172 XVIII. GUTTiFER^. [Garctma. 



scented of apples. Hab. Whole peninsula wild or planted, Singa- 

 pore. Malacca. Pahang. Bindings. Province Wellesley. Penang. 

 Distrih. Nicobars. Native names : Mangis Hutan ; Barus or Bruas. 

 Use : Fruit eatable but rather acid. 



(8) G. penangiana Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, vi. pi. 46A; 

 King, I.e. 157. G. fascicularis Wall. Cat. 4053. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 15 in. through. Branchlets 4-angled. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate acuminate blunt, base 

 narrowed ; nerves very numerous, fine faint, 4'5 to 7 in. long, 

 i'5 to 3 in. wide; petioles '5 in. long. Male flowers in terminal 

 fascicles of 3 to 6 ; pedicels slender '2$ in. to '5 in. long. Sepals, 

 outer ones round fleshy -25 in. long red, inner ones larger elliptic 

 obtuse. Petals longer, creamy white. Stamens united into a 

 slightly 4-lobed mass ; anthers short, broad. Pistillode o. Females 

 solitary larger ; peduncles thicker. Ovary globular. Stigma large 

 hemispheric corrugate 4-lobed. Fruit globular 175 in. long. 

 Seeds few. Hab. Forests usually at about 1000 ft. altitude. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills. Penang, upper part of the hill. 



Vesque separates fascicularis Wall, from G. penangiana King, but the 

 plants seem to me identical. 



(9) G. Mangostana Linn. Sp. PI. 635 ; Pierre, Fl. For. 

 Cochinchine, i. 54 ; King, I.e. 156 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4847. 



A tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Bark smooth. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, elliptic-oblong acute, base cuneate, deep shining green ; 

 nerves numerous, inarching with a double extra-marginal nerve, 

 6 to 10 in. long, 2*5 to 4*25 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long. 

 Female flowers 2 in. across, solitarj^ or paired at the ends of branches, 

 on stout '5 in. -long pedicels. Sepals 4 rounded yellowish. Petals 4 

 ovate dark rosy pink, larger. Stamens 15 to 20, all free, slender 

 with small elliptic white anthers, all abortive. Ovary globular 

 4- to 8-celled. Stigma sessile 4- to 8-rayed yellow. Fruit depressed 

 globular 3 in. through, deep brown crimson, rind thick rose pink 

 within. Seeds 6 to 8 enclosed in a white juicy aril. Cultivated 

 all over the peninsula. Not known in a wild state. I have never 

 seen a male tree, male flowers or a fertile stamen, though the seeds 

 are almost always fertile. The male flowers described by Rox- 

 burgh and King are doubtful. Native name : Manggis. Use : A 

 very popular fruit, the rind, which is astringent, used in dysentery. 



(10) G. Malaccensis Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 261 ; Pierre, Fl. For. 

 Cochinchine, vi. pi. 78, fig. d ; Vesque, Epharm. ii. pi. 147. 



Tree. Branchlets 4-angled, drying dark. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 short blunt acuminate, base narrowed; nerves faint, horizontal 

 4 to 8 in. long, 1-5 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles -4 to -6 in. long chan- 

 nelled. Male flowers 4- to 6-fascicled terminal ; pedicels '35 to "65 in. 

 long, thick. Sepals elliptic-orbicular sub-similar. Petals twice as 

 long, red ovate clawed. Stamens very numerous in a sub-cylindric 



