GARCINIA MANGOS 
Class. Order. 
DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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The Mangostan is celebrated for being 
one of the most delicious and salubrious 
“fruits yet known. It is of the form of the 
being i a rind, and divid- 
led lied exquisitely 
rind is astringent and 
eaten ety either in health 
It is a native of the Molucca iniae: rm 
Sumatra, Malacca, &c. but will not succeed 
in the cooler parts of India. 
In giving the representation of this most 
interesting subject we have deviated from 
our rule of drawing from the living plant 
alone. This figure is taken from a Malay 
drawing of undoubted accuracy, in our pos- 
session. The plant itself is not at present 
in a living state in Europe. It has been 
