176 XVIII. GUTTiFER^. [Garctnta. 



long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles '35 in. long. Flowers solitary terminal, 

 sessile '5 in. wide. Sepals 4. Petals 4 obovate red. Male flowers, 

 stamens in a globose head ; anthers peltate cells curved. Female 

 flowers, pistil sub-cylindric. Stigma large cushion-shaped covering 

 pistil, rest as in males. Perak, Bikum reserve (Burn-Murdoch). 

 Distrih. Borneo. 



(21) G. monantha Ricll. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 138. 



Small tree. Branchlets grey. Leaves coriaceous ovate or lanceo- 

 late-ovate acutely acuminate 3 in. long, 2 in. wide ; nerves 25 pairs 

 indistinct beneath; petioles '5 in. long. Female flowers axillary 

 solitary; peduncles '25 in. long. Ovary -25 in. long. Stigma large 

 fleshy, circular entire. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan, stream banks 

 at 5500 ft. altitude (Ridley). Males unknown. 



(22) G. minutiflora R^dl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 169. 

 Tree. Branches rough brown knotted. Leaves coriaceous 



bright green, elliptic blunt, base cuneate, edge thickened; nerves 

 faint 7 pairs visible above, midrib prominent, 2 in. long, I'l in. 

 wide; petioles •!$ in. long. Cymes on tubercles on nodes, '20 in. 

 long, 3-branched. Branches yellow angled. Flowers 75 in. long. 

 Sepals 4 ovate yellow. Petals oblong-obovate little larger white. 

 Stamens minute in a globose head; anthers oblong, connectives 

 of moderate size, cells 2 linear. Hab. Rare. Lankawi Islands, Goa 

 chinta (Curtis). Females and fruit unknown. 



(23) G. nigrolineata Planch, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 263 ; 

 Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, vi. pi. 81, fig. f. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 6 to 8 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide; nerves fine; petioles "5 in. long. Male 

 flowers umbellate 4 to 10; pedicels 4, 'i in. long. Stamens 20 in 

 a compact mass ; filaments short ; anther-cells 4 connective thick. 

 Pistillode 0. Females larger in fours. Stigmas large papillose 

 convex. Fruit fleshy oblong-globose with a thick style and pustular 

 stigma. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Changi ; Sungei Moral. Johor, 

 Gunong Pulai. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Nj^alas (Derry), Bukit 

 Bruang. Bindings, Pangkor. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Lan- 

 kawi, Kwah. Disirib. Carimon Isles, Siam, Burma. Native 

 name : Kandis Jantan. 



(24) G. globulosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 20. 



A straight tree with scaly bark, 60 ft. or more tall. Leaves 

 elliptic acuminate, many-nerved, 2 to 3 in. long, i"5 in. wide; 

 petioles '25 in. long. Male flowers in terminal and axillary clusters 

 of 6 or 8, yellow '2 in. long. Sepals rounded gibbous. Stamens 20 

 in a short cylindric column; anthers square at the top. Female 

 flowers larger 4 to 5 in. an umbel axillary and terminal. Sepals 

 rounded orbicular. Stigma sessile round, pustular. Fruit globose 

 orange not umbonate '5 in. through. Stigmas almost concealed 

 in a depression. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Malacca, 

 Selangor and Perak. Native name : Kandis. Fruit eatable. 



