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XV. GUTTIFER^E 



[Garcinia 



ones. ' Fl. yellow, or orange. $ : Numerous 2-celled anthers on short filaments 

 upon a short thick central receptacle. Bisexual or $ : Stamens 6-20, often 

 sterile, free or connate in bundles, surrounding the ovary, which is 6-10 celled, 

 stigma 6-10 lobed. Fruit varying in shape, 2J-3 in diarn., yellow or reddish, 

 with 6-10 deep furrows which are continued nearly to the apex. 



Evergreen forests along the Western Ghats from Kanara southwards. Fl. C. and 

 H. S. Fr. E. S. 



19: G. indica, Choisy; Pierre, Fl. For. Coch. t. 80. — Syn. G. purpurea, 

 Roxb. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 270. Vern. Kokum, Hind. ; Murgal, Kan. ; 



Eatamba, Mar. 



A slender tree with 

 drooping branches, branch- 

 lets black. Leaves red 

 when young, 2-4 in., 

 thickly membranous, lan- 

 ceolate, occasionally ob- 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 secondary nerves slender, 

 6-10 pair, a few shorter 

 very slender intermediate 

 nerves between. Fl. small 

 — J 1 : In terminal 3-7- 

 flowered often pedunculate 

 cymes, pedicels J in. long, 

 anthers oo, 2-celled on 

 short filaments crowded on 

 a central hemispherical 

 receptacle. 2 '■ Solitary, 

 stamensl0-18 in4 bundles 

 alternating with petals. Ovary 5-7 celled, stigma 6-7 radiate, each ray 

 with 2 lines of tubercles. Fruit globose, 14- in. diam., not grooved, purple, 

 seeds embedded in a red acid pulp. 



Western coast and Western Ghats from Matheran southwards. Often planted. Fl . 

 November-February. Fr. April, May. 



Closely allied are : 20. G. microstigma, K~urz, F. Fl. i. 91. A single-stemmed or 

 meagre shrub, not unfrequent on South Andaman. Leaves similar to but larger than 

 those of Or. indica. 21. G. lancesfolia, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 163, Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Silhet, Chittagong hills. A slender bush. Leaves 2-4 in., thickly membranous, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, calyx yellowish-green, petals bright red. Fr. orange yellow, obovoid , 

 1 in. diam., seeds 6-8. 



Fig. 22. — Garcinia indica, Choisy. 



E. Fl. tetramerous. £ : a central 4-sided mass with 4-celled anthers. 



22. G. Cowa, Roxb.— Syn. G. Kydia, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 113 ; Kurz, F. 

 Fl. i. 90. Vern. Taungthale, Burm. 



A large tree with drooping branches. Leaves 4-5 in., membranous, broadly 

 lanceolate, secondary nerves faint, very oblique, 6-10 pair. Fl. yellow or 

 reddish yellow, A- in. diam. $ : In 3-8-fld. umbels, stamens numerous, densely 

 covering a fleshy almost 4-cornered central mass ; rudimentary pistil 0, anthers 

 4-celled, the cells at the 4 angles of a thick connective. ? : Ovary globose 

 6-8 celled, style grooved, stigma broad, granular. Fruit the size of a small 

 orange, yellow or dark purple, 6-8 grooved, terminated by a nipple-shaped 

 protuberance. 



Assam, Silhet, Chittagong, Chota Nagpore, Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Peninsula. 

 Lower Burma, Andamans. Fl. February-May. Fr. May, June. 



Nearly allied is 23. G. succifolia, Kurz (1872) ; F. Fl. i. 91 (G. loniceroides, T. And., Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. i. 264 (1874). Upper Burma, Sittang and Irawaddi valleys in Lower Burma. 

 Leaves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long. 



