into a straight apical awn, longer than anther. Segments of fruit- 

 ing calyx enlarged and thickened, not much longer than fruit, enclosing 

 its base. Fruit oblong or globose, apiculate, often with numerous raised lines. 

 Species 14, 1 m Ceylon, 7 in the Mala}^ Peninsula, 4 in Boxmeo, 2 Indian. 



1. B. utilis, Bedd., PL Sylv. t. 330.-— Syn. IIo]?ea long (folia ^ Dyer, PI. 

 Brit. Ind, i. 3U9. Yern. Kong^ Kara 'kong^ Tinnevelli. 



A lofty tree, young shoots and inflorescence hoary. Leaves lanceolate, 

 obtuse, secondary nerves 10-12 pair, tertiary parallel, visible on both sides of 

 leaf. PL J;-^ in. long, stamens 15, awn twice or three times the length of anther. 

 Pruit globose, \ in. diam., veined, not ribbed. 



Timievplli hilL, south of Coiirtallain, 1,000-3,000 ft. 2. B. erosa, B^-<Id. PL Sylv. t. 

 329. Tinnevelli hilK 2,000-3,000 ft. Lpavet, oblong from a cordate, often une(iual-hided 

 base, tertiary nerves reticulate. Prnit ovoid, 1 in. long, with numerous longitudinal lines. 



8. VATICA, Linn. ; PL Brit. Ind. i, 301. 



Bi'andis, Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 31, 116 {Sgnaptea and Vatlca, TrimenHandb. 

 Ceylon i. 126, 127; Vatlca and Retluodendron^ King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



vol. 62, 100, 127). 



Trees, sometimes shrubs. Leaves mostly coriaceous, tertiary nerves reticu- 

 late. PL in spikes or racemes, not unilateral, arranged in terminal and axillary 

 panicles. Calyx segments valvate, petals as a rule much longer than broad, 

 erect, not spreading when expanded. Stamens 15, of which 10 (in 5 pairs) stand 

 opposite to the sepals. Pilaments of the 10 outer stamens veiy short, those of 

 the 5 inner much longer. In a few species 10 stamens. Anthers short, glab- 

 rous, cells very unequal, diverging at the base, appendix of connective obtuse. 

 Ovary either free or half immersed in the obconical receptacle, generall}^ 

 hairy, often pitted, style usually shorter than ovary, often ribbed and fmTOwed, 

 stigma capitate or conical. Segments of fruiting calyx either equal, or two 

 segments growing out into long wings. Species 45, Eastern Peninsula and 

 Indian Archipelago. 



A. (Subgenus Retinodendron.) Ovary free, segments of fruiting calyx equal, 

 shorter than fruit, spreading or reiiexed. 



1. V. Roxburghiana, Blume ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 95; Trimen Handb. 

 Ceylon i. 128. — ^Syn. Y. chinenslsj Linn. ; Brandis in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 31, 

 p. 119 (the older name, but the tree does not grow in China, and Blume's 

 name is better known). Yern. Vella jpagin^ Mai. 



A moderate-sized tree, young shoots and inflorescence slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves from a rounded base elliptic-lanceolate, blade 4-9, petiole l|-2 in. 

 long. PL j in. in axillary panicles, shorter than leaves, ]3edicels as long as 

 calyx, S-i-ibbed, Pruit nearly globose, 1^ in. diam., densely pubescent, inde- 

 hiscent but marked with 3 vertical grooves supported at base by the enlarged 

 thinly coriaceous sepals, pericarp very thick, fibrous, w^oody. 



Western G-hatb, South Kanara to Travancore. PL H. S. Also Ceylon, moist low 

 country. 



2. V. lanceaefolia, Blume ; Kurz, P. PL i. 122. Yern. Morhal^ Makrai, 



xxSsam. 



A large shrub, sometimes a tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence mealy- 

 pubei'ulous. Leaves from an acute base oblong-lanceolate, ohartaceous, pale 

 beneath, blade 5-8, petiole | in. long. PL yellowish-white, fragrant, f in. 

 long, anthers ovate-oblong, the cells with a blunt beak at the base, appendage 

 of connective cylindric, as long as anthers. Pruit ovoid, 1 in. long. 



