1''>S OF EOrAL BOTASIC GARDEX, CALCUTTA.
BAU:S.xocAKruP, Bcddome.
A'at. Ord. Iii2)Serocar])ea\
G-Iabi'ous or puberulou«, rarely scabrid, resinous trees, with inconspicuous fugaetoiis
stipules. Zaam entire, coriaceous or meaibranous, pcnni-nei-yed. . Flozvers secund, sessile
or shortly pedicelled. iîapitls distinct or united at the base, imbricated, two quite external
to the others; in fruit sub-equal, only slightly enlarged, woody, thickened, and forming
a ô-lobed cup round tlio base of (but rarely enveloping) the fruit, not adnata to it and
never expanding into wings. Fetak elliptic, obliquely acuminato, the apices slightly
i u f i e s e d in bud or not inflexed at all. Siamois 15, attached to the bases of the petals, in
3 rows, or 10 in 2 rows, sub-equal, the filaments much dilated at the base, the connective
})rolouged into a straight apical awn longer than the ovate nnther. Torus fiat. Ooanj
y-celled, cells 2-ovuled, ovules collateral. ^¡ylc short. Stigma minute, entire. Fmit
oblong or sub-globosu, apiculate ; the pericarp ligneous or sub-ligneous. Seed solitary,
prect; cotyledons ileshy, plano-concaye, the larger 2- or 3-lobed, or entire; the radicle
prominent. Distrib,—Southern Peninsular India, Malaya ;—probably 12 species.
P L A T E 191A.
Bai-^socakpus Cuetisii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1893, jci. 2, p. 131.
A tree 20 to 30 feet high; young bran ces slender, the bark dark-coloured, puberulous.
Leaver membranous, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly caudate-acuminate, the bsso slightly cuneate;
both surfaces glabrous, dull; main nerves 8 to 1(J ¡jairs, spreading, faint and scarcely more
prominent than the secondary nerves; length 2 to 2-5 in., breadth -70 to M ô in., petiole
•1 to "lô in. Panicles axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves, glabresccnt, lax,
each with a few 3- to 5-flowerod spreaduig brandies. Flowers seeund, shortly pcdicclled,
"10 in. long. Sepals distinct, sub-equal, thick, rotund-ovate very obtuse, pnberiilous outside,
glabrous inside, the edges slightly cihatc. Petals elliptic, obliquely shortly and
b l u n t l v acumiiiate, glabrescent inside, partly puberulous and partly glabrous outside.
Stamens 15, in 3 rows, sub-equal; the filaments slightly longer than the anthers, dilated:
a n t h e r s broadly elliptic, truncate, the connective produced into an apical awn longer than
t h e stamen. Ovary cylindric, truncate, glabrous, the style short and stigma minute. Fruit
smooth, globular, apiculate, crowned by the sub-53ssile discoid sligma, enveloped by, but
not adherent to, the slightly thickened sepals, •25 to '3 in. in diam. (calyx included).
P e n a n g : Curtis, No. 1406. Perak: King's Collector, Nos. 3171, 3294, 6543; Wray,
No. 2860.
; 101.Í. Baianocarpua C«Hi$ii. King, 1, bmacìi witU flou
••e; 3, flower bud; i, petals opeoed up showinn the stamous
: «iiíc/i enlargmi.
and floirer-bnds; 2. tivig witt ipe fruit: of
; enUrgid,;
P L A T E 19113.
Bal.\nocaiìpus piìnasgianus, King in Journ. As. Soc. B^'ngal, for 1390, f t . 2, j). 131.
A tree 40 to 50 feet high; young branches slonder, dai'k-coloured, londcellate,
s l i g h t l y puberulous at the voiy tips. U'^vcs coriaceous, ovate-lanccoIate or ovatcacuuiinato,
often caudate-acuminate, tiie base slightly cuncatj or almost rounded, the
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edges slightly undulate, both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 7 to 8 pairs, spreading
a n d curving upwards, not prominent on either surface; length 1'75 to 4 in., breadth
•8 to 1-6 in., petiole '25 to -4 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, hoary-pubescont,
many-flowered; tho flowers secund, 7 to 9 on each lateral branchlct, pedicelled, '2 to
•25 in. long. Sepals sub-equal, broadly ovate, sub-acute, yellowish-pulvemlent, puberulous
externally, glabrous internally. Petals oblong, obtuse, twisted and with tho apices
roflexcd in' oestivation, spreading when expanded, minutely yellowish-pulverulent, tomontcso
outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 15, sub-equal; apical awn curved, longer than
t h e anther. Ovary ovoid, narrowing upwards into the style, stigma minute. Fruit
ovoid, very slightly apiculate, striate, pale pubescent, about -6 in. long and -3 in. in
diam., tho persistent calyx covering the lower fourth of the fruit, sub-glabrous, thiokoiied
and concave at the base; the teeth deltoid, spreading. Richetia penangiana, Heim in
Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1891, p. 980.
P e n a n g : on Government Hill, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet, Cuitis, Nns. H29
and 1393; Ilullett, No. IBS; King's Collector, No. 1534. Perak: Kind's Collector
Nos. 33:j3, 3707.
The bftves of tliis species, although larger, resemble tliose of B.
CnriMi: but the fruits of Ihe
two are quite difierfut. One oí llr. Cunis' specimens, (No. 429 commuuia
the typo of a new genus called Eichdia, which M, Heim has foimded (1.
"Eecherches sui les Dipterocarpacées" p. 50), without having seen its flowers. I havo retained for
this M. Heim's specific nume, while referring it to Beddome's older genus. The vernacular namo of tha
species is Daiumar Etam.
from Eew), for m s
)., 975, dso in his
Plí ITE 191B. s. King.
Uarucdi i. calyx aud pi»til; 6, petsi and s
•vcrg mtici enlargitl.
. flowering branch ; 2, ftuiting brandi ;
ueiís: tiuch enlarged; 6 Jiiid 7, staraci
turd 5
B a l a n o c a r p u s jiaximus, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1890, pi- 2, P- 133.
A tree 60 to 80 feet high, all parts except the iniioreacence glabrous, young
branches rather stout; the bark, loose, papery, lenlicellafe, pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous,
oblong to olliptic-oblong, sub-acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded base • main
nerves 7 to 9 pairs, slightly prominent beneath, the transverse veins slightly proniineut
wdien diy; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 2-5 in., petiole -5 to -6 in. Panicles
axillary or terminal, about half as loug ns the leaves, few-flowered, minutely tomentose.
Floioers subscssilo, -6 or -7 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, the outer two tomentoso
t h e inner tlirco more or less glabrous externally, all glabrous internally, the inner
two with ciliato margins. Petals much longer than the sepals, narrowly oblong, tho
apex erose, expanded aud concave at the base, adpressed-pubescent outside aud towards
tho apex inside, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 10, in two rows; anthers with a dcflexed
terminal appendage from the connective. Ovari/ elongate, narrowly conical, sericeous.
Style rather short, glabrous, stigma small. Ripe fruit cylindrical, tapering to each end
but most to tho apiculate apex; pericarp wood}-, striate, sub-glabrous, pale-brown when
dry, l-7o to 2-25 in. long, and -6 or -7 in. in diam. Persistant sepals fibrous, forming a
toothed cup about -5 in. deep and embraemg the base of the fruit.
P e r a k : King's Collector, Nos. 7987 and SOOG.