264 xxiii. QUTTiFEB^. (T. Andereon.) [Gareinia. 



11. G. loniceroides, T. Anders. ; leaves oblong-lanoeokfce oroblanceo- 

 kte membranous glaucous beneath, flowers very small J in. diam. 



BifiMA, Griffith (Kew distrib. n! 870) ; Pegu, at Tonltye ghat, Kvre. 



A shrub or small tree ; braoches slender, decussate, hoiizontal, old bark dark grey ; 

 young shoots reddish purple. Leaves 2-4 by 4-| i" . confined to the young shoots ; 

 Teins slender, indistinct, irregularly branched and forked; petiole J in. Male fl. 

 rufely axillary, usually 3 or more; pedicels slender, J in. Sepals a.nA petals ^^-^i^ m., 

 thinly fleshy, broad-ovate, concave. Stamens many in a central sessile Bub-4-gonal 

 mass ; anthers subsessile, 2-celled. BudimeiUary ovary 0. 



ttt Male flower in a ierminal Z-chatomous paniole ; fruit smooth. 



12. G. peduncttlata, RoA PL Ind. ii. 625 ; leaves obovate obtuse 

 long-petioled. WaU. Cat. 4860 ; Wight III. 125, le. t. 114, 115 ; Choi^. Mem. 

 GiiUif. 35 ; Flanch. & Trian. Mem. QuUif. 192 ; \Lanessm, Mem. Gardn. 

 42]. 



Forests of N.E. Behqaj;., near Eungpore and Goalpara, and in Silhet, where it is 

 cultivated for its pleasant acid fruit. 



A tree about 60 fl;. ; bark spongy. Leaves 6-12 by 3-54 ™-. subcoiiaoeous ; base 

 acute or acuminate ; midrib stout; veins | in. apart, regular, parallel, tips inarched and 

 anastomosing; petiole 1-1 J in. Male fl. large, pale green, in 8-12-floweied jjanioles; 

 pedicels 2-3 in., stout, erect. Sepals ^ in., orbicular, fleshy, inner pair nari-ower. 

 Petals narrower, but scarcely longer, oblong. Stamens in a 4-angled truncate shortly , 

 stipitate mass ; anthers 4-gonal, 2-celled. Female fl. solitary, larger than the male, 

 terminal on a thick 4-angled peduncle J in. long. Stamens 20-30, filaments in 

 4 bundles, connate below. Ovajry globose; stigmatio rays 8-10, spreading. Frmi 

 large, yellow, the size of a small melon. Seeds 8-10, large, reniform ; aril succulent. 



tttt Maleflowers several, in sessile terminal heads ; fruit echinate. 



13. G. echlnocarpa, Thwaites in Hook. Joum. Sot. vi. (1854) 71 ; 

 Enum. 49 ; leaves lanceolate oblong or obovate acute or retuse base narrowed. 

 Planch, dfc Trian. Mem. Gvttif. 193; [Beddome Plor. Sylvat. Gen. xxi. 

 Lanessan Mem. Garcin. 33]. 



Central and Southern provinces of Ceilon. 



A tree, 40-50 ft. Leaves 8-6 by 1-24 'D-i thickly coriaceous ; veins close, regular; 

 petiole stout, J-1 in. Male fl. small, sessile, pale yellow. Sepals thick, orbicular, sub- 

 cordate. Petals twice as long, tbinner, oblong, suboblique. Stamens 12 or more, on a 

 short sub-4-gonous stalk ; anthers subsessile, 4-angled. Female fl. solitary, terminal, 

 sessile. Stamens connate in a ring. Ovary covered with imbricate fleshy scales ; 

 stigma peltate, irregularly lobed. Fruit 14 in. long, subglobose, dark-red, covered with 

 broad snarp tubercles (like the Litohi iruit), 1-3-seeded. — The thick oil of the seed is 

 used for lamps, but is not good. 



Vae. 1 . Leaves lanceolate-oblong acute, flowers small. — Forests, below 4000 ft. 



Vak. 2. Leaves thickly coriaceous obovate or oblong retuse or obtuse, flowers large. — 

 A mountain state, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



*** StaKjens of the male flowers in a subglobose mass ; anthers adnate, 

 orbicular, dehiscence circumsciss, rudimentary ovary 0. (Male fl. axillary.) 



14. G. Plorella, Desrouss. in Lawk. Enaycl. iii. 701, t. 405, f. 2 ; leaves 

 thickly coriaceous elliptic-obovate to ovate-lanceolate obtuse, veins very 

 oblique, petals longer than the inner sepals. DC. Prodr. i. 561 ; Planch, i: 

 Trian. Mem. Cfuttif. 195 ; Hanbwry in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 489, t. 50 

 [Beddmie Plor. Sylvat. t. 86 ; Lanessan Mem. .Garcin. 62]. G. lobulosa, 

 Wall. Cat. 4868. G. pictoria, RosA. Fl. Ind. ii. 627 ; Wight Ic. t. 102 \_Bedr 

 dome Plor. Sylvat. t. 87]. G. elliptica, W(dl. Cat. 4869; WigM Ic. t. 120. 

 G. acuminata, Planch. S Trian. I.e. 200. G. gutta, Wighi III. 125, t. 144 



