Garcinia.] xviii. guttifer^. 179 



(32) G. nervosa Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 208; King, 

 I.e. 169. G. Anderson! Hook. ftl. F.B.I, i. 270. 



A medium-sized tree (40 to 80 ft. tall, fide King). Branchlets 

 angled, 2 angles winged. Leaves pubescent beneath, deep green 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, narrowed to the 

 rounded or cordate base; nerves 15 to 20 pairs very prominent 

 beneath, inarching with an intra-marginal nerve 'i in. from edge, 

 9 to 20 in. long, 3-5 to 7 in. wide; petioles 1-25 in. long. Female 

 flowers 75 in. across, yellowish green, in axillary fascicles of 8 to 10 ; 

 pedicels i to 1-25 in. long pubescent. Sepals 5 unequal, coriaceous 

 pubescent. Petals 5 much larger, orbicular. Disc of 5 fleshy 

 glands with 5 minute staminodes between them. Ovary ovoid 

 5-celled. Stigma 5-rayed. Fruit ovoid, yellow, blotched red, 2 in. 

 long, 1-5 in. through, with an excentric mammilla and 5-lobed stigma. 

 Seeds 2. Hab. Forests. Not rare, Singapore, Malacca, Selangor 

 and Perak. Disirih. Sumatra. 



(33) Gr. dulcis Kurz, For. Flora Burma, i. 92 ; Pierre, Fl. For. 

 Cochinchine vi. 4; King, I.e. 169. Xanthochymus dulcis Roxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 270 ; Wight. Ic. 270 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3088. 



Medium tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets 4-angler', yellow. 

 Leaves deep green coriaceous ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded; nerves 10 pairs, inarching near edge, not very prominent, 

 5 to 10 in. long, 175 to 4-5 in. wide ; petioles -4 to -6 in. long stout. 

 Flowers globular hardly expanding '25 in. across, greenish yellow, 

 unisexual or male and bisexual mixed, in dense many-flowered 

 fascicles in the leaf axils ; pedicels '25 to 35 in. long. Sepals 4 

 to 6 orbicular, 3 outer smaller. Petals usually 5, larger. Stamens 

 40 in pedicelled fan-shaped groups. Disc in male corrugated, 

 fleshy, in female 5-lobed. Stigma in males o, in bisexuals, 5-rayed. 

 Fruit 2*5 to 3 in. long globular, ovoid or pear-shaped, peduncled, 

 pulpy yellow. Seeds i to 5 oblong. Hab. In orchards and village 

 compounds cultivated. Singapore, Perak, etc. Distrib. Malay 

 Islands. Native name : Mundu. Use : Fruit eaten, raw or cooked. 

 It makes excellent jam. 



(34) Cr. glomerata Vesque, DC. Monogr. 320. G. densiflora 

 King, I.e. 171 {not of Vieillara). 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Branches 4-angled. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, broad elliptic to elliptic-oblong sub-acute or blunt, 

 base cuneate, midrib stout; nerves 10 to 12 pairs inarching 'i in. 

 from edge, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 375 in. wide; petioles "6 in. 

 long channelled. Male flowers "35 in. across, in dense many- 

 flowered clusters, i to 1*5 in. across; pedicels '2 to 35 in. long. 

 Sepals 5, 3 outer larger orbicular puberulous, edges ciliate, inner 

 2 as large as petals. Petals 5 orbicular, fleshy yellow. Stamens 

 in 5 fan-shaped branches of 12; filaments fleshy; anthers with 2 

 orbicular cells. Disc corrugated fleshy 5-lobed. Pistillode, style 

 cylindric. Stigma oblong, small. Female flowers and fruit un- 

 known. Hab. Rare in hill jungle. Perak at Goping (Kunstler). 



