260 XXIII. GUTTiFEBiE. (T. AndersoD.) [Gardnia. 



1. G. nian^ostana, Linn.; leaves elliptic-oblong acuminate, nerves 

 very numerous horizontal, petidle short thick, male fl. Ijan. diam. yeHow- 

 red or purple, stamens in 4 masses, stigma sessile. B0.Frodr._i.5m; 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 618 j Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4847 ; Ghou. Quttif. Ind, 33 ; 

 Planch. & Trian. Mem. ^uttig. I70.j \_Lanessan Mem. Garcm. 15]. 



Native and cnltivatea in tthe Malayan Pehinsula and SonTHEBN Tbnassebim.— 

 DisTRiB. Malay Archipelago, cult, in Ceylon and a few spots m the Madras 

 Presidency. i m .i • 



A small conical tree 20-30 ft. ;' branches, many, decussate. Leaaee 6-40 by 2J-4i in., 

 •very coriaceous ; nerves regular,<close, inarching with an intramarginal one. Male ff. 

 in 3-9-fiowered terminal fasciolea ; pedicels- short. Sepals orbicular, concave, persistent. 

 Petah broad-ovate, fleshy. -Stamens indeHirite. Heemaph. fl. 2 in. diam., solitary or 

 geminate at the tips of the young branches ; pedicels J in., thick, woody. Sepah and 

 petats as in the male. Stamens many.Mfilaments slender, connate below. Ovary 

 4-8-celled. Stigma sessile, 8-rayed ; ovules solitary. Berry as large as an orange, 

 smooth, dark purple ; pericarp firm, spongy. Se^s large, flattened.; aril very fleshy, 

 white, juicy. 



2. G-. cornea, Linn,..; leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, petiole \ in., 

 male fl. I in. diam. pale-green, stamens in a 4-lobed mass, style short. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 561 ; Rood). FLIruL ii 629 ; Wight Ic. t. 105 ; Wall Cat. 4852 

 in part ; Chois. Guttif. Ind. 33 ; Planch. & Tricm. Mem. Guttif. 170 ; {Lanes- 

 san Mem. Garcin. 20]. G. affinis, Wall. Cat. 4852, -3, and -4 in part, not of 

 W. & A. Diseostigma fabrile, Migwl Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl. 496 {Kurz in 

 Journ. As. Sac Bengal, xxxix. p. 64). 



Eastern Bengal from Silhet to Tenasserim, Penang, and Malacca. — Di^tslb, 

 Malay Archipelago. 



A small tree; trunk erect, branches horizontal and pendulous. Leaves 4-6 by 

 2-3 in., leathery, shining, often acuminate; veins stout, prominent, J-J in. apart, 

 straight or forked, inarching with an intramarginal one. Male fl. inodorous, in 3-9- 

 flowered termi^jal feseicles, pedicels l-lj in. Sepais orbicular, coriaceous. Petals ovate, 

 concave, twice as long as the sepals and thinner. Stamhial masses united at their 

 base only. HERMAPH.fl. usually solitary, like the males: pedicel short, stout, terminal. 

 Stigma large, 4-6Jobed, -glutinous. Berry subspherical, the size of a small orange, 

 bright-red ; pericarp spongy. Steeds enclosed in a white joicy very acid aril. — ^All 

 Cumming's speqimensi marked 2296 are from Malacca ; his 1124 are from the Philippines 

 and referable <to Blftncoa Cambogia venulosa {Gardnia, Choisy), differing in the lar^e 

 flowers, thick woody pedicels and many-lobed stigma. Wallich's specimen G. affinis, 

 4854) is the only Silbet one 1 have seen ; other of his specimens ticketed ( G. affinis 

 belong to O.^nomala. [M. Lanessan, Mem. Garc. 21, refers this to G.cehKoa, Linn. 

 There are tw% or more species or forms comprised under this description of G. cornea, 

 one with narro)!? leaves ian,d very oblique veins, the other with broad leaves and much 

 closer-set veiijBi moreL, spreading from the midrib. This last resembles in foliage the 

 G. maZacceKae,»ai!d js apparently common, in the Eastern Peninsula. — J. D. £.] 



3. G- speciosa, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iiL t. 258 j Cat. 4852 E ; leaves 

 oblong or elUptic-oblong narrowed at both ends, petiole f in. thick angled, 

 male fl. \\ in. diam. bright yeUow. Chais. Gwtlif. Ind. 33 ; Planch. & 'rnan. 

 Mem.. GviUf. 171. 



Tesasseeim, near Amherst;; Modlmein ; Mabtaban ; Asdaman Island, Kurz. 



A tree about 50 ft, trniik -straight, erect, 2 ft. diam. ; bark thin, greyish-black. 

 Leaves 5-12 by l|-3 in., leathery. Male fl. as in tr. cornea but larger, and very 

 fragrant. Female fl. unknown. — Closely allied to G. cornea. [M. Lanessan, Mem. 

 Garcin. 15, refers this species as a synonym to G. Mangostana.^ 



** Stamens of male flower in a central shortly-stalked 4-angled or columnar 

 mass ; anthers quadrate, dehiscing vertically ; rudimentary ovary usually 0. 



