264 xxi n. GUTTIFER^E. (T. Anderson.) [Garclnia. 



11. Cr. loniceroides, T. Anders. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate or oblanceo- 

 late membranous glaucous beneath, flowers very small in. diam. 



BIRMA, Griffith (Kew distrib. n. 870) ; PEGU, at Tonkye ghat, Kur~. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches slender, decussate, horizontal, old bark dark grey ; 

 young shoots reddish purple. Leaves 2-4 by 4~f in., confined to the young shoots ; 

 reins slender, indistinct, irregularly branched and forked; petiole in. MAI.K tl. 

 r.irely axillary, usually 3 or more; pedicels slender, in. Sepals and petals V.T ~iV i' 1 -. 

 thinly fleshy, broad-ovate, concave. Stamens many in a central sessile sub-4-gonal 

 mass ; anthers subsessile, 2-celled. Rudimentary ovary 0. 



ttt Male flower in a terminal 3-chotomous panicle ; fruit smooth. 



12. Cr. pedunculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind.il 625 ; leaves obovate obtuse 

 long-petioled. Wall. Cat. 4860; W'fjht I/I. \-l\ Ic. t. 114, 115 ; r/,o/x. M 

 Guttif. 35; Planch. & Trian. Mem. Gattif. 192; [Lanes* m M>-HL. Gmrin. 

 42]. 



Forests of N.E. BENGAL, near Rungpore and Goalpara, and in Silhet, where it is 

 cultivated for its pleasant acid fruit. 



A tree about 60 ft-.; bark spongy. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 4 in., subcoriaceous : l>a-;e 

 acute or acuminate; midrib stout; veins in. apart, regular, parallel, tips iintvln-il and 

 anastomosing; petiole 1-H in. .\I.\i. K tl. large, j a!- giv.-n, in 8-1- ilownvd panicles; 

 pedicels 2-3 in., stout, erect. Sepals ^ in., orbicular, tleshv, inner pair narrower. 

 J', tuls narrower, but scarcely longer, oblong, tita/m n in a 4-angled truncate shortly 

 stipitate mass; anthers 4-gonal, 2-celled. FI;\IAI.I; rl. solitary, larger than the male, 

 t'-nninal on a thick 4-angled peduncle in. long. X/<>//<< //.s 20-,'J<>, filaments in 

 4 bundles, connate below. Ovary globose ; Migmatic rays 8-10, spreading. / 

 large, yellow, the size of a small melon. /Seeds 8-10, large, roniform ; aril succulent. 



tttt Male flowers several, in sessile terminal tieads ; fruit echinate. 



13. Cr. echinocarpa, Th unites in ll<>k. Joiirn. Bot. vi. (1854) 71 ; 

 JSnum. 49 ; leaves lanceolate oblong or obovate acute or rutuse bast- narrowed. 

 rianch. & Trian. Mr m. (,'ntti/. 193 ; [Jteddonie Flor. Sylwtt. Gen. xxi. 

 Lanessan Mem. Garcitt. 33]. 



Central and Southern provinces of CEYLON. 



A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., thickly coriaceous ; veins close, regular : 

 petiole stout, -1 in. MALE fl. small, sessile, pale yellow. /*//.< thick, orbicular, sub- 

 cordate. Petals twice as long, thinner, ol-long, suboliliijue. titdim nv 1'J or more, on a 

 short sub-4-gonous stalk; anthers subsessile, 4-an-led. FKMAI.K tl. solitary, terminal, 

 sessile. Xtn/u, us eminate in a ring. Ornri/ covered with imbricate Heshy scales ; 

 stigma peltate, irregularly lobed. fruit 1^ in. long, subglnlxise, dark-red, covered with 

 broad sharp tubercles (like the Litchi fruit), 1-3-seeded. The thick oil of the seed is 

 used for lamps, but is not good. 



VAR. 1. Leaves lanceolate-oblong acute, flowers small. Forests, below 4000 ft. 



VAK. 2. Leaves thickly coriaceous obovato or oblong retuse or obtuse, flowers large. 

 A mountain state, alt. 4-6000 It. 



*** Stamens of the male flowers in a subglobose mass ; anthers adnate, 

 orbicular, dehiscence circumsciss, rudimentary ovary (). (Male fl. axillary.) 



14. Cr. DXorella, Desrouss. in Lamk. Encycl. iii. 701, t. 405, f. 2 ; leaves 

 thickly coriaceous elliptic-obovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse, veins very 

 oblique, petals longer than the inner sepals. 1)(J. Piodr. i. 561 ; Planch. & 

 Trian. Mem. Guttif. 195; 11 anbury in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. -4W), t. .,<> 

 [Beddome Flor. tiylvat.t. 86; Lanessan Mem. .Garcin. 62]. G. lobul' 

 Wall. Cat. 4868. G. pictoria, Roxb. Fl. lad. ii. 627 ; Wig tit Ic. t. 102 \_tted- 

 dome Flor. tiylvat. t. 87]. G. elliptica, Wall. Cat. 4869 ; Wi.yht Ic. t. 120. 

 G. acuminata, Planch. & Trian. I.e. 200. G. gutta, WigM 111. 125, t. 144 



