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0. Kurzii, Pierre. And it appears probable that, althouf?h its bead- 

 quarters are Burmab and Sjlhet, 0. specio.sa does occur on the Anda- 

 nians. M. Pierre relies, as a diagnostic mark of liis G. Kurzii, on its 

 having solitary male flowers, whereas those of G. speciosa are fascicu- 

 late. But in Calcutta Herbarium specimens of tlio same set which 

 M. Pierre would refer to his G. Kurzii, the flowers are sometimes solitary 

 and sometimes clustered. Another mark which M. Pierre relies on is 

 that the peduncles of the flowers of G. speciosa are described by Wal- 

 lich as two or three times as long as the leaf petioles, whereas in 

 G. Kurzii, the peduncles are shorter than the petioles. The female flower 

 of G. speciosa is described in the Flora of British India as unktiown, 

 and M. Pierre says the same of the female flower of his G. Kurzii. 

 Wallich's specimens of G. afflnis from Sylliet have advanced female 

 flowers, and it is from these that I have described the female flower 

 (figured by Pierre, tab. 79, fig. G.) ; for nffinis appears to me in no way 

 distinct from speciosa. Wallich was no doubt mislead by the size of tlie 

 rudimentary stigma in the male flowers of speciosa into considering 

 these as hermaphrodite, and it is probable that he never saw true female 

 flowers. Tliis view is supported by the fact that lie does not describe 

 either ovary or fruit. Pierre (1. c. t. 79, figs. H. and I.) gives drawings 

 of what he believes to be the male and female flowers of G. speciosa. 

 But in his text (fasc. VI, p. xiv), he states that the flowers thus 

 figured were, in the specimen from which he took them, unattached to 

 any leaf-twig and were mixed with flowers of other species. They are 

 therefore altogether doubtful even for M. Pierre. 



9. GrARCiNiA KuRZii, Pierre Flor. Forest. Coch. -Chine, fasc. VI, 

 p. xiv, t. 78 B, A shrub with the branch lets and leaves of G. speciosa, 

 but the leaves less acuminate and with longer petioles. Flowers as in 

 speciosa, but the stamens less numerous and the rudimentary stigma 

 discoid and flat. Ripe fruit unknown. 



Andaman Islands ; Kurz, King's Collector. 



This differs from G. speciosa chiefly in being a shrub, and in its 

 rudimentary stigma being flat and discoitl, instead of convex. Both 

 this and speciosa differ but little from G. cornea, Roxb., a species indi- 

 genous to Amboina. 



10. Garcinia Hombroniana, Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochin-Chine, fasc. 

 VI, p. xii, t. 79, figs. D. E. F. J. A tree, with rather stout, 4-angled 

 branches, yellowish when dry. Leaves elliptic, to oblong-elliptic, slight- 

 ly inequilateral, sub-acute or very shortly and abruptly blunt-acuminate ; 

 the base cuneate, slightly unequal ; upper surface slightly glossy, the 

 under rather dull ; nerves numerous, ascending, not prominent on either 

 surface ; the midrib bold on both ; length .3 5 to 5 in., breadth 1 to 275 



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