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Gareinia.] 



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xxjii. GUTTiFERiE. (T. Anderson.) 



267 



(Ke w Distrib. Herb., Griffith, 848) ; (Heib. InJ. Or., H. f. & t! 



OAA/^^^*^^.^^^^-^^ i ^J^^^^ Hills and Khasia Mts., WaJUck, &c., in beds of torrents, 

 3000-5000 ft. elevation. ----- » » » » 



Garcinia, 14). 



Asnjiill erect tree, branches subverticillate. Leaves 4-8 by 2-34 i"-> <ia^l^ green; 

 veins close-set, anastomosing within the margin; petiole i-f in. Cymes in the axils of 

 wie upper leaves, rather exceeding the petioles ; pedicels short, stout ; bracts under each 



oir^ ] kf*^' ^ ^"* '^"^' ^^^^ ^•' '^i^^''*^ orbicular, concave. Petals ^ in, long, 

 iqueij oblong, suberect, slightly concave. Stamens very numerous, mass sub^Iobose 



coQceaJing the rudimentary ovary; anthers large, horse-shoe shaped. Female fl. like 



e male but J smaller. Staminodes many, united into a lobed ring or into bundles. 



"^^(iry oblong; stigma broad, discoid, edge revolute, slightly lobed. Fruit the size of a 



Sd^^ sniooth, dark olive-green, crowned by the short-thick style, 1-2- 



: '^ *-* > i .' 



xJd\ ^' '*'^*^8'^y*» Hoohf. ; leaves 4-6 in., elliptic obtusely apiculate 

 Ftioied, nerves distant spreading arched distinct, interspaces covered with 

 ™te wavy irregular raised points and lines, flowers about f in diam. 



' kT^^\ ^^^^^^^^^^^ Malacca, Maingay, (Kew Distrib. No. 161 6 and 160 9). 

 - «^, i/^.^' branches obtusely angled. Leaves coriaceous, very pale-brown when 



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nerves ^-^ in. apart, 



Malf fl . ^ &' iiiiirowea inio tne petiole, whicU is ^ in. lo ^ . 



t)i!° *^™'"^' fascicles, shortly pedicelled. Sepals broader than long, outer 



Sero/'^^Si*'^^ ■^^^^' ^^^^^^ farge7th^an thrsepaH^^hortly clawed. . 



«s, filaments connate into a short column; anthers in very many series sur- 



Stamens very 



'^undirKy "'y"^"*'^ ^uniKue inio a snort commn ; antners in very mnuy »eiics »ui- 

 Pem\i fl* columnar rudimentary ovary with a discoid top, linear, recurved, 2-celled. 

 jer if.R^ 7 , '^^'y^ terminal, eubsessile. Perianth of the male. Stamiuodcs few, slen- 

 entire 17 ^*^ ^ ^ypogyuous ring. Ovary globose, half-concealed by the large convex 

 itannp^?^\^~^'^®^'^J-— Maingay describes the stigma as marginally 3-4-lobed, but 

 Ppears to be quite entire in the dried specimens.—/. D. H. 



no mm 



stiDulaf' ^**P^la,ta, T. Anders.; leaves thickly coriaceous elliptic-oblong 

 Guttifn ' ^*. flowers in 4-6-flowered cymes, female solitary or geminate. 

 ^ "era, G-n/. It. J^otes, 117 n. 261. 



Rkktm ^^'^ Himalaya, in moist subtropical forests, Bhotan, Griffith (Kew. Distrib. 860) 



^'•^ ascending to 4000 ft, /. D. H. (Herb. H. f. & T. Garcinia, 17.) 

 green th; U ^^ ^^ > ^^'^ smooth, branches slender. Leaves 6-12 by 14-34 in., dark 

 *«tant T ''""''ceous, yellow-green ; midrib and nerves prominent, the latter alternate, 

 «acli cvn!"*^"^^,-' '■^'''^"'ate ; petiole f in. ; stipules small, triangular. Male fl. 4-6 in 

 iin iniT 'i^- i:^'^ ^ ^"•' 8*°"* ; l^racts scale-like, iiepals orbicular, concave, outer 

 "t an ann i '°" ™^^' •^«*«'« t^it^e as long, obliquely ovate, acute. Stamens many, 

 •«illarv u]% ^^^^' ^""^^ portion of filaments very short. Female fl. like the male, 

 ^•'^Ued an.i o*""^' ?''°''^'y pedicelled. Fruit i in. long, oblong, smooth, shortly pointed, 



wnnot I;.i!'J ■•,^P'l"™^"s of this to o'.'mecioBa (I.e. 17 

 »ny &y//.v'"^' , ^"'^ venation and stipulation of the lef 



'-«lled and 9 -^ J T y pedicelled. Fruit \m. long, oblong, 8moot_, 

 «Wone t^.f ^-feeded ; stigma orbicular, tubercled, margin revolute. Setds flattened, 



- ' Planchon and Triana refer the flowers of the Herb. Ind. 



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72 in note), and state that they 

 aves distributed with them with 



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"r in the distribution of the Indian specimens. 



Stameng of the male flowers in 4 bundles : anther-cells dehiscing by 



^rminal n \^^ "^^^ flowers in 4 bundles ; anther-eel 



.,, pores, or by 2 erect valves ; stigma peltate smooth. 



elliptic or ?,f!^"?»»*8. Wvglit III. 



with 





122, /c. t. 116; leaves lanceolate 

 • notched tip, flowers axillary, male 



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