102 GUTTIFERA. Mzsva. 
354. (1) X. pictorius (Roxb.:) leaves linear-lanceolate, shining: flowers 
lateral, fascicled, all bisexual: anthers 5-9 to each bundle: ovary 5-celled: 
fruit ovate, pointed, 1-4 seeded.—Rowb. Cor. 2. t. 196 ; fl. Ind. 2. p. 633; 
DC. prod. 1. p. 562; Spr. syst. 2. p. 334; Wall. L. n. 4837 ; Wight! cat. n. 
345.—Stalagmitis pictorius, G. Don.—— Circars. 
855. (2) X. ovalifolius (Roxb.:) leaves oval, shining : flowers lateral, fasci- 
cled, male and bisexual mixed: anthers about 6-8 to each bundle: ovary 3- 
celled: fruit oval, 1-3 seeded.—Roab. fl. Ind. 2. p. 632; Wall.! L. n. 4838; 
Wight! cat. n. 346, b.—Stalagmitis ovalifolius, G. Don.—S. cambogioides, 
JMoon's cat. Ceyl. pl. p. 73.—Cambogia Gutta, Burm. fl. Ind. (partly).— 
Arbor Indica Gummi Guttam fundens, Burm. Zeyl. p. 27.—— Southern Pro- 
vinces. 
There can be now little doubt of this being the only plant in Ceylon that 
yields a gamboge fit for the arts, and that consequently the specific name of 
Cambogia Gutta, Linn., ought to have been applied to this species, and not 
to Garcinia cambogia. 
356. (3) X. spicatus (W. & A. :) leaves oval, shining: male flowers in long 
axillary spiciform racemes ; pedicels short : anthers numerous to each bundle 
of stamens.— Wight ! cat. n. 346. a. 
_ The leaves are precisely those of the last species. We have not seen the 
bisexual flowers, but the male have quite the structure of the genus. 
III. MESUA, Linn. 
Sepals 4, persistent, without bracteoles. Petals 4, alternate with the se- 
pals. Stamens very numerous, slightly connected at the base into a fleshy 
ring: filaments filiform: anthers erect, 2-celled, bursting longitudinally. 
Ovary ovate, 2-celled: ovules 2 in each cell. Style longish: stigma peltate, 
entire. Capsule ovate, acute, 1-celled (by the obliteration of the dissepi- 
ment), 2-valved, 1-4-seeded. Cotyledons distinct.—A tree, with a straight 
slender trunk. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, upper side shining, 
under glaucous: midrib and the margins coloured, lateral nerves close, parallel, 
almost inconspicuous. Flowers terminal or axillary, large, white. Fruit 
about the size of a small apple. SUM 
357. (1) M. ferrea (Linn.)— DC. prod. 1. p. 562; Spr. syst. 2. p- 126 Eo 
Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. p. 605; in E. T. C. mus. tab. 1080; Wall.! L. n. 4834: Wight 
cat. n. 343.—M. speciosa, Chois. in DC. prod. l. c.—Calophyllum Nagassarum, 
Burm. Ind. p. 21.—Rumph. Amb. 7. t. 2; Rheed. Mal. 3. t. 53 (bad).— 
Courtallum hills. 1 
We do not think that the plant of Rheede is at all distinct: the figure and — | 
description are both bad and contradict each other. We agree with Dr Ha- 
milton (Linn. Soc. Trans. 15. p. 129) that the Cingalese name ought to be 
written Nag’-gaha and not Nà-gaha, and that it has in Ceylon, as in all other 
parts of India, a reference to the divine serpent Naga: the name ferrea must 
have been given in allusion to Yserhout, the Dutch name of the plant, nd m 
Cinghalese meaning the nose. 
IV. CALOPHYLLUM. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 459. 
Flowers often by abortion polygamous. Sepals 2-4, petaloid, deciduous. 
Petals 2-4, alternating with the sepals. Stamina usually numerous, or some- 
times definite, more or less distinctly 4-adelphous at the base, or distinct: T 
filaments short: anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary ovate, l-eelled: — 
ovule solitary, attached to the bottom of the cell. Style longish, flexuose- 
Stigma large, peltate, irregularly lobed. Fruit drupaceous, 1-celled, 1-see | 
