24 GUTTIFER^:. [ Garcinia. 



2. G. Cambogia, Desr. ; Hook. Fl. Incl. i. 261 ; Beddome t. 85 ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 6'21. Vern. Aradal, Kan. ; Heela, Burghers. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood grey, cross-grained, shining, hard. 

 Pores small and very small, in short radial lines, between the closely 

 packed, uniform, very fine medullary rays. Concentric bands present, 

 but indistinct. 



Western Coast and Ceylon. 



Weight, 64 Ibs. per cubic foot. Beddome says the wood would answer for common 

 furniture. 



Thwaites states that this tree yields a yellow insoluble gum, which is consequently 

 valueless as a pigment. It is, however, said to be soluble in spirits of turpentine, and 

 to form a beautiful yellow varnish. Mr. Cherry says it gives an oil which is used in 

 medicine. 



ibs. 

 W 845. South Kanara 54 



3. G. Cowa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 622 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 262 ; G. Cowa 

 and G. Kydia, Roxb. ; Kurz i. 90. Vern. Cowa, Hind. ; ToungtJialay t 

 Burm. 



A tall evergreen tree with round stem and dark grey bark. Wood 

 greyish-white, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized to large, scanty, 

 often subdivided. Medullary rays fine to broad. Numerous, wavy, 

 concentric bands of soft tissue across the rays. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, Chittagong, Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 42 Ibs. per cubic foot (Brandis 1862, No. 19) ; our specimens give an average 

 of 40 Ibs. Kyd gives weight 47 Ibs., P = 815. Wood not used. Is said to give a kind 

 of gamboge of a rather different colour to that produced by G. Morella. 



Ibs. 



B 549. Martaban 43 



B 3148. Burma (1862) 37 



4. G. Morella, Desrouss.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 264; Thwaites Enum. 

 49 ; Beddome t. 86. G. pictoria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 627; Beddome t. 87. 

 G. Gutta, Wight. The Gamboge Tree. Vern. Aradal, punar pull, Kan.; 

 Gok&tv,kana-goraka, Cingh. (The gum resin, Gotagamba, Hind. ; Makki, 

 Tarn. ; Revachinni, Mar. ; Sanatosi, Burm. ; Gokatu, Cingh.) 



An evergreen tree. Wood yellow, hard, mottled. Pores large, sub- 

 divided. Medullary rays moderately broad. Numerous, wavy, concentric 

 bands of soft texture across the rays which are narrower than in G. Coiva. 



Forests of the Khasia Hills, Eastern Bengal, Western Coast, and Ceylon. 



The tree which produces the true gamboge. The gum is, however, not collected 

 in the forests of South India, and the chief trade supply is obtained from Siam. In 

 (Vylon it is usually collected by cutting a thin slice off the bark of the tree here and 

 there of the size of the palm of the hand. On the flat space thus exposed the gum 

 collects and is scraped ofl' when sufficiently dried. 



Ibs. 



No. 14, Ceylon collection (marked Camlogia Gutta, Vern. Cocatiye) . 56 

 2. CALOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



A large genus of chiefly tropical lives, of which many species occur in the Malay 

 Peninsula and Ceylon. Six 'species occur in India, of which four in Burma and the Anda- 

 niaiis, three in Southern India and OIL- in Northern and Eastern In-ujral. Fivespeci 

 hnvin described, iind the remaining species is (,'. rctimum, AVall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 272 

 ((}. (tmwnum, AVall.; Kur/ i. 1)5), an evergreen tree .f Tenasserini. The i-vnus is 

 r.-inarkable for its handsome flowers aiid beautiful parallel-veined, opposite, coriaceous 

 leaves. 



