Tas. 4847. 
GARCINIA Maneostana. 
Mangosteen, or Mangostan. 
Nat. Ord. GuTrirFER&.~—DopECANDRIA MoNnoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Flores monoici, vel divisi. Calyx persistens, ebracteolatus, tetra- 
phyllus, foliolis subzequalibus, imbricatis. Corolle petala 4, hypogyna, calycis 
foliola alterna, eestivatione imbricato-convoluta.—Masc. Stamina plurima, recep- 
taculo carnoso quadrangulari inserta, libera vel ima basi coalita; filamenta fili- 
formia, brevia; anthere introrse, biloculares, erecte, loculis longitudinaliter de- 
hiscentibus. Ovarii rudimentum.—Fem. Stamina sterilia 8-80 ; filamenta dis- 
tincta, vel monadelpha, aut tetradelpha, fasciculis cum petalis alternantibus, glan- 
dulis nullis interjectis. Ovarium liberum, 4—10-loculare. Ovu/a in loculis soli- 
taria, e basi erecta, anatropa. Stylus terminalis, brevis; stigma late peltatum, 
sublobatum. Drupa carnosa, balsamiflua, stylo superata, putamine chartaceo 4— 
10-loculari. Semina in loculis solitaria, erecta, pulpa carnosa involuta; testa 
coriacea. Embryo exalbuminosus, orthotropus ; cotyledonibus crassis, carnosis, 
conferruminatis ; radieula brevissima, infera.—Arbores Indice, foliis oppositis, 
petiolatis, coriaceis, integerrimis, nitidis, stipulis nullis, floribus terminalibus vel 
axillaribus. Endl. ; : 
Garctnta Mangostana ; foliis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis coriaceis, floribus 
terminalibus solitariis “masculis fasciculatis,” bacca pomiformi globosa 
levissima stigmate 5-8-radiato coronata. 
Garcinta Mangostana. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 615. Willd. Sp. Pi. v. 2. p. 838. 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 618. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 448. Aiton, Hort. 
Kew. ed. 2. v. 3.p.143. Marsd. Sum. Atl. t. 3. 
Mancostana Garcinia. Gert. Pruct. 0.2. t:105. 
Mancostana. Rumph. Herb. Amb. 0.1. p. 43. 
That the Art, or rather, as it may assuredly now be called, 
the Science of Horticulture, is brought to greater perfection in 
England than anywhere else, is a fact, we presume, generally 
admitted ; and if we were required to point out instances of the 
greatest triumphs in this line, we would, at this moment, direct 
attention to that most striking of all trees, for health and beauty, 
the Camellia reticulata, at Bank Grove, Kingston, Surrey, the 
seat of Byam Martin, Esq.; and the fruit-bearing Mangosteen, 
at Syon, the subject of our present plate. It is but a few days 
MAY Ist, 1855. 
