Garcinia.] GUTTIFERAE. 73 



Flowers 5-merous, from the axils of fallen leaves : 



Leaves 9-18 in. long, linear-oblong ; pedicels 1-1 5 in. long ; fruit 



pointed, 3-4 in. across 10. tinctoria. 



Leaves under 8 in. long; oval; pedicels '2-'5 in. long; fruit broadly 

 oblong, 1-2 in. across : 



Flowers -5-1 in. across, opening in the cold season. ..11. malabarica. 



Flowers '2-'3 in. across, opening in the hot season 12. spicata. 



1. GARCINIA MANGOSTANA, Linn. ; F. B. I. i. 260. 



Cultivated on the W. Coast and some other localities as at 

 the Barliyar Garden on the E. Nilgiri slope. The Mango- 

 steen. 



2. GARCINIA ECHINOCARPA, Thwaites ; F. B. I. i. 264. 



Moist forests of S. Travancore and Tinnevelly at 3,000 to 

 5,000 ft. 



A handsome evergreen tree with hard reddish-brown wood. 

 Vern. Mai. Para. 



3. GARCINIA MORELLA, Desr. ; F. B. I. i. 264 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 86. 

 G. pictoria, Boxb. ; Wt. Ic. t. 102 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 87. 

 G. ellipiica, Wall. ; Wt. Ic. t. 120. G. Gutta, Wt. 111. i. 126. 



W. Ghats from S. Canara and Mysore to Travancore up to 

 3,000 ft. The Indian Gamboge tree. 



A moderate-sized tree of the evergreen forests with greyish- 

 yellow very hard wood. The Gamboge is rarely, if 

 at all, collected in India. Vern. Tarn. Makki ; Mai. 

 Chigiri. 



4. GARCINIA INDICA, Chois. ; F. B. I. i. 261. 



W. Ghats in S. Canara, Coorg and Wynaad, but no speci- 

 mens seen. 



A slender tree with drooping branches and edible fruit 

 commonly planted in the Bombay Presidency as an oil 

 producer (Cooke, Watt.). 



5. GARCINIA CAMBOGIA, Desr. ; F. B. I. i. 262 ; Koxb. Cor. PI. iii. 

 t. 298 ; W. & A. 100 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 85. G. papilla, Wt. Ic. t. 

 960, 961. G. conicarpa, Wt. Ic. t. 121. 



W. Ghats from Coorg to Travancore, up to 6,000 ft., in 

 evergreen and lower Shola forests. 



A common small evergreen tree; wood pale grey, not 

 used. 

 Vern Tain. Kodakkapuli ; Mat. Kodapuli, Pinaru. 



