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thinner, imbricate, the upper edge incurved, ciliate. Petals 0. Stamens 

 very numerous. Stigma discoid. Ovary depressed-spherical, glabrous. 

 Fruit ovoid, smooth, "75 in. long. 



Malacca; Maingay. Perak; King's Collector No. 5420, Scortechini 

 No. 2044. Penang ; Curtis, No. 1543. Distrib. Cochin-China, British 

 India. 



Not unlike G. Wallichianum, Planch, and Triana ; but apetalous and 

 the leaves never tomentose. 



12. Calophyllum Inophtllum, Linn. sp. 732. A glabrous tree 

 20 to 30 feet high : young branches stout. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 elliptic, rarely obovate-oblong, apex rounded or emarginate, the base 

 acute, shining on both surfaces ; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 2'5 to 3"5 in , 

 petiole "75 in. broad. Bacemes in the upper axils, lax, 3 to 4 in. long, 

 few-flowered. Flowers '75 in. in diam. ; pedicels slender, 1 to 175 in. 

 Sepals 4, the 2 inner petaloid. Petals 4, longer than the sepals. Fila- 

 ments 4-delphous. Ovary stipitate, globose. Style longer than the 

 stamens ; stigma peltate, lobed. Fruit globular ; the pericarp smooth, 

 fleshy, 1 in. in diam. or more. DC. Prod. I, 562. Bl. Bijdr. 217. Chois. 

 Guttif. Ind. 42. Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 254. Roxb. PI. Ind. 

 ii, 606. W. and A. Prod. 103. Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 510. 

 Wight 111. i, 128 ; Ic. 77. Hook. PI. B. Ind. i, 273. Kurz PI. Burm. i, 

 95. G. Blumei, Wight 111. i, 128. G. Bintagor, Roxb. PI. Ind'. ii, 607. (?) 



On the Coasts, in all the Provinces. Distrib. Burmah, S. India 

 and Ceylon, B. African Islands, Australia, Polynesia. 



The pure white flowers are delightfully fragrant, the seeds yield a 

 beautiful mild oil, and the wood is useful for spars of boats and ships. 



13. Calophyllum Inophylloide, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree, 60 

 to 80 feet high ; the young branches about as thick as a goose-quill, dark 

 brown. Leaves thickly coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, the apex 

 refuse or emarginate, the edges thickened, recurved (when dry), gradually 

 narrowed from about the middle to the stout petiole ; both surfaces shin- 

 ing, the lower less so and paler ; nerves very numerous, little prominent, 

 the midrib stout ; length 3'25 to 4 - 5 in., breadth 175 to 2'75 in. ; petiole - 6 

 to - 1 in., broad at the apex. Bacemes from the axils of the upper leaves, 

 2 to 3 in. long, lax, few-flowered. Flowers globular in bud, about - 75 

 in. in diam. when expanded. Outer sepals rotund, concave, reflexed, 4 in. 

 long ; the inner petaloid, larger than the outer. Petals narrower than 

 the sepals : pedicels slender, "65 to 1 in. long. Style stout ; stigma broad, 

 discoid. Fruit (not quite ripe) ovoid, "75 in. long, the pericarp not 

 pulpy. 



Perak ; on low Hills, elevation 300 to 500 feet. 



The leaves of this much resemble those of G. IncpJiyllum, but they 





