Garcinia.] xviii. guttifeile. 177 



(25) G. parvifolia Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Siipp. 495 ; Ridl. Joiirn. 

 Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 20. 



Small tree, rather rough barked, 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves dark 

 green thinly coriaceous, elliptic acuminate, base narrowed, tip 

 cuspidate, 4*5 in. long, i'5 in. wide ; petioles "5 in. long. Male flowers 

 axillary in loose heads of 2 or 3. Sepals ovate yellow. Petals 

 oblong spreading '25 in. long, cream colour. Stamens about 30 in a 

 sessile head ; filaments oblong short, spreading ; anthers quadrate. 

 Females in sessile cymes of 3 to 5. Sepals, outer ovate rounded 

 green, inner smaller, yellow. Petals yellow oblong 'i in. long. 

 Staminodes 4 linear, clubbed. Stigma orbicular, edges lacerate 

 with short papillae, obscurely 6-lobed. Fruit elliptic, pulpy orange, 

 top umbonate. Stigma minute sunk and concealed; ovary cells 6. 

 Seeds 3 to 5. Hab. Woods, Singapore, not rare, Tanglin. Distrih. 

 Sumatra. 



(26) G. Kunstleri King, I.e. 165. 



Shrub 6 to 15 ft. tall. Branches not angled. Leaves mem- 

 branous oblanceolate acuminate; nerves faint, 3-5 to 5 in. long, 

 1-15 to 1-8 in. wide; petioles -35 to -6 in. long. Males '1$ in. 

 across, in fascicles of 3 to 6. Petals broad ovate. Stamens 15 in 

 a convex mass; anthers 4-celled, connective broad. Females 

 solitary. Petals o. Stigma convex, papillose lo-lobed. Fruit 

 pulpy orange yellow sub-globose 1-5 in. through. Hah. Limestone 

 rocks, Perak, Kwala Dipang (Kunstler, Scortechini) ; Tapa (Wray). 



(27) G. Gaudichaudii Planch, and Triana, Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 Ser. 4, xiv. 357 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, pi. 75 ; Vesque, 

 Epharm. ii. t. 126, 127. G. Scortechinii King, I.e. 166. 



Tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets yellowish angled. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, ovate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, base acute; 

 nerves 5 to 6 pairs inarching -2 in. from the edge, conspicuous, 

 275 to 475 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, -25 in. long. Male flowers -2 in. 

 across, sessile or shortl}^ pedicelled, 3 to 6 on axillary tubercles, 

 cream colour turning pink with age. Sepals orbicular thin. Petals 

 broadly ovate. Stamens 10 to 20 on a 4-angled receptacle ; anthers 

 with peltate tops, cells round the edge ; filaments shorter. Pistil- 

 lode o. Female flowers nearly -5 in. across, axillary solitary. 

 Ovary globose. Stigma sessile, 4-lobed. Fruit globular, pericarp 

 leathery, -6 to 75 in. through. Seeds 4. Hah. Perak, Thaiping 

 Hills; Gunong Batu Putih. Penang, Telok Bahang, a shrub 

 (Curtis). Distrih. Cochin-China. 



var. minor Ridl. Leaves 3 in. long, 1-25 in. wide. Fruit 

 smaller. Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca (Griflith). 



(28) G. uniflora King, I.e. 167.. 



A small tree 8 to 10 It. tah. Branches rather stout. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong thinly coriaceous, acuminate, base 

 cuneate; nerves 12 to 20 pairs fine but prominent; 5*5 in. to 

 7-5 in. long, 2-5 to 4*25 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long, thick 



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