266 XXIII. GUTTiFEB^. (T. Anderson.) \6areinia. 



Series B. Stigma entire. 



* Stamens of the male flowers in a globose central mass"; anthers 2-4-celled, 

 dehiscing vertically (unknown in 19. atro-viridis). Stigma convex. 



18. 6. paniculata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii 626 ; leaves thin oblong-lanceolate 

 or obovate, male fl. in twice or thrice branched panicles, female in short 

 terminal spikes. WigU Bl. 125, Ic. t. il2 ; Wall. Gat. 4857 ; Gkm. GvMif. 

 Ind. 35 ; Planch, do Trian. Mem. Guttif. 194 [Lanessan Mem. Gardn. 60]. 

 G. Bhumicowa, Roxh. ; WaU. Cat. 4858. 



Eastekn Bekoal ; Khasia Mts., ascending to 3000 ft. ; Easteeh Himalaya, Bhotan, 

 Booth. 



A tree, about 40 feet ; branches many, ascending. . Leaves 6-9 by 2-4 in., shining, 

 acuminate, rarely obtuse, base tapering ; veins | in. apart, curved ; petiole | in. Male 

 fl. many, pure white. Outer sepals small, thick, inner ^ in. Petals 3 times longer, 

 ovate, very concave. Stamens many, subsessile, imbricate in a large subglobose mass ; 

 anthers obovate, 2-^-celled. Female fl. few, like the males. Staminodes 0, or 1-2 fila- 

 ments. Ovary subglobose ; stigma convex, entire, tubercled. Fruit the size of a large 

 cherry, yellow, succulent. Seeds 4, reniform, aril pulpy. 



' 19. G. atro-viridls, Griff, mss. ; leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate, 

 female fl. solitary terminal. 



Ufpek Assam, at Tabong, Griffith. (Herb. Zew Distrib. 862). Malacca, Maingay. 



Young branches stout, terete ; bark black when dry. Leaves 6-9 by 2-2^ in., thickly 

 coriaceous, dark green, shining, abruptly acuminate, base contracted ; veins J in. apart, 

 prominent on both surfaces, anastomosing along the margin ; petiole 1 in. Female fl. 

 large, Ij in. diam. ; pedicel 1 in. Sepals spreading, large, orbicular, concave, blood-red 

 \rithin. Petals obovate, fleshy, coloured like the sepals, tip recurved. Stamens united 

 below into a ring. Ovary subangled, 10-celled ; stigma sessile sub-4^gonal, minutely 

 tubercled, broader than the ovaiy. — " Ovary 9-celled ; stigma closely adherent to the 

 ovary, large, orbicular, convex, blood-red, fleshy, margin obscurely lobed. Ripe fruit 

 3 in. long, subglobose, base slightly 9-lobed, dull yellow, crowned by the at length con- 

 cave stigma." — Maingay mss. 



20. G-. Griffithil, T. Anders. ; leaves^very large ovate or ovate-cordate, 

 obtuse, nerves distant. 



Eastern Peninsula, Mt. Ophir near Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 361) ; Main- 

 gay (Kew Distrib. 153). 



A tall tree ; young branches 4-gon6u8, pale green. Leaves 12-18 by 4-6^ in., coria- 

 ceous ; midrib stout, rigid, angled ; veins very prominent, | in. apart, tips free. Male fl. 

 numerous, small, bright yellow, in very short axillary woody branches, pedicels 2 in. 

 Sepals Tjrii. lopg, concave, fleshy. Petals a little larger, oblong, "doll-red," Maingay. 

 Stamens many, in a sub-4-gonal sessile flattened mass; antheirs subsessile, 2-celled. 

 Bvdimentary ovary 0. Female fl. . " Ovary 12-oelled ; style' very short, stigma 

 peltate slightly convex obscurely lobed at the margin, rough with elevated papillae, 

 persistent. Fruit pomiform faintly ribbed, 2 in. in longest diam. Seed two-thirds pen- 

 dulous." — Maingay. 



[There is in Maingay's Herbarium a plant very like this in habit, but described by 

 him as having a circumsciss anther, which is cultivated at Siucapore as the true Gam- 

 boge of Siam.] 



** Stamens of the male flower in an annular mass round the rudimentary 

 ovary ; anthers 2-ceUed, dehiscence vertical. Stigma broad, discoid, centre 

 depressed. 



21. G. anomala, Planch. & Trian. Mem. Guttif. 174 ; leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic or oblong-lanceolate shortly acuminate, male and female fl. in brac- 

 teate 3-flowered cymes. [Lanessan Mem. Gardn. 30.] G. afiinis, Wail. Gat. 

 4854 in part, not of W. <& .4.— Guttif era, Griff. It. Jiotes, 40, No. 651. 



