632 poL'i'ANDRiA MONOGYNIA. Xantliocliymiis. 



seven, or eight short portions, each of which supports a 

 twin anther. Germ in the hermaphrodite ovate, smooth, 

 five-celled, with oneovulumin each, attached to the mid- 

 dle of the axis. Style scarcely any. Stigma five-lobed. 

 Berry the size of an apple, from round to oval, obtuse, 

 smooth, bright yellow when ripe, fleshy, the flesh or pulp 

 in quantity, yellow, and rather sweet, one-celled. Seeds 

 from cne to five, oblong, rather pointed at the base on the 

 inside, >A here a large, oblong, lighter coloured space marks 

 the attachment. Integument single, reticulated with light- 

 er coloured veins, on a dark cinnamon-coloured ground. 

 Aril a large portion of the pulp, of rather a softer consis- 

 tence, some\\hat darker colour, and pleasant taste, ap- 

 pertains to each seed, which separates spontaneously 

 with its seed from each other, and from the exterior, thick, 

 fleshy covering when the fruit is perfectly ripe. This is 

 the only edible part not only in this but also in all the spe- 

 cies cf Garcinia. Perisperm conform to the seed, of a 

 hard fleshy texture and pale yellowish colour. Embryo 

 simple, slender, the length of the perisperm, and scarcely 

 to be distinguished from it till vegetation begins, when 

 the radicle issues from the more pointed base of the seed, 

 and the plumula from its apex. At this stage, a vertical 

 section shows distinctly the form of this body passing 

 through the centre of the seed (as represented by Geertner 

 in his Mangcstana Cambogia. t. 105,) into the ligneous 

 part of the plumula and radicle, while the two extremi- 

 ties of the perisperm may be as clearly traced to the cor- 

 tical part. When vegetation is a little more advanced a 

 more substantial root issues from the base of plumula, as 

 in monocotyledonovs plants, which increases rapidly while 

 the other from the plumula is well established, and finally 

 perishes. 



2. X. ovalifoUus. R. 



Polygamous. Leaves owdii, polished. Flowers in late^ 



