or CEYLON PLANTS. 71 



gle seed and abortive loculus. 8. Loni^itudinal section of seed: — all 



Jig. 6 magnified. 



Gen. II. Garcinia. 



1- Garcinia echhiocarpa^ Tlivy, — C.P. No. 335, in Herbario Perade- 



niensi. 



Arhor ingens, 40-50-pedaHs j folm integerrimis, coriaceis, oblongis, 

 breve acnminatis vel retusis, basi parc§ angustatis, 2J-5 poll, longis, 

 1t~3 poll, latis, penniveniis; venis primariis \~\\ lin, dlstantibus, 

 folii marginem fere attingentibus ; petiolo 5-8 liu. longo, supra sulcato, 

 rufescente. Flores dioici, ad ramulorum apices aggregati, sessiles, 

 pallida flavescentes, Calj/cis foliola crassa, concava. Petala oblonga. 

 Masc. Stamina filamentis in discum tetragonum infra coalitis, su- 

 pra liberis ; antheris subquadratis, rufescentibus. Ovarii rudimentum 

 ssepissime immersum. — Fcem. Stamina sterilia basi una serie coalita, 

 supra libera^ ovarium cingentla. Ovarium liberum, squamis carno- 

 sis numerosis imbricatis tectum ; stylo brevi ; stigmate peltato, irre- 

 gulariter lobato, lobis tuberculatis, rufis. Brupa subspliserica,, eclii- 

 nulato-muricata, 1-3-spermaj \-\^ poll, longa. Semina oblonga ; 

 testa coriacea, rufo-brunnea. 



This species is well distinguished by its scaly ovarium, these scales 

 subsequently becoming the echinulations of the ripe drupe. It Is very 

 abundant in the central province of Ceylon, at elevations of from 2000 

 to 5000 feet. There is a considerable difference in the size and texture 

 of the leaves, according to the elevation at which the plant occurs, or 

 degree of moisture of the soil, though the leaves on an individual tree 

 are usually very uniform in character. The native name of the tree is 

 Madol, or Madol-galia. 



About the structure of the embryo in the genera Garcinia^ Stalag- 

 mitis, Gamhogia, and Terpnojphgllum, I have been unable yet io satisfy 

 niysclf. A section of the seed in one direction shows an apparently 



homogeneous substance, with a small defined circular space in the mid- 

 dle, of a slightly different colour : a section of the seed at right angles 

 to this exhibits an equally defined linear mark. Unless it had been 

 stated to the contrary, I should have considered the seed as consisting 

 of a cylindrical embryo, lying in the midst of a copious albumen. I 

 have not been able to detach the cylindrical body from the surrounding 

 mass, to which it firmly adheres. A careful examination of the seed, 



