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GUTTIFERiE. 
[' Calophyllum . 
in axillary racemes. Distrib. Tropics of both hemispheres, mainly 
of Old World ; species 25. 
Fruit globose 1. C. Inofhylltjm. 
Fruit oblong-rostrate •. 2. C. parviflorum. 
1. C. Inophyllum, Linn. ; Planch, et Triana , Monog. Guttif. 254. 
A tall tree, glabrous in all its parts, with a trunk 4 feet in diameter. 
Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, usually obtuse, 3-6 in. long, thick, 
rigid, shining, green, with close, distinct, spreading parallel venules ; 
base cuneate ; petiole very short, channelled. Flowers in sparse broad 
axillary racemes, which are shorter than the leaves ; pedicel in. 
long. Sepals obovate, obtuse, in. long, decussate, 2 outer firmer. 
Petals 4-6, whitish, oblong or lanceolate-spathulate, unequal. Fruit 
globose, an inch thick. 
Mauritius, common in forests of the sea-shore. Seychelles, Horne ! Rodri- 
guez, Bouton ! Balfour ! Common in Tropical Asia and Polynesia ; also Madagascar, 
Bourbon, and Comoros, but not continental Africa. — C. Tacamaha , Willd ; Planch, 
and Trian, Mon. 258, is a variety with a pear-shaped drupe. Bois Tatamaka. 
The Indian C. spectabile and spurium, recorded by Bojer as Mauritian, both belong 
to another group, characterised by want of petals. 
2. C. parviflorum, Bojer. Habit and infloresence of 0. Inophyl- 
lum , but leaves and flowers much smaller. Leaves 2-3 in. long, 
very rigid, obovate with a cuneate base and very short petiole. Sepals 
obovate, under \ in. long, broadly imbricated in bud. Petals 4, ob- 
lanceolate, obtuse, rather longer than the sepals. Fruit oblong, f in. 
long, with a very distinct beak. C. spurium, Bojer, LLort. Maur. 52, 
non Choisy. 
Mauritius, in the forests of Grandport and Savanne. Endemic. Tatamaka a 
petites feuilles. 
Order XIII. TERN STRCEMIACEiE. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, usually pentamerous. Sepals im- 
bricated, free or shortly connate. Petals hypogynous, imbricated. 
Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, free or connate ; anthers 2-celled, 
basifixed, dehiscing laterally. Ovary free, 2- or many-celled ; placen- 
tation axile ; ovules 1, 2, or many in a cell ; styles as many as 
the cells of the ovary ; stigmas capitate. Fruit a berry or capsule, 
dehiscing variously. Seeds few or many ; albumen mostly none or 
scanty. — Shrubs or trees ; leaves usually alternate, exstipulate ; the 
flowers lateral or terminal. Distrib. Round the world in the tropics, 
few African. Species 300. 
1. MEDUSAGYNE, Baker. 
Sepals 5, small, round, shortly joined at the base, persistent, re- 
flexing. Petals 5, oblong, obtuse, alternate with the sepals, imbricated 
and contorted in bud. Stamens hypogynous, indefinite ; filaments free, 
filiform, shorter than the petals ; anthers small, round-oblong, basi- 
