U 8 iSSALS OP EOÏAL BOTlKtC GAEDIK, CALCDTTA.
Gokdoku i.,beicata, King m Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for ]S90, f l . 2, p. 204.
A tree? Yo„„g branches ratlicr stout, gkbrons, dark pnrplish-brown ivhen dry
coriaceous, OTOL-obloug, sometimes sligluiy oblanceolate, tl,e apex obtuse sli^htlv
emargmato the edges thickened and .lightly recurved, quite entire or very iai„,ly°s„b
s e n u ate; the base slightly n a r r o ^ d , roundish ; both surfaces shining, the upper greenish;
he lower du,l, tmged with brown when dry, midrib bold; nerves about 13 pairs, thick
but mcousprcuoas; length 1-7.5 to 2-25 in., breadth -i) to l-2o in,; petiole -IS in stout
buds elongatc-obovord, the bracts numevons, closely imbricate, passing into the sepal,, .11
o r b r e u k r and pubescent externally with broad scarious glabrous ^dges. F , t l much
r g c r than the sepals, erbrcular, densely and miuntoly pubescent externally, fleshy with
Inn glabrous edges nume r o u s ; anthers ovate, about one-foarih of' he length f
t h e slender cyhndr.c Maments. O.ar, ovoid-conie, ridged, adpressed-pubeseent, 5-»lled.
Stgh »„gle, boldly o-ridged; stigmas distinct, small. Fruit slightly under 1 in Ion.
i o r m ^ M 7" "T"'""'; by the elongate imbricate cup
t o im d by the sepals and bracts. -75 in. in length, of which one-half is win-
P e r a k ; Scortechim, No. 402h. » i» «iu„.
Path., Soort..him's scanty speci„.„ „ , „„np.Bi.d by no not,,; but, from Ih, .p.de, of JI,„.
.. f V u « erowmg on th. branch., of .o„, of th.m, I conckd. th.t thcj coll.cled nrob.bl, It
. l . v . . „ n , cf 4,000 „ 5,000 f.ct. Tb. .„u.rk.blc imbricatc bud, .t one. distingui.h Ti . .pro"..
rtATK 179B, imbriô.,ta. King. 1, branch 5
rmored from capsule; 4, siogle seed: of natura, :th flon-er and ripe fruit ; 2, Tortiodl section of s enpsale;
I ' L A T E 160,
DiPTERowiip.;. Kua'stlkui, King in Joum. Ag. Soc. Bengal, for 1S90, pi. 2, p. 87.
JS'at. Ord. Dipterocarpeis.
^ A tree 80 to 120 feet high; young branches flattened, at first .sparsely covered with
minute scurfy deciduous piibescenee, ultimately glabrous, hnt always Cith L i o u e tawny
r o t u n d - e l l i p f c , very shortly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cune.te, the ed-es
u n d u l a e or snb-cuneate, both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 15 to 18 pair., obIio°ue
straight, promment on the lower surface, length 7-5 to II in., breadth 4-5 to 7 in
petiole 1-0 to 3 in 6 to 8 in. long, often bifid, 4- to 6-fl„wered, glabrou,!
« 2-0 to 3 in. long, glaneou.. na r r owl y obconic, 5-winged. f J , linear
obtuse glaucous. FruM ovoid, an ineh and a-half or more long, with 5 wings about 25
.... wide: accrescent calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, slightly ..arrowed toward, the base,
glabrous, reticulate, S-nerved, G or 7 in. long and about 1-5 in. broad
I ' o r a k : King's Collector, Nos. S638, 379S, 7o08 and 7C06.
r ^ '»>"»• -a i i«"»' M. . Allied
...0 to D M,,., tat with .„l lcr frnit .nd difl.rcnt bud.. Thi, .p.d„ t.. W . . lii, ^
DESCRIPriOKS OP NEW A>'D BARE IJiDIAN PLANTS. 149
trincrvis, Bl. and D. reltwa, Bl.; but it differs from these in Imving winged fruit: it also resembles D.
Lyei-i, Pierre, whicli, liowever, hag longer leaves with hairy petioles and more narrowly-winged fruit.
pLiTE 180. Diptirocarpus KnmlUri, King. 1, leaf and ripe fruit; 2, two llowors from wliiuh the petals and
slamcns have fallen; of natural size.
Vatica, Linn.
Large or moderately sized resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined
and finely reticulate; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Flowers in axillary and
terminal panicles, usually tomentose before expansion. Calyx-tiiU short, free, or adaate
t o the base of the ovary; segments somewhat acute, imbricate, then sub-valvate. Stamens
15; anthers oblong, external valves larger, connective apiculate, Ovar;/ 3-celled; style
short, subulate, or apex clavate or capitate; stigma entire or S-toothed ; ovules 2 in each
cell. Fruit leathery, iudehiscent, l-seeded, surrounded by and sometimes partly adnato
to the accrescent, membranous, nerved and reticulato calyx-lobes, two of wfaicli expand
i n t o narrow wings 2 or 3 iu. long, the other three being much smaller. CoUjlcdons
fleshy.
Di s t r i b.—Tropical Asia and chiefly Malaya; species about 10.
P L A T E 18L
Va t i c a peiukessis King in Joui-n. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, pt 2, p. 103,
Nat. Ord. Dipterocarpece.
A tree GO to 80 feet high ; young branches slender, deciduously scui-fily stellatepubescent,
tbe bai-k rather pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, or oblanceolatc,
more or less bluntly acuminate, sometimes caudate, the base euneate; both
surfaces glabrous, the midrib on the upper puberulous; main nerves 8 to 12'pai'-s
r a t h e r prominent beneath; length 3 to 4 in., breadth -8 to 1-3 in., petiole -4'to
•5 in. Panicles axillary and extra-axillary, cymose, crowded near the ends of the
branches, 1 to 2 in. long, minutely pale tomentoso as arc the ovate-lanceolate
calyx-lobes. Flotocrs --i in. long. Petals narrowly oblong, obtuso, glabrous. Stavzeni 15
anthers ovate and slightly apiculate. Ovari/ minutely tomentose ; stigma conical. Jiip'e
fruit -3 in. in diam., globose; the style persistent, minutely tomentose, quite free from
t h e calyx; the two accrescent calyx-lobcs oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, obscurely 5-nerved
2-75 in. long and 75 iu. broad; minor lobes unequal, lanceolate-acuminate the
largest about -So in. long. '
P e r a k : King's Collector, Wray; a common tree. Pangkore: Curtis.
The nearest ally of thia is Yaiica BxniamemU, Benth. and Hook. ; but that has ratlier larger and
moro coriaceous leaves which are perfeetly glabrous; larger flowers witli petals scaly esternally and
a more scurfy inaoresceuce ; moreover, the whole of the accrescent calys-lobea of its fruit are m
coriaceous and the minor lobes are blunter.
Plate 181. Valioa Fcrakensh, King. 1, flo^sring bmich; 2 and 3, ripe fruits «ith their wings; i rice fr»i.
all Ike caljT-lobas ramoycd : natural 5. calyx opened up; 6a, petal: .ligMly enlarged; C, t
pistíU with Tertical section of ovary: much enlarged. ^ ' ''
Akn. Rot. Eot. Gard. Oalc., Voi.. V.
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