'GARCINIA. — MANGOSTANA. JAI 
concava, alabastrum fere involventia. Petala 4, elliptica obtusa, imbri- 
cata, cum sepalis alternantia, flava v. alba (?), basi macula purpurea 
notata.. Phalanges (in flore masc.) 4, petalis opposilæ, extus et intus 
polyandræ, antheris brevissime stipitatis 4-locellaribus, pressione 
mutuà irregularibus, loculis 2 apice rima brevi (fide auctorum late 
hiante v. fere poriformi) dehiscentibus. Pollen 3-porosum leve. Pis- 
tilli rudimentum fungiforme 2-2,5 mm. longum, suprà purpureum 
fere leve, ambitu subquadratum, subtus radiatim striatum roseo-lutes- 
cens. Ovarium (in flore fem.) obverse conicum 2-loculare, ovulis telae 
laxe e placentis ortæ immersis. Stigma magnum disciforme convexum 
ovario latius, purpureum obscure pallido punctatum. (Staminodia in 
specimine imperfecte visa). Fructus.... 
| 30. G. Merguensis Wight, Ill. 122, Ic. t. 146; Anderson, Fl. brit. 
Ind., 1, 267; Pierre, Fl. forest. Cochinch., Enum., VI, t. 68, 69, 91 D; 
Vesque, Epharm., IL, t. 96, 97 ; King, Mat. Flor. Malay. Penins., Journ. 
Asiat. Soc. Bengal., LIX, 150. — De Lanessan, Mém. Garcin., 57 
(excl. synon.). — Discostigma Merguense Planch. et Triana, Mém. Gut- 
tif., loc. cit., 363 (208 
Birma et Malay Penins., herb. Griffith, herb. of the late East India Comp. 
855 l; Tenasserim et ere an, herb. Helfer, ibid. — Malacca, King. 2660; 
Wra ay, 1075; Penang, Curtis, 900 ; Perak, Scortechini, 244 a et 812, — Cay-long, 
gallicæ Austro-Cochinchinæ, Pierre, 3630 (var. pyramidata Pierre); in mon- 
tibus Kuang-Repoeu, altit. 600-1500 m. in prov. Thong, Cambodgiæ, Pierre, 
613, 615 (var. pyramidata). 
Arbor 15-20-metralis (Pierre) v. parva v. frutex (Anders.) glaber- 
rima, ramis gracilibus brachiatis, cortice griseo-brunneo, siccitate irre- 
gulariter virgato indutis, subteretibus, novellis tetragono-compressis. 
Fais Rs ala v. lanceolato-elliptica, apice obtuse acuminata 
y iusobi sa, basi acuta, petiolata, 
margine Bagustiskirbe subrepanda, 5-12 cm. longa 1,5-5 cm. iaka 
petiolo supra canaliculato circit. 5-8 mm. longo, nervo medio utrin- 
que prominente, lateralibus tenuissimis, nunc supra fere inconspicuis, 
prominulis, irregulariter parallelis leviter arcuatis, nervo submarginali 
tenuissimo et irregulari connexis. 
Epidermidis supere cellule tabulares alliusculæ, parietibus Jaterá- 
libus in parte superà crebre undulatis, externà in sinubus parietum 
lateralium punctata, Epidermidis inferæ cellulæ sæpe majores, cæte- 
rum conformes. Stomata elliptica, cellulis accessoriis magnis lunatis. 
Hypoderma nullum. Mesophyllum bifaciale, circit. 11-seriatum, 
