618 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNMIA. Garcinia. 
quantity of the resin commonly called Dammar, in India, 
and very generally used as a substitute for pitch in the 
Marine yards. The best species are also frequently used 
instead of the common incense, Benzoin, in the temples 
-of the natives. Rumphius’s Dammara Selanica. Herb. 
Amb, 2. 173. t. 56. seems a species of this genus. 
3. 8. Talura. R. i 
Leaves oblong, obtuse. Stipules linear, falcate. Panicles 
axillary. and lateral. Stamina fifteen. ood 
Tam. Talura. 
This is also a timber tree, a native of sa Balaghat 
‘mountains, where it blossoms during the dry winds and 
ripens its seed in June. In S. robusta the germ is trilocular, 
with two ovula in each, attached to the top of the axis. 
Compare with Vatica Chinensis, Smith. ic, ined, 36.36. t- 
A. S. longisperma. R. 
Nut. sub-cylindric. 
A native of Prince of Wales’ iclands:il 
oop nee» » GARCEINIA. Schreb. gen. n. 814., ) 
Gen. Cuar. Polygamous, or Dioecous. aly? four- 
leaved. Corol four-petalled. Germ superior, from four to 
twelve-celled, with one ovula in each cell, ee 
axis. Berry one-celled, from four to twelve- 
crowned with the peltate stigma. Seeds enveloped in @ 
pulpy aril. Embryo simple, erect, fonnane — an 
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Ms G. saiisiibedane: Willd. 2. p. 938: AO AG : 
 Polygamous. Leaves petioled, from oblong to’ aia 
‘lanceolate; flowers terminal, peduncled, female — 
phrodite solitary, male fascicled. | Berries spherical with 
‘the surface even, and containing as far as eight seeds.” 
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