Garcinia. polyandria monogynia. G19 



Manqostana Garcinia. GcBrt. sem. 2. 105. 1. 105. 

 MaiKjosfana. Rnmph. Amh. J. t. 43. i.s a l)ad represen- 

 tation oi" the female herinaplirodile, or fertile tree. 



A native of the Malay Peninsula, and of the Island.s 

 to the eastward of the Bay of Bengal, where they often 

 grow to be trees of a large size, with a strinw;ht trunk, and 

 numerous spreading? opposite branches, and l)ranchlcts 

 forming an elegant, conical head. It is in flower and 

 fruit great part of the year. Leaves opposite, petiolcd, 

 oblong, and broad-lanceolar, entire, rather obtuse, having 

 both sides polished, of a firm texture, from six to eight 

 inches long, and from two to four broad. Petioles short, 

 marked with rugee and having a fleshy protuberance on 

 the inside. Stipules none. 



Male. Flowers terminal, pretty long-peduncled, gene- 

 rally three, five, or nine together, large, of a colour which 

 is a mixture of red, green, and yellow. Bractes several 

 about the insertion of the peduncles, and round the flower 

 buds themselves, roundish, concave, scariose. Calyx of 

 two unequal pairs, of round, concave, spreading leaflets. 

 Petals four, oval, fleshy, of a yellowish red on the inside 

 and a greenish red on the outside. Stamina numerous, 

 collected on the four lobes of a large fleshy receptacle, 

 round the abortive column. Filaments short Anthers 

 ovate, oblong, recurved. Germ none, but in the centre an 

 inverted, truncated, conical, fleshy body, scarcely rising 

 above the elevated anthers. 



Female Hermaphrodite. Flowers sometimes on 

 the same tree with the male, but I believe more generally 

 on a separate one, solitary, rarely tern, peduncled, larger 

 than the male, and of a deeper colour. Calijx and corol 

 as in the male, the former permanent. Filaments many, 

 slender, half the length of the germ, and inserted round 

 its base. Anthers irregular, small, and seemingly abor- 

 tive. Germ superior, round, from six to eight-celled, with 

 one ovula in each, attached to the middle of the axis, the 



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