^18 POLYANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Garcifiia. 



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. Rwnphim's Dammara Selanica. Herb. 

 Amb. 2. 173. t. 56. seems a species of this genus. 



3. S, Talura. R. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse. Stipules linear, falcate. Panicles 

 axillary and lateral. Stamina iifteen. 



Tani. Talura. 



This is also a timber tree, a native of the Balaghat 

 mountains, ^vhere 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. 3G. 36. t. 



4. S. longisperma. R. 

 Nut sub-cyliudric. 



A native of Prince of Wales' island. 



GARCINIA. Schreh. gen. n. 814. 



Gen. Char. Polygamous, or Dioecous. Calyx four- 

 leaved. Coro/ four-petalled. Germ superior, from four to 

 twelve-celled, w ith one ovula in each cell, attached to the 

 axis. Berry one-celled, from four to twelve-seeded, 

 crowned with the peltate stigma. Seeds enveloped in a 

 pulpy aril. Embryo simple, erect, furnished with an 

 ample perisperm. 



1. G. Mangosfana. Willd. 2. p. 838. 



Polygamous. Leaves petioled, from oblong to broad- 

 lanceolate ; goiters terminal, peduncled, female herma- 

 phrodite solitary, male fascicled. Berries spherical with 

 the surface even, and containing as far as eight seeds. 



