XXI. GUTTIFEE.'E. 77 



Bombay GbcUs, Woodrowl; ravines at Khanclala, Graham. Kanaka: in evergreen 

 forests, Talhot ; near Yellapur (N. Kanara), Talbot ! 



Tbe fruit is eaten and used i'or making syrup. A concrete oil or soapy substance 

 named Kokam is extiacled from tbe seeds, which is used for healing cliaps and abra- 

 sions. 



Tbe tree is largely grown in tbe southern districts of the Bombay Presidency; in 

 tbe Ratuagiri CoUectorate alone, it is estimated that upwards of l.'J.UOO trees are in 

 cultivation. It w;is known to the Pcrtuguese at Goa under tlie wnme oi Brindun \ 

 hence the name Briudonia gi\-en to it by Thouars. A considerable trade in Kokam 

 biiftcr is carrieel on by tlie Goanese. A full account of the mode of its extraction from 

 tbe seeds will be found in Watt's Dictionary of Economic Products of India, v. 3, 

 pp. 467-470. 



2. Garcinia Cambogia, Desrons. in Laml: Encyc. v. 3 (1789) 

 p. 701. A moderate-sized tree with round head, drooping branches, 

 and rongh, dark-brown bark ; young shoots glabrous. Leaves 2-5 by 

 |— 2 in., elliptic-kmceoLate, acute or shgbtly acuminate, glabrous, nerves 

 obhque ; petioles i— | in. long, stout. Male elo-\vees in the axils of 

 fallen leaves, 3 or 4 together ; pedicels thickened upwards, variable in 

 lengfh. .Sepals thick and fleshy, with membranous margins ; outer 

 sepals i in. long, shorter than the inner, orbicular ; inner elliptic- 

 oblong. Petals more than twice as long as the sepals, obovate-oblong, 

 concave, with narrowly membranous margins. 8tamens numerous on a 

 short, thick androphore, monadelphous, forming a globular head. Female 

 or nEEMAPH. FLOWERS larger than the male, in terminal and axillary 

 fascicles of 1-3. Sepals and petals as in the male. Staminodes 10-20, 

 unequal, in a ring round the ovary, free or connate at the base. Ovary 

 globular, grooved ; stigma 5-12-rayed, tubercled. Pruit 2^-3 in. in 

 diam., yellow or reddish, more or less globular, with 7-13 (usually 8) 

 deep, vertical furrows, not continued to the apex which is smooth, 

 depressed, and often mammillate ; pericarp very thick, fleshy. Seeds as 

 many as the grooves of the fruit, -J in. long, ovoid, compressed, sur- 

 rounded by a white or red aril ; testa pale-brown, veined. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 261 ; Lanessan, Mem. Garcin. [Tr. Bot. (Ib72)] p. 30 ; Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinch. t. S3, H ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 95 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 15 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 4G4. — Flowers : Jan.-May. 

 Veek. Ujxtgi-mara. 



On tbe Southern Ghats. Konkan : SfocAs !, Lawl ; Bombay, Lav ! Kanaua : Stocks I, 

 Law ! ; S. Ghats of S. Kanara in evergreen forests, Talbot. 



3. Garcinia Morella, Drsrous. in Laml: Eacyc. v. 3 (1789) p. 701, 

 t. 405, fig. 2. A middling-sized tree, with spreading branches, quite 

 glabrous; young branches quadrangidar, smooth. Leaves 3-5 by 1.4- 

 2| in., elhptic-obovate to ovate-lanceolate, subacute or shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, narrowed at the base ; petioles \ in. long. Male 

 FLOWEES axillary, in fascicles of 2-5, subsessile, or on pedicels i-j in. 

 long. Sepals 4, decussate, orbicular, concave, the outer the smaller. 

 Petals 4, a little larger than the sepals. Stamens 25-40, monadelphous, 

 the filaments combined into a subquadrangular central column, but free 

 at the apex, the free portion very short ; anthers orbicular, flattened, 

 dehiscing transversely. Eudimentary ovary 0. Female flowees larger 

 than the male, sohtary, axillary, usually sessile. Sepals and petals as in 

 the male, the former persistent, the latter deciduous. Staminodes 18- 

 30, in a ring round the ovaiy, connate at the base. Ovary globular, 

 smooth, 4-celled ; stigma peltate, irregularly lobed and tubercled. Fruit 



