Garcinia.] XX. GUl^TlFER^. - loS 



pleasing green, 2in. diameter, but not fully grown, 8-celled. Seeds somewhat 

 rugose. Stigmatio lobes 8, closely sessile on the fruit ; the sepals closely 

 appressed, persistent under the fruit, and probably not much enlarged. 



Hab.: Bellenden Ker Range, at an altitude of 2000 feet. 



Fruit of this tree were gathered in the ripe state by Messrs. Meston and Whelan on their first 

 ascent of Bellenden Ker in 1889, and they describe the fruit as possessing a sharp, pleasant, 

 acid flavour and very juicy, about Sin. in diameter. 



2. Cr. Warrenii (after Dr. Warren), F. r. M. Vict. Nat. A glabrous tree 

 of about 40ft., the branehlets robust, angular. Leaves 8 to 5in. long, of firm 

 texture, mostly lanceolate-ovate, the primary lateral veins numerous, and some- 

 what prominent, particularly on the under side ; petioles short. Flowers rather 

 large, crowded into axillary clusters, the pedicels short and thick. Sepals almost 

 semiorbicular, the inner only about ^in. long, though exceeding the outer. 

 Petals 4, pale, obovate or verging somewhat into an orbicular form, incurved, 

 with broad base, sessile, seldom longer than 4 lines, in front slightly and 

 irregularly denticulate, staminal mass of the male flowers divided almost to the 

 base into 4 ovate lobes, about half as long as the petals, and to which they 

 somewhat adhere. Anthers almost quadri valvular, extremely numerous, densely 

 covering the inner side of the lobes to near the base, pale, partly on very short 

 filaments, partly sessile, their cells divergent, widely dehiscent ; .rudimentary 

 style rather thick, angular, about |-in. long, with a convex stigma. Female 

 flowers and fruit not yet seen. The staminal arrangement resembles somewhat 

 G. cornea and 6r. merguensis, and the leaves (J-. neglecta, Vieillard, and the 

 venulation of them is much more prominent than in G. suhtilinerrix. — 

 F. v. M. I.e. 



Hab.: This second species of the genus was found by Stephen Johnson near the Coen River 

 in 1891. 



3. Cr. Cherryi (after F. J. Cherry), Bail. n.sp. A glabrous tree, about 

 30ft., with a somewhat thick bark, grey outside, the branehlets often dichotomous 

 and rough from prominent lenticels. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 3 or 4in. long and 

 1^ to 2in. broad above the middle, the lateral nerves distant, erecto-patent ; the 

 apex obtusely acuminate, tapering at the base to a petiole of about 6 or 9 lines. 

 Flowers solitary, near the ends of the branehlets, on flattened peduncles from 

 6 to 9 lines long. (Flowers only seen in the bud state.) Buds globose. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate. Petals 5, imbricate, larger but similar to the sepals. Stamens nume- 

 rous. Lobes of stigma foliaceous. Fruit yellow, oval, l^in. long, slightly 

 exceeding lin, in diameter. Seeds 4, compressed, oblong, about 7 or, 8 lines 

 long, 4 to 4f lines wide. 



• Hab.: Coen, F. J. Cherry, who says " the fruit does not taste badly, and birds and insects are 

 very fond of it." 



2. CALOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



(Name alluding to the beautiful leaves.) 



Flowers polygamous. Sepals and petals together, 4 to 12, imbricate in 2 or 8 

 series. Stamens indefinite, free or nearly so ; filaments shortly filiform ; anthers 

 ovate or oblong, 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary 1 -celled, with a single 

 erect ovule ; style elongated, with a peltate stigma. Drupe indehiscent, with a 

 crustaceous endocarp. Seed erect, ovoid or globular, the testa thin, or thick and 

 hard, or spongy and then often adhering to the endocarp. — Trees, with the leaves 

 marked with numerous closely parallel transverse veins. 



The genus is tropical, chiefly Asiatic, with a few American species. 



Glabrous. Leaves oblong, or obovate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate . . . 1. C. iiwphyllum. 

 Young parts tomentose. 



Leaves elliptic or linear-lanceolate, acuminate 2. C. tomentosum. 



Leaves oblong, cuneate at the base. Fruit ribbed 3. C. costatum. 



Leaves linear-oblong, apex blunt, base cuneate . . ... . 4. C, australianum. 



