Gurdnia.] xxiii. GutTiPftRiE, (T. Anderson.) 265 



(«wZ. syn. Linn.). G. cambogioides, Rcmle Mat." Med.' Ed. iii. 339. Hebra- 

 dendron cambogioides, Graham in Hook. Gomp. Bot. Mag. ii. 199, t. 27.1 



Forests of Eastern Behsal ; the Khasia Mts. ; the Western Peninsula, in Malabar 

 and Canara, and the Eastern Peninsula at Malacca and Sincapore ; Ceylon. — Dis- 

 TKIB. Eastwards to Siam. , 



A small tree, 30-50 ft. Leaves 4-6 by IJ-S in., base acute, veins indistinct, J-^ in. 

 apart ; petiole about J in., short, stout. Male fl. about 3, subsfessile in the axils of 

 fallen leaves, or on pedicels J-j in. long. Sepals ^ir i^-i orbicular, concave. Petals 

 similar, but rather larger. Stamens many, in an obscurely 4-angled subglnbose mass; 

 free portion of filament very sbort ; anthers orbicular, flattened. Female fl. larger than 

 tihe male, solitary, axillary, sessile or shortly pedioelled. 'Staminodes about 12, bases 

 connate or in a ring. Ovary sabglobose ; stigma large, sessile, 4-lobed, tubercled, lobes 

 toothed. Fruit the size of a cherry, subgloboee, slightly 4-lobed, 4-oelled, 4-seeded. — 

 For an excellent memoir and accurate figure see Hanbury's paper cited above. " The 

 only Ceylon Gamboge-yielding species.' Thwaites. Much confusion has arisen from 

 Planchon and Triana having examined only imperfect specimens of Wallioh's n. 4868. 

 The specimens in the Linnean Society consist of 2 branches, with many attached 

 leaves, » young leaf and a fruit, all certainly belonging to the true G. MoreUa. — , 

 HLanessan adds, as other synonyms, G. laterifiora, Blum., and Gaudichaudi, Pi. & 

 Trian. Beddome keeps G. piet'Oria, Roxb., distinct from G. MoreUa, Desrouss., on 

 account of difference iu the female flower, which he represents as having the staminodes 

 in bundles and the stigma very small, 4-lobed in the centre. He states that the Gatrboge 

 has been analyzed by Mr. Broughton, and that it proves equal to that of G. Morella.^- 

 J.D.B.] 



15. G. Choisyana, Wall. Cat. 4870; leaves membranous ovate acu- 

 minate, petals twice as long as the sepals. Planch, dh Triun. Mem. Guttif. 

 203. Hebradendron Choisyanum, Ghois. Gtdtif. Ind. 39. 



Eastern Peninsula, WalUch. 



Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 ^^- < ™i°s few, 4-| in. apart, alternate, reticulate, anastomosing 

 at the tips; petiole 4 in., slender. Male fl. sslitary?, axillary, sessile. S^aU i in., 

 broad ovate, scarious. Petals obovate, slightly concave. Stamens many, in a short 

 mass, free portion of filament short ; anthers irregular, more or less orbicular. Female 

 fl. unknown. 



16. O. beterandra, Wall. Gat. 4856 ; leaves thickly coriaceous ovate 

 obtuse or obtusely acuminate, petals twice as long as the sepals. Planch. & 

 Trian. Mem. Gvitif. 204. Hebradendron Wallichii, Ghois. Guilif. Ind. 39. 



Forests of Pegu and Tenasserim, ascending to 4000ft., Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 874). 



Young branches stout, with large axillary 'flowering nodes. Leaves 6-8 by 3-4 in., 

 base tapering ; veins J-l in. apart, Uint, curved ; petiole f-1 in., stout. _ Male fl. 

 iin. diam., axillary, subsessiie. Sepals thin, coriaceous, orbiciilar. Petals thick, fleshy. 

 Stamem in a globose central mass, free portions of filaments very short ; anthers peltate. 

 Female fl. axillary, solita/ry, sessile. Invmatwre fruit subglobose, 4-celled, _4-Beeded ; 

 stigmatio rays 4, sessile, tubercled. — Choisy describes the male flowers as solitary, but 

 I think the large soaired axillary nodes indicate their being fascicled, 



17. Ck. Wig'Iitll, T. Anders. ; leaves coriaceous linear-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, petals equaUing the sepals. 



Forests of Southern India, WigU. (Distrib. Kew; PI. Wight, 145.) 

 Leaves 3-5 by ^-I in. ; veins very slender oblique ; petioles \-\ in. Male fl. small, 

 sessile, axillary. Sepals equal, thinly coriaceous, orbicular, concave. Petals obovate, 

 very concave. Stamens about 20, in a 4-gonal column enclosing a rudimentary 4-gonal 

 style, filaments free above ; anthers peltate, dehiscence oblique. Female fl. solitary, 

 sessile. Fruit the size of a small cheriy ; stigma 4-lobed. —The Gamboge of this 

 species is very soluble, and yields a good pigment. 



