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is scmitransparciit, very adhesive, and is insoluble in water, and therefore quite 

 unsuitable for the purposes of the draughtsman. The Ciughalese dry the acid rinds of 

 the ripe fruit, both the yellow and red varieties, and use them as a condiment for 

 eating with their curries. 



2. G. echinocarpa, Thw. (Hoot. Joiirn of Bot. vol. vi. (1854) p. 71.) 

 Var. a; foliis oblongis vcl lauceolatis, acurainatis. — c.p. 2445. 



Var. /3 ; ybZ275 valde coriaceis, obovatisvel oblongis, retusis rel acii- 

 mine brcvi obtuso ; Jlorihus majoribus. — c.p. 335. 



Hab. Var. a, in the forests between Ratnapoora and Galle, at no 

 great elevatiou, Var. /3, in the Central Province, at an elevation of 

 4000 to 6000 feet ; cominon. Norn. vulg. " Ivladol-gass." 



Flores terminales, sessiles : MASC. numerosi, aggregati ; r(EM. solitarii. Ova- 

 rium squamis carnosis imraerosis imbricatis tectum. Frucius subspliairicus, 



echinulato-rauricatus. 



A thick oil is extracted from the seeds, which is used by the Cinghalese for 

 burning in their lamps, but it gives a very indifferent light. ; , 



3. G. Blorella^ Desrous. — Hehradendroit camhogioides^ Graham, in 

 ,Hook. Comp. to Bot. Mag. vol. ii. p. 199. t. 27, cum syn- Garcinia 



Gutta, Wight, Illust. i. 126. Camhogia Gutta, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. p. 87, 

 in parte.— c.p. 322. - 



Hab. Warmer .parts of the island, up to an elevation of 2000 feet. 

 Norn. vulg. "Gokatoo-gass," '' Eana-goraka-gass." 



FtEii. Ovamim glabrum, apice stigmate sessili imhlicatim lobato tectum ; basi 

 daminihus sierilUms circlter 12, 1-seriahbus, hasi cohrcrentibus cinctum ; antheris 

 effcntis, subquadratis, apice emarginatis. 



This is the only species growing in Ceylon from which gamboge is obtainable, 

 and as the tree is not unconunon, the pigment might be collected in considerable 

 quantities. 



2, TBEPNOPHYLLUM, Thw. 



Hook, Toum. of Bot. vol. vi. (1854) p. 70. 

 ? Liscostigma, llassk. (Eudl. Gen. Plant. Suppl. iii. p. 95.) 



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Flores dioici. Cahjx 4-phyllus, deciduus. Masc. Stamina plurima in disrnm 

 Tnamillatum 2- vel 4-lobatum subtus petalls adhajrentem coaliia ; raamillis singulis, 

 dniheras 2-4, loculis horizontalibus subiuimcrsis gcrcntibus ; ovarii rudhnento minuto, 

 F(EM. Ovarium bilocularc, staminibus sterilibus paucis squamffiformibns cinctum, 



1. T. Zeylanicum, Thw. 1. c. t. 2. " 



■ Var. a. lanceolafnm; foliis lanceolatis ; disco stamineo 2-lobato, lohis 



bifidis, medio sulcatis.— c.p. 2695. . . 



,Var. /3. acuminatum; foliis lanceolatis, obtuse rostrato-acummatis ; 



disco stamineo 4-lobato.— C.P. 3100. ^ 



Hab. Var. a, Central Province, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 feet. 



Var. /3, in forests between Eatnapoora and Gallc, at no great elevation. 



The Garcinia Mergueiisis, ^Vight, Icones, t. 116, will probably prove to be a 

 species of this genus. 



3. XANTHOCHYMUS, Eoxb. 



(excl. syn. a Burm. FI. Ind. et Fl. Zeyl.). 



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