94 GltttiferCB. \_Garcima, 



bined at base; ov. i-cellcd, with 3 parietal placentas, styles 3 

 (rarely 4) ; capsule ovoid, equalling persistent sep., valves 3, 



Throughout the island in ditches, paddy fields, &C., but commoner 

 in the montane region, Fl. all the year ; yellow. 



Throughout India, and extends to Japan and China, and to Java, 

 Australia, and N. Zealand. 



H. hiimifusuin, L. has occurred occasionally about N. Eliya, but 

 certainly introduced there. 



XIX.— GUTTIFER^.. 



Trees ; 1. opposite, entire, without stip ; fl. regular, bisexual 

 or polygamo-dioecious ; sep. 4-5, imbricate, persistent ; pet. 

 4-8, distinct, much imbricate, rarely o ; stam. indef., distinct 

 or 1-4-adelphous, in fern. fl. reduced to staminodes ; ov. 

 I -many-celled, with 1-4 erect or axile ovules in each cell ; 

 fruit usually indehiscent, rarely 2-valved ; seeds large, with or 

 without an aril, embryo either a homogeneous mass without 

 cotyledons, or with the cotyledons, large, fleshy, often con- 

 solidated, no endosperm (but see under Calophylluvi). 



Stigmas sessile. Embryo a homogeneous mass 



{Garchiiecs) i. Garcinia. 



Style well developed. Embryo with large cotyle 



dons {Calophyllecc). 



Ovary i -celled, ovule i 2. Calophyllum. 



Ovary i -celled, ovules 4 3. Kayea. 



Ovary 2-celled, ovules 4 4. Mesua. 



A completely tropical family. Of our 19 species, 15 are found in the 

 low country of the moist region, 4 of them extending also into the dry 

 region, and 3 others up into the lower montane zone. The remaining 4 

 species — Garcinia cchi7iocarpa and 3 species of Calophylluin — are con- 

 fined to the hills, C. Walkerii^ attaining to the highest ele\ ations. 



I. GARCINIA, L. 



Trees ; 1. thick, smooth ; fl. axillary, polygamousl)' 

 dioecious ; sep. 4-5 ; pet. 4-5, imbricate ; male fl. : — stam. 

 indef, fil. connate into one or more bundles, anth. dehiscing 

 vertically or transversely, ov. rudimentary or o ; fem. fl. : — 

 stam. (abortive) 10-20, in a single row, usually connected at 

 base, ov. 2-1 2-celled, with a single axile ovule in each cell, 

 stigma sessile, peltate ; fruit fleshy, i -few-seeded ; seeds large. 



