] ?:xiii. GUTTii'ERiE. (T. Afldersoii.). 269 



Haask. to this. Heifer atates ttat the stem exudea a green varnisli, and. Griffith de-' 

 scribes the juice of iChe fruit as milky. 



Subgenus IL Xanthoehymua, Rood), (Gen.). Sepah and PeMs S, 

 wry rarely 4 -W&imejifo connate- in 5, rarely 4 erect distant pedicelled 

 spathlilate bodies, antheriferous at the top, free portions very short, inT 

 curved ; anthers small didynaous. 



as. G. Xanthochymus, Hodkf. ; leaves large linear-oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate, male I. fascicled \ in. diam. shortly pedi^ 

 celled. Xanthochymus pictorius, Moa^. Carom. PL ii. 51, t. 196, Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 633. X. tinctorius, BG. Prodr. i. 562 ; Vhois. Gkttif. Ind. 32 ; Planch. & 

 Trim. Mem. Gvitif. }49 j W. & A. Prod/r. 102 ; WaU. Oat. 4837. 



Easteen BiENOAiL and the EisrERN Himalata, from Sikkim to the Khasia Mts. and 

 to Birma : E/stekn Peninsdla, Eenang and the Andamaiflslds. ; Westeen Peninsula 

 the Circars, Soxiwgh, and from the Bomiay Ghats southward. 



A mJddJjng sized tree ; trunk straight ; branches tiiooping, angular. Leanes 9-18 by 

 2-4 in., coriaceous, slhining, yeins ^-4 in. apart, reticulated; petiole 1 in., rugose. Male 

 fls. I iiL (ffiara., in i-S-flowered fascicles, from the axils of fallen leaves, white; pedicel^ 

 thidkened, 1— i J in. Sepcda i in., orbicular, concave, fleshy, unequal. FetaU | in., 

 orbicular, spreaSiifg, thin. Stamens in 5 broad bundles of 3-5, alternating with 5 fleshy 

 glands, anthers 2-celled. Heemaph. fl. like the male. Ovary ovoid, pointed, usually 

 5-celled ; stigmatic lubes 8, oblong, spreading, entire. Frvit the size of an apple, sub- 

 globose, pointed, dark yellow. Seeds 1-4, oblong.-r^ Yields a large quantity of indifferent 

 gamboge (Eoxburgh)._ The closely allied X. dulcis, Roxb., of the Indian Archipelago 

 has a round-tipped frnit There are in Heifer's Tenasserim Herbaiium imperfect spe- 

 cimens of a plant much resendbling this, but with puhesecnt branchlets. "Avery variable 

 species in the shape of tlie leav«s, and length of the peduncles and pedicels ; it yields a 

 tenacious gum of no value." — Thviaites. 



' 29. G. ovalifolius, Hooh.f. ; leaves ovate elliptic-oblong or lanceolate 

 or suborbicular retuse obtuse or acute, male fl. spiked or fascicled, sepals 

 cUiolate. Xanthochymus ovalifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 632 ; W.& A. Prodr. 

 102 ; Wall. Gat. 4838 ; Ghm. GuUif. Ind. 32 ; Planch. & Triaxh. Mem. 

 Gumf, 149; Thwaites Enum. 49. Stalagmites ovalifolius, G. Don. 



Western PENinrsuLA ; in forests of the Circars, Roxbwrgh; Ceylon, ascending to 

 3000 ft.— DisTBiB. Java? 



A middling-sized tree. Leaves 3^-84 by l|-34 in., shining ; nerves numerous, slender, 

 arched with many oblique transverse nervules; petiole \-^ in. Flowers |-^ in. diam., 

 S and ? often mixed in one fascicle, hut usually the fem.a1«s are fascicled and the 

 male-i often 6piied,the spikes sometimes running out to 4 inches long, with fascicles of 

 flowers throughout their length. Male fl. : Sepals 4, coriaceous, orbicular, half as large 

 as the membranous orbicular concave petals. Stamens in 5 long-clawed spathulate 

 fescicles ; anthers few (6-10) didymoas. Female fl. usually on much longer pedicels than 

 the male. Staminodep 5, small, with eft'ete anthers. Ovary globose, 3— 4-celled ; style 

 very short ; stigma 5-lobed to the middle. Fruit broadly oblong ; size of a walnut, smooth, 

 deep green, 1-3-seeded. — ^A very similar species inhabits Java, hut has always acute 



Vak. 1. osffiZi/bKa^ropej* ; leaves obtuse, (J flowers fascicled i-J in. diam. — Ceylon 

 and Western Peninsula. \ 



Vae. 2. spieata; leaves obtuse, g in long or short spikes, flowers as in var. 1. Xan- 

 thochymus spicatus, W. (& A. Prod. 102 ; WaU. Oat. 346 A.— Western Peninsula. 



Vae. 3. maarantjia ; leaves obtuse, ^ flowers large §-1 in. diam. fascicled, anthers 

 8-12 in each bundle. — Xanthochymus ovalifolius? Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Gen. xxi. — 

 Western Ghats. 



Var. 4. acmtifolia; leaves acute, flowers as jn var. 1. 

 , 1 can detect no further differences than the above between vars. 2, 3, and 4 O.. ovali- 

 felia. ^eddome i^tates that var. 3 has 9 different habit. — /. D. H. 



