260 xxin. GUTTIFERJE. (T. Anderson.) [Gardnia. 



1. C-. IVIangostana, Linn. ; leaves elliptic-oblong acuminate, nerves 

 very numerous horizontal, petiole short thick, male fl. 1^ in. diam. yellow- 

 red or purple, stamens in 4 masses, stigma sessile. DC. Prodr. i. 560 ; 

 Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 618 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4847 ; Chois. Guff if. /W. :)3 ; 

 Planch. & Trian. Mem. Guttiff. 170; [Laiiessan Mem. Gar tin. 15]. 



Native and cultivated in the MALAYAN PENINSULA and SOUTHERN TKNASSKKIM.- - 

 DISTHIB. Malay Archipelago, cult, in Ceylon and a few spots in the Madras 

 Presidency. 



A small conical tree 20-30 ft.; branches many, decussate. Leaves 6-10 by2^-4f in., 

 very coriaceous; nerves regular, close, inarching with an intramarginal one. MALI: tl. 

 in 3-9-flowered terminal fascicles; pedicels short. Sepals orbicular, concave, persistent. 

 Petals broad-ovate, fleshy. Stamen* indefinite. HKKMAIMI. fl. 2 in. diam., solitary or 

 geminate at the tips of the young branches; pedicels in., thick, woody. >'/^//x and 

 I>t1al* as in the male. Stamens many, filaments slender, connate below. Ocdi-ij 

 4-8-celled. Stigma sessile, 8-rayed ; ovules solitary. Berry as large as an orange. 

 smooth, dark purple ; pericarp firm, spongy. Seeds large, flattened ; aril very fleshy, 

 white, juicy. 



2. G. cornea, Linn.; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole \ in., 

 male fl. f in. diam. pale green, stamens in a 4-lol>etl mass, style short. 

 DC. Pxxlr. i ->(.; I ; //>.>/,. /'/. I ml. ii. Ci".) ; Wi.jtit /<-. t. lu/i ; Wall. Cat. 4852 

 in part ; ('//<>/*. (,'ntfi/. ///</. :n : Pl'iaclt.. ( Tri<tn. M-m. (,'ufti/. 170 ; [Lanes- 

 S'tu Mem. Garcin.ZO]. (J. aflinis. Wall. Cat. -l^>2, -3, and -t'in part, not of 

 W. & A. Discoetigma t'al>nk-, Miqud Fl. .\>'<l. Iml. ///*///. 4i)6 (Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Soc. /!</<< /<//', x.xxix. j). 



lv\sii.i.\ I'.i\(i\L from Silhet to Teiiasserim, Penang, and Malacca. DISTRID. 

 Malay Archipelago. 



A small tree; trunk erect, branches horizontal and pendulous. Leaves 4-6 by 

 2-3 in., leathery, sliiiiinir, often acuminate ; veins stout, prominent, i ,V in. apart. 

 Straight OT forked, inarching with an intraiuardnal one. .M.M.r. tl. inodorous, in .'! '.- 

 flowered terminal faseieles. pedicelfl 1-1.', in. iSepob orbicular, coriaceous. Petals ovate, 

 concave, twice as lonir as the sepals and thinner. Stuni'mal >n<txx>>s united at iln'ii 

 base only. 1 1 KI:M.\ I-M. fl. usuallv solitary, like the males; prdio-1 short, stout, terminal. 

 Wyind large, 4-G-lohed, glutinous. /;<//// suhspheiical, tin- si/e of a small orange, 

 bright-red; pericai^p s) <t< fnclosi-d in a white juicy verv acid aril. All 



CnmmiiiLr's speeinn-ns marked 'J'J'.u; art' from Malacca; his 1 121 are from the Philippines 

 and referable to IManco-^ ( 'amho-'ia veiiulosa //V/ //////, ( 'hoi>y\ differin;.-- in the laru'e 

 llowers, thick woody pedic-ls and many lobed stitrina. \\'allich's spi-cinif, (',. ntiiiu'x, 

 4,s.")l) is the only Silhet one 1 have seen; other of his specimens ticket 

 belong to (}. nnoutalu. [M I.anessan, Mint. Garc. 21, refers this to G. c> I > -im, I. inn. 

 There are two or more species or forms comprised under this description of (J. <<>/, i,<t, 

 one with narrow leaves and very oblique veins, the other with bmud leaves and much 

 closer-set veins more spreading from the midrib. This last resembles in foliage the 

 G. innlaccense, and is apparently common in the Eastern Peninsula. /. 1). 7/.J 



3. G-. speciosa, Watt. PI. As. Ear. iii. t. 258 ; Cat. 4852 E ; leaves 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong narrowed at both ends, petiole - in. thick angled, 

 male fl. l.V in. diam. bright yellow. Chois. Guttif. Ind. 33 ; Planch. & Trian. 

 Mem. Guttif. 171. 



TEXASSKKJM, near Amherst ; MOULMEIN; MARTABAN; ANDAMAN Island, Kurz. 



A tree about 50 ft., trunk straight, erect, 2 ft. diam. ; bark thin, greyish-black. 

 Leaves 5-12 by lf-3 in., leathery. MALE fl. as in G. cornta hut larger, and very 

 fragrant. FEMALE fl. unknown. Closely allied to G. cornea. [M. Lanessan, Mem. 

 Garcin. 15, refers this species as a synonym to G. Mangostana.} 



** Stamens of male flower in a central shortly-stalked 4-angled or columnar 

 mass; anthers quadrate, dehiscing vertically; rudimentary ovary usually 0. 



