to XXI. GFlTIFEB.li;. 



I in. in diam., subglobose, surrounded at the base by the persistent sepals, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4, ovoid-renifoiiu, slightly compressed ; testa muri- 

 culate, dark brown. V]. B. I. v. ], p. 264; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. v. 1, 

 t. 8G ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 9B ; Pierre, Fl. For. Coehiuchl t. 85, A ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 15; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 472. Jlelradcndron camhogioides, 

 Grab, in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 2 (1S3()) p. 190, t. 27.— FloAvers : 

 Nov. Yern. Arsina-gioyji ; Nardala. 



The Ganthoge tree, occurring frequently in the Kanara evergreen forests. Kanaka : 

 StocA'sl, Laiv\; Siddapur (N. Kanara), Talhot, Woodrow. — Distiub. Siam, Ceylon. 



Altbough the tree is fairly abundant in India, being found in Eastern Bengal, 

 the Khasia hills and the Westeru Peninsula, gamboge does not appear to have been 

 ever collected in India as an article of conunerce, most of the gamboge imported into 

 Europe being the ])i'oduce of Siam and Ccchin-China. Watt's Dictionary of Economic 

 Products of India, vol. 3, pp. 473-478, contains a very full account of its mode of 

 collection and uses. 



4. Garcinia Xanthochymus, Hool: /., FI. B. /. v. 1 (1874) p. 269. 



A large tree ; trunk straight, covered m ith dark-colored, scabrous bark ; 

 branches angular, spreading, fonning a large shady head. Leaves 

 coriaceous, 8-18 by l|-4in., linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate, smooth, shining ; petioles ^-l in. long, transversely rugose, 

 Male flowers white, | in. in diam., in fascicles of 4-8, from the 

 axils of fallen leaves ; pedicels thickened upwards, 1-1 1 in. long. 

 Sepals 5, fleshy, i-J in. long, unequal, orbicular, concave, persistent. 

 Petals 5, orbicular, spreadiug, g in. in diam. Stamens 15-20, in 5 

 bundles, alternating with 5 fleshy glands ; anthers 2-celled. Hermaph. 

 elowers similar to those of the male but with longer pedicels. Ovary 

 ovoid, pointed, usually 5-celled ; stigma 5-lobi d, the lobes large, oblong, 

 ^spreading, entire. Fruit as large as a middle-sized apple, smooth, very 

 little pointed at the apex, deep yellow when ripe. Seeds 1-4, oblong. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 269; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 15; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 125 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 478. 

 Xantliocliynms pictorius, Eoxb. Cor. PI. v. 2, p. 51, t. 190 ; Dal/,. & Gibs, 

 p. 31. — Flowers: Mar.-May. 



Abundant in the evergreen forests of N. Kanara. Konkan : Lau'\, Stocksl ; W. 

 Ghats (widely), Woodrow ; Island of Karanja, probably planted, JJaLcH cf- Gibson. 

 Kanara: Southern G\\Ms, Dalsell i^- Gibson; N. Kanara, in evergreen forests, abun- 

 dant, T(dbof. The fruit is eaten by the poorer natives and is not unpalatable, though 

 strongly acid, especially tlie fleshy pericarp. — Distkih. Penang and the Andamans. 



5. Garcinia spicata, lloolc f. in Joum. Linn. Soc. v. 14 (1875) 

 p. 48(5. A middling-sized tree with straight trunk; branches angular, 

 striate. Leaves coriaceous, 2-4 by I2-2.T in., broadly-elliptic or almost 

 orbicular, obtuse or retuse, rarely subacute, reticulately veined, the veins 

 conspicuous in dried specimens ; petioles | in. long, stout, transversely 

 rugose. Flowers about .] in. in diam. in tlie axils of fallen leaves, the 

 males numerous, sometimes mixed with the females in the same fascicle, 

 but more commonly crowded in a short spiciform raceme, the females 

 being in fascicles of 2-5; pedicels ^-^ in. long. Sepals 5, very unequal, 

 g-l- in. long, orbicular, ciliolate, the 2 outer tliick and fleshy, the 3 

 inner larger and thinner. Petals 5, meniI)ranous, much longer than the 

 sepals, orbicular, concave, veined. IMalk ei-owkks : Stamens in 5 

 bundles; filaments combined into a long, somewhat spat hulate, fleshy 



