262 DH. A]!TDEBS05T ON GUTTIPEE^. 



floribus masc. axillaribus, solitariis seu geminis vel rare fasciculatis ; 

 pedunculis crassis, patentibus vel deflexis ; sepalis 2, herbaceis, ovatis, 

 inflexis, apice mucronulatis, glabris, eveniis; petalis 4, pellucidis, 

 ovatis, apice rotundatis, reflexis; staminibus numerosis, filamentis 

 elongatls pateutibus, antheris bilocularibus anguste oblougls. — Caly- 

 saccion Siamense, Miq. in Annal. Mus, Bot. Liigd.'Bat, i. p. 209. 

 Mammea BirmanBica^ T. Anders. 3IS. 

 Hub. prope Thyat Mew, ad pedes jugi collium provinciae Arracan, R. 

 Scott hortulanus primarius horti botanici Calcuttensis^ atque inde in 

 Tiorto botanico Calcattensi culta. In Siam, prope Bangkok, Tejs- 



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Arbor liumilis, ramosa. Rami breves, slmplices, adscendentes, ad 

 partes veteres defoliati. Cortex rugosus, cinereus. Folia viridia, co- 

 riacea, supra nitida, minute penninervia, ad nervum medium canali- 

 culata, subtus pulcherrime crebre reticulata nervo medio prominente, 

 flava, 4-6 unc. longa, 1-2} unc. lata, petiolo crasso ^- unc. longo. Flores 

 masc. plerumque e portione defoliata ramorum orientes, fugaces, 

 odorem foliorum siccorum CamelUce Thece emittentes ; pedunculo 

 unifloro, tereti, 1 unc. longo. Calyx ante anthesin clausus ; alabastro 

 obovato, viridi, apice mucronato. Sepala petalis brcviora, reflexa, apice 

 involuta, 4 lin. longa. Stamina petalis longiora ; filamentis glabris, 

 apice undulatis ; antberis oblongis, aurantiaco-flavis, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. Flores ccteri ignoti. 



Mr. Tejsmann says that the Siamese make necklaces of the 

 flowers and also offer them to the images of Boodh. 



The other species of this order is a Garcinia from the eastern 

 coast of Africa. Besides the interest attaching to the plant as a 

 meuiber of a flora of which comparatively little is known, the 

 species is remarkable on account of its very peculiar habit, and 

 also, though a true Garcinia, for its departure from one or two 

 of the characters of the genus. The plants in the Botanical 

 Garden were obtained from seeds sent to Dr. Tlioinson in 1859 

 by Dr. Kirk of the Zambesi expedition; Six young trees have, 

 been planted in the Botanical Grardens, and several specimens 

 have been sent to some of my correspondents. Since the conx- 



•hermaphrodite 



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weeks another tree has borne a few flowers, all of which are of 

 the same character as those of the first tree. This fruitless 

 flowering occurs among other species of Gruttifera) while in a 



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