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Hole : llopeo, Canarensis. 
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Ovaiy 3-celied, ovules 2 in each cell, ovules more or less completely 
anatropous, raphe ventral, micropyle superior. 
Fruit ovoid, 0*5 in. to 0*6 in. long, enclosed in the persistent calyx 
lobes, two of these lobes much enlarged, forming erect oblong or broadly 
elliptic wings 2 in. to 3 in. long and 0 7 in. to 1*0 in. wide, with 9-12 
longitudinal nerves joined by cross veins, both nerves and veins being 
usually prominent. 
A third calyx lobe, also, is sometimes slightly enlarged and attains a 
length of 0*6 in. 
Distribution. 
So far as is known at present, this species is confined to the Western 
Ghats hill-forests along the South Canara-Mysore boundary. 
Herbarium Specimens. 
Dehra Dun herbarium Nos. 6309, 6310, 10251-10253, 18214, 
18216-18222. 
Notes. 
Out- knowledge regarding the distribution, uses and vernacular names of 
the three species, Hopea glabra , H. racophlaa and H. canarensis, is at 
present very imperfect. In the Flora of Madras (Calcutta, 1915, p. 82), 
Gamble has recently united Hopea glabra , W. & A. with Hopea 
Wig/ttiana , Wall. The latter, however, appears to differ strongly from 
the former in having persistently pubescent longer petioles, larger leaves 
often cordate at base, more persistent bracteoles, outer calyx 
lobes shorter in flower, and inner calyx lobes usually more 
(filiate. The distribution of the two trees also appears to be different. 
Hopea Wighbiana is common in the moist forest at the foot of the 
Ghats in the S. Konkan and N. Canara (Bombay) and S. Canara 
(Madras), and Mr. H. Tireman has recently sent specimens of it to Dehra 
Dun from the Western Ghat forests of Coorg. In S. Canara large tracts 
in the plains are stocked with it, but further south it apparently becomes 
rare. In Travancore, according to Bourdiilon, it was “at one time, no 
doubt, very common in the plain-forests of Travancore, but now almost 
exterminated, as it does not ascend the hills. It may be seen in groves 
and along road-sides in the low country.” ( Trees of Travancore, 1908, 
p. 38.) Hopea glabra , on the other hand, appears to be most abundant 
in the Tinnevelly district. In Travancore it occurs locally along rivers 
at 200 ffc. elevation but is not common [fide Bourdiilon, 1. c.). Tfie 
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