[ Garcinia. 



generally giving a more or less pure description of gamboge. They chiefly come from 

 the tropical regions of India, none of them extending to Northern and Central India, 

 and only one or two as far as Northern Bengal. There are about 22 Indian species, 

 the synonymy of which is somewhat confused. 



The following is Dr. T. Anderson's list, given at pages 259 to 270 of 

 Hooker's Flora Indica, Kurz's species being added in brackets : 



SECTION I.-GARCINIA. 



1. G. Mangostana, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 618 ; Cultivated in South Te- 



Kurz i. 87. The Mangosteen. Vern. nasserim. 



MengJcop, youngzalai, Burm. In 



Heifer's " Report on the Provinces of Ye, 



Tavoy and Mergui" of 1839, he says 



that "a full-grown tree yields 1,000 



fruits, which -at the lowest can be 



reckoned at Rs. 3 per 100," and that 



" the integument of the fruit yields a 



very strong and valuable tan." 



2. G. cornea, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 629 ; Kurz Eastern Bengal and 



i. 88. Burma. 



" Wood brown, heavy ; gives an inferior kind of 

 gamboge." Kurz. 



3. G. speciosa, Wall. ...... Tenasserim and Anda- 



mans. 



4. G. indica, Choisy (G.purpurea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ghats of Concan and 



ii. 624; Beddome xxi). Brindall, Goa. Kanara. 

 " The fruit has an agreeable, acid flavour, a 

 syrup is made from it ; the seeds furnish 

 a concrete oil called Kokum in Bom- 

 bay." 

 6. G. Cambogia, Desrouss Western Ghats. 



6. G. Cowa, E/oxb. Assam, Bengal, Burma 



and Andamans. 



7. G. lanceafolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 623 ; Kurz i. 91. Assam, Sylhet and Chit- 



(G.purpurea Wall.) Vern. Kirindur, tagong. 

 Sylhet. 



8. G. loniceroides, T. And. (G. succifolia, Kurz Swamp forests in Pegu. 



i. 91).. 



' Wood white, perishable ; yields little and 

 inferior gamboge." Kurz. 



9. G. pedunculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 625 ; Gamble Rangpur, Goalpara and 



7. Vern. Tikil, tiJcur, Beng. ; Borthekra, Sylhet. 

 Ass. ; cultivated for its fruit. 

 " Wood used for planks, beams, and ordinary 

 building." Mann. 



10. G. Morella, Desrouss. ..... Assam, Eastern Bengal, 



South India. 



11. G. heterandra, Wall. (G.elliptica, Wall. ; Kurz Hills of Burma up to 



i. 49). Vern. Thanat-tau. Burm. 3,000 feet. 



"Wood soft, white; yields a superior quality 

 of gamboge." Kurz. 



12. G. Wightii, T. And. South India. 



" The gamboge of this species is very soluble 

 and yields a good pigmrnt." T. And. 



13. G. paniculatu, lu.xlt. Fl. Ind. ii. G2G ; Kurzi. Eastern Himalaya, Kha- 



92. Vern. Kubi-kowa, Sylhet. *ia Hills, Syihfit and 



Chittagong. 



14. G. atro-viridis, Griff. . ... Upju-r Assam. 



16. G. anomala, PI. and Trian. ; Kurz i. 89. Vern. KUasia Hills, and hills of 

 Usaqucng, Ass. Martal.au. 3,000 to 



6,000 



