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sepals persistent at its base ; pericarp thin, crustaceons. Seeds few, ovate. 

 G. cornea, Wall. Cat. 4852 D. ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 260 (in part). 

 G. fascictdarix. Wall. Cat. 4H.53, Pieire 1. c, p. xvi. 



Penang; Porter (Wallicli's Collector), Curtis. Perak ; King's 

 Collector, Scortecliini. 



This plant, first distinguished aa a species by M. Pierre, seems 

 to be rather common in Penang and Perak. Ripe fruits are as yet un- 

 known; those ill Mr. Kuiistler's specimens No. 3583 (noted by him as 

 unripe) measure 1"25 in in diam. A fruit on one of Scortechini's 

 specimens measui'es half an inch more. Mr. Kunstler notes the tiee 

 as occurring at elevations of 300 up to 3,000 feet. The foregoing de- 

 scription of the flower does not quite agree with that of M. Pierre 

 wldch was drawn up from specimens without female flowers and with 

 buds only of the male flowers. 



14. Garcinia malaccensis. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 251. A tree; 

 the branchlets rather stout, 4-angled. Leaves brown when dry, elliptic, 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, tlie base much narrowed, shining above, 

 the lower surface rather dull ; midrib bold, pi-ominent on both surfaces ; 

 nerves numerous, faint, sub-horizontal, connected by oblique secondary 

 nerves ; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 1*5 to 25 in. ; petiole "4 to *6 in., 

 channelled. Male flowers 1 in. in diam., in terminal fascicles of 4 to 6 , 

 pedicels '35 to "65 in. long. Sepals orbicular, concave, fleshy. Petals 

 twice as long as the sepals, dull red, broadly ovate, shortly clawed. 

 Stamens very numerous, densely imbricated in a sub-cylindric or conical 

 truncate mass formed of the fleshy conjoined filaments; anthers adnate, 

 broadly ovoid, 2-celled, the connective broad ; stigma laige, convex. 

 Ovary abortive. Female flowers 1"5 to 2 in. in diam. terminal, solitary, 

 red. Staminodes few or 0. Oi'^ary globose, 8-celled; stigma sessile, 

 larf'e, convex, enveloping half tlie ovary, much coi-rugated and deeply 

 8-lobed. Fruit unknown. Pierre Flore Forest. Coch. -Chine, fasc. VI, 

 p. xi, t. 78, fig. D. 



Malacca; Maingay (Kew Distrib. No. 149). Of this I have seen 

 only Maingay's specimens. In its leaves, in the colour of its flowers, 

 and in its 8-lobed stigma, this I'esembles G. niangostuna. 



15. Garcinia maingayi. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 267. A tree 40 to 

 60 feet high; young branches thick, 4-angled and dark-coloured when 

 dry. Leaves oblong-elliptic, obtuse with short blunt apiculus, the base 

 narrowed; both surfaces shining, the lower pale brown when dry; 

 nerves 9 to 13 pairs, bold, spreading, prominent beneath as is the midrib ; 

 length 45 to 7 in., breadth 2'25 to 325 in., petiole '75 in. Male flowers 

 1 to 125 in. in diam., waxy white, in terminal or axillary, 3 to 6- 

 flowered, shortly peduncled umbels ; pedicels "25 to "5 in. long. Sepals 



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