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B.—Frequent in the moister, upper-mixed, and in the tropical forests all 
over ce. from Chittagong, Pegu, and aes down to Tenasserim and the 
Andamans.—Fl. March-May ; Fr. May-Jun —S8S. = SiS, Metam. 
Remarxs.—Wood white, turning slows, rather heavy, coarsely fibrous, 
loose-grained, very perishable. 0 '=42 pd.—Yields inferior gamboge. 
9. G. lanceeefolia, Roxb. ; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 263.—An evergreen 
small tree, all parts glabrous ; ‘eaves lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate 
at both ends acuminate, on a slender 3-4 lin. long petiole, 2-3 in, 
long, thick herbaceous, glabrous ; nies small, purple, solitary. 
or by 3, on thick 1-2 lin. long pedicels, terminal ; ; sepals rounded,, 
2 lin. long; petals somewhat shorter; stamens numerous 
globose mass ; anthers 4-celled ; stamens in 4 bundles of 4-5 each; 
ovary ovoid, the stigma 6-8 -rayed, tubercled ; berry the size of a 
small plum;;, obovoid, orange-yellow, 6- to -seeded. 
Han.—Chittagong hills.—Fl. Febr.; Fr. July. 
‘ tigma, Kz.—A simple-stemmed or meagre shrub 
4 to 6 ft. high, all parts glabrous leaves elliptical to elliptically 
ovate and lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the base, on a petiole 
about an in. long, bluntish Be sae or apiculate, 3-43 in. long, 
coriaceous, the lateral nerves thin and_ barely visible; flowers mid- 
dling-sized, reddish, the males on thick glabrous pedicels about 2-3 
lin. bite. usually by threes, axillary and terminal, the females 
shorter pediceled and probably solitary and terminal ; anthers 
oblong, 2-celled, sessile, covering the globular torus ; oe concave- 
oval, blunt, about 2 lin. long or ae cortaceous petals almost 
orbicular 
a wood-apple, with a thin smooth pericarp, glossy, ¢ crimson, sup- 
ported by the sepals, 2- or more (?)-seeded, the stigma very minute, 
discoid, smooth, sessile, entir ‘ 
Has irhg unfrequent in the “seat forests of South Andaman.—s.— 
S8S.=SiS., 
A. ee salads Kz. (G. loniceroides, T. And. ; H.f. Ind. 
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Fl. i. 64).—An evergreen tree (830—35 + 10—15 ” 3—4), all 
parts giatina, bark about a line thick, PB gs or blackish, 
peeling off in convex pieces; cut exuding a yellow milk ; leaves 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, about 2-4 in. long, on a very 
slender, but rather short red petiole, acute at base, usually blunt 
or bluntish, succulent and —_ fleshy, in a dried state thin mem- 
midrib red ; flowers whitich, about 
