Gfarcinia] 



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Nearly allied: 11. G. anomala, Planch, et Triana. Khasi hills. A small erect tree, 

 branches often whorled. Leaves coriaceous, turning yellow in drying, secondary nerves 

 numerous, parallel, stipules 0. Fl. greenish-yellow, inodorous," cymes 3-fld., "pedicels 



supported by folia as bracts J in. long, petals A in. long. Fr. li in. diam.. piericarp 



thin. 15. G. merguensis, Wight Ic. t. 116: Kurz, F. Fl. i. 89. Malay Peninsula from 

 Mergtri southwards, a middle-sized tree. Leaves 3-4 in., turning brown uTdryino'. 

 secondary nerves indistinct. Fl. small. 6* in many-tid. cymes, anthers numerous, on 

 1 distinct thick fleshy bundles surrounding a large rudimentary pistil. 



D. Fl. tetramerous. Male : a central round or 4-sided mass with numerous 

 '2-celled anthers. 



16. G. paniculata, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 112. Vern. Buhi Koica, Silhet. 

 A middle-sized tree. Leaves 6-9 in., membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 



narrowed into petiole J-l in. long, secondary nerves distant, 8-10 pair, tertiary 

 transverse, faint, numerous. Sepals green, smaller than petals, the inner 

 obtuse, larger than the outer, petals white, imbricate. <$ : in pyramidal 

 panicles with decussate branches, often longer than leaves, anthers numerous, 

 imbricate on a large globose central mass. $ : in pedunculate sometimes 

 branching spikes, stigma hemispherical, entire, tubercled. A few staminodia 

 surrounding the ovary. Fruit yellow, 1 in. diam., the seeds immersed in pulp, 

 similar in taste to that of a mangosteen. 



Bhutan. Assam, Khasi hills. Silhet. Fl. Xhvi-uiIkt, December. Fr. July. 



17. G. echinocarpa, Tliw. : Trimeu Handb. Ceylon, i. 96. 



A tree attaining 50 ft., trunk thick, throwing out long aerial roots. Leaves 

 3-5 in., coriaceous, ovate <>r obovate, tapering into the J— § in. long petiole, 



Fk;. 21. — Garcinia echinocarpa, Thw, A. 



.secondary nerves numerous, parallel. Fl. greenish, sessile. £ ■ in clusters, 

 Stamens numerous OD a thick t-sided central mass, anther cells 'J. ailnate ti> a 

 thick connective. ? : "vary L-celled, covered with numerous imbricate fleshy 

 scales. Fr. I 1.1 in. lotig, covered with sharp tubercle, . s Is l -.'{. 



In evergreen forests, abundant en the Tinnevelli hills, in Travai above 8,000 ft., 



pi, April, i ej Ion. 



is. G. Cambogia, Desrouss. : Roxb. Cor, PI. t. 298; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 85. 

 To this species probably belong: < •' . conicarpa, Wight Ic t. I "J I, ami '.'. papilla, 

 Wight, Spic. Nilg. t. 28, 29, Ic. t. 960. vern. Upagi mora, Kan.; 

 Mmit/iii/li. Coorg; Oorakkapulli, Trav. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 1 6 in., broadly Ian date, blade I -6 in., narrowed 



into petiole J in. long, secondary nerves 8-12 pair, with shorter intermediate 



