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XXIII. GUTTiFER^. (T. Anderson.) 



[ Garcinia. 



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1. C Mangrostana, Linn, ; leaves elliptic-oblong acuminate, nerves 

 very numerous horizontal, petiole short thick, male fl. 1^ in. diam. y^l^^' 

 red or purple, stamens in 4 masses, stigma sessile, DO, PTodr.\,J>^\ 

 Jioxb. FL hid. ii. 618 ; Hook, BoL Mag. t. 4847 ; Chou, Gutiif. Ind. 33; 

 Planch. ^ Trian. Mem. Gattiff. 170; ILanessan Mem. Garcin. 15j, 



Native and cultivated in the Malayan Peninsula and Southern Tknassebim.— 

 DisTRiB. Malay Archipelago, cult, in Cejlon and a few spots in the Madras 



Presidency. i i >ii ' 



A small conical tree 20-30 ft.; branches many, decussate. Leaves 6-10 by2|-4i ul, 

 very coriaceous ; nerves regular, close, inarching with an intraniarginal one. Male . 

 in 3-9-flowered terminal fascicles ; pedicels short. Sepals orbicular, concave, persistent 

 PttaJs broad-ovate, fleshy. Stamens indefinite. Hermaph, fl. 2 in. diam., solitary or 

 geminate at the tips of the young branches; pedicels J in., thick, woody. Sej^rtW ana 

 petals as in the male. Stamens many, filaments slender, connate below. Ovary 

 4-8-celIed. Stigma sessile, 8-rayed j ovules solitary. Berry as large as an orange, 

 smooth, dark purple; pericarp firm, spongy. Seeds large, flattened; aril very Hesny, 

 white, juicy. 



2. G*. cornea, Linn.; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole j i"^» 

 male fl. | in. diam. pale-green, stamens in a 4-lobed mass, style snore. 

 DC. Pro<lr. i. 561 ; KoxK Fl Ind. iL 629 ; Wight Ic. t. 105 ; Wall. Cat. 4852 

 in part ; CAois. Gultif. Ind. 33 ; Phnch. & Tiian. Mem. Guttif. 170 ; [Lam' 

 san Mem. Garcin. 201 G. affiuis, Wall Cat. 4852, -3, and -4 in part, not oi 

 W. dc A. Discostigma fabrile, Miguel Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl 496 [Kun %% 

 Journ. As. Soc. Btngal^ xxxix. p. 64). 



Easteuk Bekgal from Silhet to Tenasse^^m, Penang, and Malacca 

 Malay Archipelago. 



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A small tree ; trunk erect, branches borizontal and pendulous. Leaves 4-6 J 

 2-3 in., leathery, shining, often acuminate; veins stout, proiuinent, J-i ^^' -^^qA. 

 straight or forked, inarching with an intraniarginal one. Male fl. inodorous, m i) - 

 flowered terminal fascicles, pedicels 1-1^ in. Sepals orbicular, coriaceous. Petals ova , 

 concave, twice as long as the sepals and thinner. Stamlnal masses united at tn 

 base only. Hermaph. fl. usually solitary, h'ke the males : pedicel short, stout, tennm- 

 Stigma large, 4-6-lobed, glutinous. Berry bubapheiical, the size of a small fj^^^jj 

 bright-red ; pericarp spongy. Seeds enclosed iu a white juicy very acid anl. 

 Cummiiig's specimens marked 2296 are from Malacca ; his 1124 are from t^®.™V'P? .^g 

 and referable to Blancos Cambogia venulosa {Garcinia, Choisy), diflering i"^*^®^J|y 

 ^'^■"''^'•s, thick woody pedicels and many-lobed stigma. Wallich's specimen u. «i^^/ 



4854) is the only Silhet one 1 have seen; other of his specimens ticketed ( (^- »# 

 belong to G. anamala. [M. Lanessan, Mem. Garc 21, refers this to ^-^^f^^^'^a 

 There are two or more species or forms comprised under this description of ^' f^^.^j' 

 one with narrow leaves and very oblique veins, the other with broad ^®^^.^^ „*J?%* the 

 closcr-Rot veins more spreading from the midrib. This last resembles in foliage 

 G. mulaccense, and is apparently common in the Eastern Peninsula. — /• D* ^'i 



3. G. speclosa, WaU. PI. As. Bar. iil t. 258; Cat. 4852 E; lea/^ 

 obbmg or elliptic-oblong narrowed at both ends, petiole i in. t^V^VTV/^ 

 male fl. H in. diam, bright yellow. Vhois. Guttif. Ind. 33 ; Planch, d^ir^r 

 Mem. Guttif. 171. 



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11, ereci, z ix. uiam. ; oarn. thin, grej ^^^ 



Leaves 5-12 by l|-3 in., leathery. Male fl. as in G. cornea but la^g^'^L^ jlem- 



Tenassekjm, near Amherst; Moulmein; Martaban; And 



A tree about 50 ft., trnnk straight, erect, 2 ft. diam. ; bark thin, grey 



fragrant. Female fl. unknown.— Closely allied to G. cornea. [M. Lanessan 

 Garcin. 15, refers this species as a synonym to G. MangostanaJ] 



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