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(6) G. Roxsurcun. (Wight.) 
. Ident. Wight’s Ill. I. p. 125. 
Syn. G. Zeylanica, Roxb. ft. Ind. II. p. 621.—G. SON: ¥, 
§ A. prod. ¥. p. 101.—G. affinis, Do. 
Spec. Cuar. Tree: leaves lanceolate: flowers axillary aa ter- 
minal, 1-3. together: male on longish, female on shorter peduncles : 
filaments of the female 4-adelphous: fascicles 5—10-cleft: ovary 
globose: stigma 4-8-lobed, papillose with glands: fruit 4—8-fur- 
rowed, 4—8-sedeed, globular-ovate : flowers small, sulphur-coloured. 
Travancore. Malabar. Chittagong. Flowering in February. 
(7) G. papitra. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. IIT. 
' Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 960. 
Sprc. Cuar. Tree: leaves obovate: flowers axillary, nearly 
sessile, aggregated in the male, 1—3 together in the female: ovary 
globose, 8-celled: stigmas 8-lobed : fruit ovate-oblong, furrowed. © 
On the banks of streams near Coonoor, flowering in the rainy 
season, 
(8) G. Prcrornta. (Roxb. ) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 627. 
Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 102. 
Srrc. Cuar. Tree: leaves oblong, slightly acute: hermaphro- 
dite flowers axillary, solitary, sessile: fruit oval, size of a large 
cherry, smooth, slightly marked with 4 lobes and crowned with the 
warty stigma: flowers yellow. 
_Mysore. Wynaad forests, flowering in February. A valuable 
kind of gamboge is procured from this tree. 
GENUS J. XANTHOCHYMUS. 
Polyadelphia Polyandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From Xanthos, yellow, and Chymos, juice, the fruit 
abounds in yellow juice. 
Gen. Cuar. Trees: flowers polygamous or bisexual : sepals 4— 
"5, persistent : petals 5, alternate with the sepals: fascicles of sta- 
mens flat, opposite the petals, and alternating with 5 large glands: 
anthers 2-celled : ovary in the bisexual flowers only 3-5-celled, 
-with one ovule in each cell; stigma 3-5-lobed, 
