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11. G. lonlceroides, T. Anders. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate oroblanceo-. 

 late membranous glaucous beneath, flowers very small \ in. diam. ^ 



■ BiRMA, Griffith {Kev^ distrib. n. 870) ; Pegu, at Tonkye ghat, Kurz, ^: 



. A 8hrub or small tree ; branches slender, decussate, horizontal, old bark dark grey; 

 young shoots reddish purple. Leaves 2-4 by 4-f in., confined to the j^oung shoots; 

 ▼eins slender, indistinct, irre,£C"larly branched and forked; petiole i in. Male n, 

 nrely axillary, usually 3 or more; pedicels slender, i in. Sepals a.nd peiah it-tt ^"-j 

 thinly fleshy, broad-ovate, concave. Stamens many in a central sessile Bub-i-gonal 

 mass ; anthers subsessile, 2-celled. Budiinentary ovary 0. 



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ttt Male flower in a terminal 3-chotomous panicle ; fruit smooth. 



12. G. pedunculata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 625 ; leaves obovate obtuse 

 long-petioled. WaU. Gat. 4860 ; Wight III. 125, Ic. t. 114, 115 ; VIms Mm. 

 Guttif. 35 ; Planch, ds Trian. Mem. Guttif. 192 j [Lanessan Mem. (xarcin. 



42]. 

 Forests of N.E. Bengal, near Kungpore and Goalpara, and in Silhet, where it is 



cultivated for its pleasant acid fruit, . , 



A tree about 60 ft.; bark spongy. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 i in., subcomceous; case 



1 |ianick 



pedicels 2-3 in., stout, erect. Sepals \ in.; orbicular, fleshy, inner pair n*"^*^'^" 



Stamens in a 4-anprled truncate sborny 



A tree aooui; ou ic; oarK spongy, jjeaves o-i^ vy o-u^ m., du^^w... -, 



acute or acuminate ; midrib stout; veins | in. apart, regular, parallel, tips marctie'^ a 



or.Qaff.rr..^c;ntr • r^on'r^l^ I _1 1 I'n IVf A T i:- fl loro-A npl^frn^Pn in ft-12-flOWered naniCieS, 



anastomosing , 



petiole l-lj in. Male fl. large, pale green, in 8-12 



Petals narrower, but scarcely longer, oblong. Aji-«/«cr/to m a. i-c*wo— , 



Btipitate mass ; anthers 4-gonal, 2-celled. Female fl. solitary, larger than tUe uiai^^, 

 terminal on a thick 4-angled peduncle ^ in. long. Stamens 20-30, ^."^^^p^^^ 

 4 bundles, connate below. Ovary globose; stigmatic rays 8-10, spTeadmg. -'^ 

 large, yellow, the size of a small melon. Seeds 8-10, large, reniform ; aril succulent. 



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tttt Male flowers several^ in sessile terminal heads; fruit echinate. 



13. G. echlnocarpa, Thwaites in Hook. Joum. BoL vi. (1854) 71; 



Enum. 49 ; leaves lanceolate oblong or obovate acute or retuse base narrowe 

 Planck & Trian. Mem. Guttif. 193 ; [Beddome Fl(/r\ Sylvat Gen. 

 Laneasan Mem. Garcin. 33]. 



Central and Southern provinces of Cevlon. 



A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 ^ in., thickly coriaceous ; veins close, re 

 petiole stout, J-1 in. Male fl. small, sessile, pale yellow. Sepals thick, orbicular, s^ ^ 

 cordate. Petals twice as long, thinner, oblong, suboblique. Stamens 12 or ^^^^^j^^] 

 short sub-4-gonous stalk; anthers subsessile, 4-angled. Female A- ^^'^^^^/ ^^les; 

 sessile. Stamens connate in a ring. Ovary covered wiih imbricate fleshy ® j ^j ^jj 

 stigma peltate, irregularly lobed. Fruit I4 in. long, subglobose, dark-red, covere ^^ 

 broad sharp tubercles (like the Litchi fruit), 1-3-seeded.— The thick oil ot the seeu 

 used for lamps, but is not good. a 



Var. 1. Leaves lanceolate-oblong acute, flowers small.— Forests, below 4000 ^ ' ^^ 



Vak. 2. Leaves thickly coriaceous obovate or oblong retuse or obtuse, flowers la g • 

 A mountain state, alt. 4-6000 ft, 



*** Stamens of the male flowers in a subglobose mass ; anthers *.^^^^j 

 orbicular, dehiscence circumsciss, rudimentary ovary 0. (Male il. a.xi 



14. G. Morella, Besrouss. in LamL EncycL iii. 701, t. 405, f. 2 ! J^JJjy 

 thickly coriaceous elliptic-obovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse, ^^^^ ^ 

 oblique, petals longer than the inner sepals. LC. Prodr. i. 561 ; ^j^ '•a 



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dorm Flor. Sylvat. t. 87], 



G!' acuminata, Flanch. a: Trian. I'.c. 200. 



G. elliptica, Wall. Cat. 4869 ; WtgM {<-• \ ^44 

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