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osita. Flores verticillati age Itisin truth the only 
ant of the genus in Ceylon, having sessile verticelled 
eck In his generic Dheruclar tslleseri te s the anthers, 
anthere subrotunde, the pistil Limes subrotandum stria- 
tum, beste area Ay Jom quadrifidum persistens, and 
sis cat 
um subrotundum octies sulea- 
deee mao ovary is taken from one species, and of the fruit 
from a different, owing to the imperfection of his speci- 
mens and his not being aware that the lobes of the stigma 
afford a sure indication of the ages of cells of the fruit. 
His Cambogia, however, error is certainly the 
Gamboge plant of Ceylon, which is farther established, as 
Dr. G ste Sargon us, ie Beret ae of the spec 
men in Loy ’*s Herbaru be viinaddeved 
the e type sale Guide % gutta I therefore that 
plant is & oh elevated to t 
a Kista plat was va dencieal 
almost impossible 
that Roxbur tgh could ever recognize his Si legadtoe- oe hated 
Mu 
nera a (Garcinia an anthochy ymus) 50 aictiact as 
not to be referable even e same natural order. In m 
opinio Breen iokd pero to be suppressed, and Xan- 
thochymus retai 
In colie ion there are specimens of I think 
though not without ae e doubt, a third species a 
to this section, (fruit suleated) the fruit is es Brainy as 
four deep abrupt on d of l cal ae 
14. G. conicarpa (R.W.) Fruit conical, aaa ete 4-fur- 
rowed, furrows angular Seni sub-spathu very 
sub-sessile in the ter- 
axils: tas few, 8-12, filaments 
aniiel into a slender pais equalling the sepals. 
Ha le-—-Shevaghery y Sgro in deep mountain 
alleys—Male : Ceylon. I oh ig sags eats 
doubt before the shaincise of the sa from feeling un- 
certain, on pier of the very different stations, oa 
or not it appertains to the same species. In the form of 
- leaves and 0 of the flowers they agree. 
wba ane above, 1-cel- 
arly, (circ cumscissile a 
Ill. Anthers — depresse 
d dehiscing cire 
1 
A ie 
1d. G, gutta (R. 
axils of the leaves, apparently verticelled roun 
i the branches where tl 
s= 
art 
llen, fruit globose, about a size of a cherry, 4-seeded, 
leaves from broad lanceolate, to rhomboidal, obtusely 
attenuated at both ends. 
Ceylon fre juent, not uncommon about a and 
one on the south-west oe of the 
e ohne the above of Linn: 
: * es or tab. eth 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
which in the former are like the male “ peltate,”’ in bei: 
-lobed oe 2-celled, (the ordinary structure) and of 
course reduc ng the aalue of that character as a generic 
on 
. Ge elliptica ! ? (Wall.) Leaves el Sa ovleeiinos ,ellip- 
tic, obtuse, abruptly and shortly ac male— 
rs sessile, axillary, ovary 4- celled, bathers circum- 
setnaite: 
Hab.— Mergui. 
My specimens of this 
is”) 
yess 
s plant were communicated by 
Mr. Griffith, they are oi female only and somewhat 
ast flower. I was however enabled to refer it to this 
se ection, sates “of some anthers i were 
G, elliptica Wall. agrees in the character of the anthers 
with his Ceylon specimens. 
Do the following belong to this section; and are they 
distinet species 
18. G. licariits ra, (Blume, Bijd. 1, page 215). Ramuli 
roundish, leaves elliptic — obtusely acuminated, 
acute at the pets coriaceous 
sessile—(Calyx 4 sepals, p 
phous, in a single series ; ovary, 4-celled ; stigma sessi 
multifid: berry. i decage 4- ce]}ed—a tree 40-50 feet thighs 
Obs.—The female flowe. only of this seems to be 
nown whence he in nfe rs the species is Sueaeeagr 
and on that account gee (fon 
to 
Ban f slightl 
e sessile aggre es flowers and 4-celled 
fruit of b both these plants, leads me to suspect that they 
both belong to this — and that they are but varie- 
ties of the same spec 
oie imperfectly known. 
G. gutta, Roxb. — — Wall. list N. 4866. 
G. 6 boobicowa, ae 
Z bhumicowa, Wall. 14 4858. 
G. fascicularis, Wall. 1. 4853. 
ll. 
4859. 
G. umbili, 2, Roxb, i e. and Wall. 1. 4864. 
G, lebihjuct; Wall 1 4868. 
= cig Wall. 1. 4869, 
behing 
Q 
Species ree 
laws a, (Desrous) Lam. yros species # 
= ccgymt liptn (Choisy), Stamens ne K tee an- 
ecies 
lomaet lia, ‘GBlume). “ Stigmate, sub. 5—radiato’’ 
Xa Pe pire species ? 
2 oheparsras Blume, Bijd, 1-218. 
YX Petals 4, fimbriated. 
Disk, ‘shed vie bearing t the stamens on 
Stamens 8. ig 6-8 celled ; eels tee Style, 
fili Berry globose, pulpy, 
4-6 apie aa Teapeaeed. solitary by abortion, fixed 
