174 XVIII. GUTTiFER^. [Garctma. 



13 to 18 pairs, 6 to 14 in. long, 3-5 to 6 in. wide; petioles i to 

 i"5 in. long. Male flowers i to i'25 in. across in terminal cymes of 

 3 to 5 ; pedicels stout '25 to '5 in. long. Sepals equal orbicular. 

 Petals larger, pale yellow, tinged reddish, orbicular-ovate. Stamens 

 forming an oblong 4-angled mass with stigma ; filaments inserted 

 on a fleshy receptacle ; anthers cuneale. Stigma large discoid. 

 Female flowers solitary terminal. Staminodes 12. Ovary grooved. 

 Stigma discoid with radiating grooves. Fruit depressed spheroidal, 

 3 in. by 2 in. with many grooves, pale rose to crimson. Hab. 

 Forests. Perak, Thaiping Hills 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude and Gunong 

 Bubu (Kunstler). Native name : Glugor. Use: Fruit eaten. 



In foliage and flowers closely resembling G. Maingayi, but in fruit 

 resembling G. atroviridis. 



(14) G. Griffithii T. Anders, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 266; King, 

 I.e. 161. 



A smooth-barked tree usually about 40 to 60 ft. tall, with 

 angled yellowish branches. Leaves large coriaceous bullate oval 

 or oval-elliptic, light green, base narrowed; nerves 16 to 24 pairs 

 bold, 9 to 16 in. long, 4 to 8 in. wide; petioles "6 in. long. Male 

 flowers '75 in. across (hardly expanding) in dense 3- to lo-flowered 

 cymes in leaf axils on tubercles ; pedicels "25 in. long. Sepals 

 equal orbicular fleshy. Petals oblong blunt fleshy, green. Stamens 

 25 to 40 in a square flat-topped mass ; anthers broad oblong. Pistil- 

 lode none. Female flowers in few-flowered axillary cymes. 

 Perianth as in males. Staminodes in 4 bundles. Ovary ribbed 

 i2-celled; style short. Stigma peltate papillose, edges crenate. 

 Fruit 3 in. through globose flattened at the top, brownish green, 

 resembling a russet apple, acid. Hab. In woods, common, Singa- 

 pore, Malacca and Perak. Native name : Kandis Gajah. 



(15) G. clusicefolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 140. 

 Tree. Branches black not angled. Leaves stiffly coriaceous 



obovate, base cuneate ; nerves very fine ascending inconspicuous 

 above, almost invisible beneath, 5 to 5-5 in. long, 2-25 to 3 in. 

 wide ; petioles "5 in. long stout not rugose. Male flowers in fascicles 

 upon tubercles, axiflary 10 or more together, very small. Bracts 

 ovate numerous. Pedicels thick 25 in. long. Sepals 4, 2 outer 

 ones coriaceous, orbicular concave, 2 inner thinner, obovate- 

 oblong. Petals oblong obtuse as long. Stamens connate into a 

 sub-conic mass not lobed ; anthers sessile, minute 2-celled ; cells 

 separated by the broad triangular connective. Pistillode o. Hab. 

 Mountains, rare, Pahang at Wray's camp on Gunong Tahan (Ridle}'). 



(16) G. bancana Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Siipp. 494 ; King, I.e. 162. 

 A tree 20 to 80 ft. tall. Stem 18 to 24 in. through. Branchlets 



stout, nodular, black. Leaves coriaceous broadly obovate-lanceo- 

 late, tip rounded or mucronulate, base narrowed to petiole ; nerves 

 very numerous, close and parallel, keel prominent, 5 to 7 in. long, 



