Garcinia.] xviii. guttifeile. 173 



conic mass ; anthers broadly ovoid 2-celled, connectives broad. 

 Female flowers i"5 to 2 in. across terminal solitary. Ovary globose, 

 8-celled. Stigma sessile convex corrugated, deeply 8-lobed. Hab. 

 Very rare, only known from Maingay's specimen from Malacca. 

 This closely resembles Homhroniana, but the stigma is lobed. 



(11) G. Maingayi Hook. fit. F.B.I, i. 267 ; King, I.e. 158 ; Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinchine, vi. pi. 17. 



A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Branchlets thick 4-angled. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic tip blunt rounded or shortly apiculate, base cuneate ; 

 nerves 9 to 13 bold elevated, deep green, 4*5 to 9 in. long, 2*25 

 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long not wrinkled. Male flowers 

 in terminal or axillary peduncled umbels 3 to 12 in a head, i to 

 1*25 in. across white or light yellow, whole inflorescence as much as 

 i'5 in. long. Sepals orbicular, outer ones rather smaller than 

 inner ones. Petals larger, ovate-orbicular. Stamens forming a 

 dense globular mass ; filaments slender in rows on a stipitate recep- 

 tacle. Pistillode cylindric, discoid stigma. Female flowers soli- 

 tary terminal sub-sessile. Staminodes few. Ovary globose 4- to 

 6-celled. Stigma large convex papillose slightly 4-lobed. Fruit 

 globular 2 to 2'5 in. through, crowned by the discoid lobed style, 

 which in some forms is borne on a stout grooved style and is 8-lobed. 

 Hah. Forests. Malacca (Maingay). Bindings, Pangkor; Telok 

 Sera (Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Hills in low country (Kunstler). 

 Ulu Leding (Wray). 



(12) G. atroviridis Griff, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 266; Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinchine, vi. pi. 80, fig. c ; King, I.e. 159. 



A handsome tree 20 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves deep green (red when 

 young) narrow oblong sharply acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 

 numerous inarching '05 to 'i in. from the edge, 4*5 to 8 in. long, 

 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles "6 to "75 in. long. Male flowers i"25 in. 

 across in terminal clusters of few-flowered cymes; pedicels '25 to 

 •75 in. long. Sepals, outer ones oblong or orbicular, inner ones 

 thin-edged, larger. Petals large bright crimson orbicular-obovate. 

 Stamens, filaments slender inserted in whorls on a fleshy receptacle ; 

 anthers narrow oblong, forming with large convex. Stigma a 

 globose mass. Female flowers terminal solitary. Sepals and 

 petals as in male, but petals smaller. Staminodes attached to an 

 annulus. Ovary cylindric rib.bed 12- to i6-celled. Stigma convex, 

 pileate deep red. Fruit 3 in. or more through sub-globose, top 

 flattened with many large ribs and grooves, brilliant orange yellow, 

 juicy. Hah. Wild and occasionally cultivated, in forests at 1500 ft. 

 altitude. Singapore. Johor. Malacca. Perak. Penang. Native 

 name : Asam Gelugur. Use : Fruit dried and eaten in curries 

 or stewed, also used in medicine. 



(13) G. costata Hemsl. King, I.e. 161. 



Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 12 to 18 in. through. Leaves dark green, 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic acute, base cuneate; nerves elevate 



