Palaqiiium] LXVIII. SAPOTxlCEaE 426 



{(i) L. velvety beueatli. 



3. P. polyanttLum, Bentli. {Diehopbls) {Lonaudra polf/anflia^ Kiirz). Silhet, Cachar, 

 Cliittagong. Arakan, Pegu, Tavo\', A middle-sized tree, 1. clothed beneatli witli very 

 hhorfc brown or silvery velvet, glabre&cent when mature, obovate-oblongj blade 6-12, 

 petiole stout, 1 in. long. PL fragrant, cream-coloured, in axillary fascicles, pedicels 

 1^ in., sepals J in., corolla a little longer than sepals. Pr. obovoid IJ in. long. 



4. P. Gutta, Burck, in Ann, Jardin Buitenzorg v. 24 t. 4 {Dichopsis G-utta, Benth. ; 

 honandra Gutta, Hooker.) The Gutta Percha tree. Malay Peninsula, extirpated in 

 many places. A tall tree, branchlets rusty-pubescent, 1. obovate-oblong, shortly 

 acuminate, underside clothed with a shining golden-orange velvet, blade 4-5, pet. | in., 

 pedicels ^, corolla twice the length of calj^x, I in, long. 5. P. oWongifolium, Burck I.e. 

 t. 5. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. Believed to be the chief species yielding 

 Gutta Percha at present. Similar to 4, 1, oblong-lanceolate, long -acuminate, blade 8, 

 pet. I in. long. Species 4 and 5 are here mentioned, as it may not bg impossible to grow 

 them on a large scale in the Mergui district. 



(b.) L. entirely glabrous. 



6. P, obovatum, C. B. Clarke (Dichopsh). Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. L. crowded 

 near the ends of the thick branchlets, ^\hich are marked by the scars of ji^^io^^Sj 

 obovate from a cuneate base, blade 6-B, pet. J in., sf^c. n. 10-12 pair, straight, parallel, 

 prominent beneath, tertiary n. obscure. PL fabcicles as a rule from above the scars of 

 fallen L, pedicels ^-J in., corolla § in. long, glabrous outside, more than twice the leaigth 

 of cah'x, lobes lanceolate, btamens exserted, style twice the length of corolla. Pr. 

 globose J in. diam. Yields an inferior kind of Gutta Percha. 7. P. Helferi, C. B. Clarke 

 {Dichops is). Tavoy, Mergui. A middle-sized tree, similar to 6. Young shoots mimitelj' 

 rubty-tomentose, sec. n. distant, 6-9 pair, arching, tert. n. parallel, slender but distinct. 

 This may pobsibly be Isonandra ohovata, I\urz, F. Fl. ii. 120. 



5. MIMUSOPS, Linn, ; PL Brit. Ind. iii. 548. 



Evergreen trees, rarely shrubs. Midrib prominent, sec. n. numerous, fine, 

 parallel. PL axillary, mostly fasciculate, calyx-segments 6-10, in two series. 

 Corolla rotate, lobes 18-24 in 2 or 3 series. Stamens usually 6-8, inserted 

 opposite the inner corolla-lobes, altei^nating with staminodes, antliers lanceo- 

 late, extrorse. Ovary liairy, 6-8-celled. Fr. fleshy, seeds compressed, testa 

 hard, shining, cotyledons broad, flat, in fleshy albumen. Species 80, tropics o£ 

 both hemispheres. 



1. M. Elengi, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 14; Wight Ic. t. 1586; Bedd. M. Sylv. 

 t 40. Yern. MulsariyMatdsari^ Hind.,: BiikaI,Beng. ; OwU^ Wovali^ Mbx, ] 

 Pogada, Teh] Bakitl, Pagade, K^n.; Magadam^Td^m,] Elenji^M.^!,; Klmya^ 

 Burm. 



A large tree, youngest shoots, pedicel and outside of calyx with short rusty 

 pubescence. L. scattered, wholly glabrous when full grown, shining, elliptic, 

 shortly acuminate, blade 3-4, pet. f in. long. Fl. white^ fragrant, neaxdy 1 in. 

 across, pedicels |-f in, long, calyx-segments 8, corolla-lobes in 2 series, stamens 

 usually 8, staminodes short, densely hairy on the back. Fr. yellow, ovoid, 1 

 in. long, seed one. 



Western Peninsula, southwards from the Kandala Ghat on the west and the Northern 

 Circars on the east side. Andamans, Martaban and Tenas«;eriin. Commonly planted, 

 north as far as Lahore. FL Jan.-ApriL—Ceylon. Malay Penins. and Archip. 2. M, 

 RoxlburgMana, "Wight To. t. 1588. Common at the foot of the ISTilgiris and Anamalais 

 and elsewhere on the West side of the Peninsula. Similar to 1 but 1. obtuse at both 

 ends, calyx-segments 6, staminodes glabrous, irregularly jagged, as long as filaments. 



3, M. hexandra, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 15.— Syn. M. Indica^ A. DC. ; Wight 

 Ic. 1. 1587 ; Brandis F. Fl. 291. Yern. K/nrni\ Hind, ; Rmijana, Eaini^ Mar. ; 

 Pcda^ Tel. ; Pall a, Tarn. 



A large tree, sometimes a shrub only, often gregarious, 1. wholly glabrous, 

 shining, generally crowded at the ends of branchlets^ obovate-oblong, obtuse 

 or emarginate, blade 2-4, pet. :|-| in. FL J in. across, pale yellow, pedicels 

 l-l in., calyx-segments 6, stamens 6-8, staminodes glabrous, frequently bifid. 

 Berry | in. long, 1- (sometimes 2-) seeded. 



