Garcinia.] xviii. guttifer^. 175 



2 to 3 in. wide; petioles winged 75 to 1-25 in. long. Male flowers 

 small "I in. long, densely clustered in the axils of fallen leaves, 

 yellow. Bracts very numerous, lanceolate. Pedicels '25 in. long. 

 Sepals orbicular, inner pair smaller. Petals ovate. Stamens 

 numerous in a convex mass ; anthers sub-sessile with 2 small oval 

 cells at the end of the transverse connective. Pistillode o. Female 

 flowers similar with 6 to 10 staminodes. Ovary globular. Stigma 

 hemispheric with 8 rays. Fruit fleshy, green ovoid. Hab. Swampy 

 wet forest, occasionally in tidal woods, common. Singapore, 

 Selitar; Changi. Malacca. Johor, Kota Tinggi, river bank. 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra and Banca. 



(17) G. Curtisii Ridl. n. sp. 



Tree. Branches hardly angled. Leaves lanceolate obtuse or 

 acute, base long-narrowed; nerves numerous parallel inarching 

 near the margins, 5 to 10 in. long, i'5 to 3'5 in. wide; petioles 

 I in. long. Male flowers in terminal or axillary fascicles with 

 slender pedicels "25 in. long. Sepals 4, orbicular sub-equal 'i in. 

 long. Petals oblong obtuse a little longer. Stamens numerous 

 in a globose head with very short filaments ; anthers 2-celled 

 oblong-quadrate with narrow connective. Pistillode o. Hah. 

 Penang, near Waterfall and at Telok Bahang (Curtis 691; 240). 



(18) G. Forbesii King, I.e. 162. 



A small tree about 15 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous oblanceo- 

 late short acuminate, base cuneate, 3'5 to 5 in. long, i"5 to 2*5 in. 

 wide ; petioles '3 to "4 in. long. Male flowers "25 in. wide in clusters 

 of 3 or 4 axillary. Sepals small round. Petals orbicular crimson. 

 Stamens in a convex mass, the connectives small; anthers sub- 

 sessile sub-orbicular 2-celled. Female flowers solitary. Petals red 

 or orange. Stigma sessile convex covering the ovary, papillose. 

 Fruit pulpy globose as big as a cherry, red. Aril of seeds red. 

 Hab. In lowland forests, Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Bukit Mandai. 

 Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Pahang Kwala Tenok, Tahan River. 

 Perak, Upper Perak 300 ft. altitude (Wray). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(19) G. montana Ridl. n. sp. 



A small tree 15 ft. tall. Branches 4-angled. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, lanceolate bluntly acuminate; nerves invisible except 

 the midrib, 2 in. long, 75 in. wide or smaller; petioles 3 in. long. 

 Male flowers solitary, terminal '25 in. across greenish yellow, on 

 pedicels -12 in. long, thick. Sepals ovate obtuse. Petals rounded. 

 Stamens crowded into a sessile sub-globose head ; anthers numerous, 

 linear. Pistillode o. Female flowers terminal. Sepals and petals 

 as in males. Style cylindric. Stigma capitate. Berry flask-shaped 

 beaked 75 in. long. Hah. On Mt. Ophir, at 3000 ft. altitude on 

 the Padang Batu (Ridley). 



(20) G. M.\Jiv6.oc\\ii Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 169. 

 Branches slender yellow, angled. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 



abruptly blunt-cuspidate, base cuneate; nerves very fine, 3 in. 



