XXXI. GUTTIFEEiE. 



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PiUsp^rma caudatttm. 



Vertical 



section of oTary 



(mag.). 



Pilosperma, 

 Eoibiyo 

 (mag.). 



Pilosperma. 



Seed, 



entire, with its 



arillode. 



Pilosperma. 



Seed cut vertically. 



li, hilum ; 



nil micropyle. 



Embeto exalbuminous, straigJit. — Stem luoody. Leaves 



Gai'cinia Mangostana. 

 Garcinia Mangostana. Fruit. Berry %vith thick bark, the upper portion removed to 



show the cells. 



Flowers polygamo - 

 dioecious, rarely ^ . Calyx 

 4-6-poly-phyUous. Petals 

 hypogynous, equal with the 

 sepals, rarely more numer- 

 ous. Stamens indefinite, 

 rarely definite, free, or 

 monadelphous or polyadel- 

 phous. OvAET 2--00 -celled, 

 rarely l-celled. Ovolbs 

 1-00 in the cells, ascending 

 or erect, anatropous. Feuit 

 a capsule, drupe, or herry. 

 opposite, 



Tebes or SHRUBS, sometimes climbing or epiphytal, with resinous usually yellow 

 or green juice, branches opposite, generally tetragonous, jointed. Leaves opposite, 

 usually decussate, rarely whorled, coriaceous, mostly shining, penninerved, secondary 

 nerves transverse, rarely pellucid-punctate ; petiole jointed at its base to the branch, 

 entire and exstipulate, or very rarely piniiatisect and stipulate {Quiina). Flowers 

 white, yellow or red, regular, polygamo-dicecious, or S , terminal or axillary, solitary, 

 or in fascicles or few-flowered cymes, trichotomous panicles, ,or racemes. Sepals 

 2-6, rarely more, imbricate, or decussate in pairs, sometimes furnished with pairs of 

 decussate bracts. Petals 2-6, rarely more, hypogynous, imbricate or contorted, 

 rarely decussate in pairs, very rarely 4, sub-valvate. — Flowers $ : Stamens in- 

 serted on the receptacle, numerous, or rarely definite and equal or double the number 

 of the petals ; filaments often thick or short, free or variously connate, sometimes 

 united into a fleshy mass, or in bundles equalling in number and opposite to the 

 petals, sometimes long and filiform; anthers 2- (rarely 1-) celled, cells usually linear. 



