GARCINIA. 
Zaft, where he made eet botanical obfervations, fome of 
an fophical TranfaGtions n. 4155 
ce — mentioned he eftablifhes 
i ae Ley valuable 
which are printed in the 
tans. Linn, Gen. 234. ane 3195 831. Willd. Sp. “Pl. 
v. 2. 848. Mart. Mill. Dict. v.2. Jufl, 256. Lamarck 
Tiluftr. t 405. Reise Gertn. tI 
Cambo a ; Lin en 263. oe: 35% Pa ae ae 
ti ire, J Jul 
Cal. Perianth inferior, of four roundifh, con 
a “ebtue, {preading, permanent leaves. Cor. Pe ely 
four, roundifh, concave, fpreading, rather larger than the 
calyx. Stam. Filaments about 16, erect, colle&ted into a 
tu bular form, fimple, fhorter than the calyx; anthe 
Germen fuperior, nearly oval ; ityle Gamay 
ema flat, ara Siege in fix a ay blunt 
rmanent. ric coriaceo arge, 
the high ema, of fix or eight "Puy cells with 
. Seeds folitary, imbedded in the 
pulp, vertical, fomewhat oiseal eh rugged, 
with a fimple embryo. 
. Calyx ‘inferior, of four leaves. Petals fou 
Berry ao of feveral cells, crowned with the ae 
Seeds foli 
bf. The umber of the ftamens, and of the. fg Str of 
the ftigma, the latter always agreeing with nu 
cells i in the fruit, coupe n different fccae foe four 
eight, an vary. in e from five to e 
former 
firft united Cambogia to Garcinia, but is highly fri 
fible for the our leione and improper change of th 
nzan name to a barbarous one that agrees with aly. one 
{pecies. 
I. Mangoftana. Linn. Sp. Pl. 5. (Mangoftana ; 
— ph. Amboin. v. 1. 132. t. 43. Macconsn Apple. )— 
anches ea ngular aves ovate; their veins fome 
L 
a dift Flowers terminal, folitary—Native of the 
more. ree tal parts of the Eaft Indies, as Malacca, Sumatra, 
and Java. Cultivated with difficulty in fome few places 
befides. Rumphius. This is univerfally allowed to be the 
mot delicious, as well as moft wholefome, of Indian fruits. 
It refembics a {mall orange, of a dark brown eae full o. 
foft {weet pale-ccloured pulp, from which t 
eafily feparates, and each of whofe cells contin a fa oval 
feed. ‘The oo driea-ig aftringent, and ufeful in 
dyfenteries. The pulp may be eaten Sith fafety, and in 
moft any ene) in health or in ficknety,. _Rumphiu us 
fays, it is efteemed a very bad fymptom if a patient Qs NO 
appetite even for the eee die n, ‘The ¢ree is about the fizé 
ple-tree, fmooth in all its parts, with oppo- 
aves oppoli 
fhinin green, entire, fur- 
nifhed with a rat ender midrib, from which fpring irre- 
gularly numerous he diftant veins. Foot-flalks three quar- 
ters of an inch long, thick. Flower-/lalks terminal, fimple and 
fingle-owered, an inch long, without bracteas. . Flowers 
whitifh, the fize of a fhilling, with yellow ftamens. The 
fruit ania pee in November and Ate cember. r. Ellis, 
ble productions.”’ 1s 
ever pa the "Mangoftan ey: in aa ope. 
cbica. Linn. Sp. Pl. (Mangoftana cele- 
bie ; Ranph, Amboin, v. 1. 334s : Bendis round- 
um aed a 
outer coat. 
five or fix. 
pt ovate, fhining; thei 
ifh. Leaves ar ne rece their veins numerous, clofe, 
ftraight and parallel. Native of the ifland of Celebes, re 
whence, according to Rumphius, it was brought to 
boyna. We have fpecimens from the latter place, under a 
name of Wild Mangoftan, gathered by the late rif. 
topher Smith. It peda rs to differ from the firft {pecies i in 
having rounder, not regularly quadrangular, 
branches 3 more elliptic ie, tapering to each end, whofe 
veins are peculiarly numerous, ftraight and parallel. Foot- 
Jfralks half an oe long, keeled and very deeply channelled. 
Flowers dirty white, fragrant, terminal, about three toge- 
ther, on fhort thick ftalks. Fruit file the former, but 
yellower and more acid. Rum hius reports that {mall 
pieces of the wood, buried for three years in marfhy rice- 
grounds, become petrified, and make a fort of hone, called 
Kiras- iberie; after the country name of the tree. The fame 
author a ee the Siprre or oi mappel, ‘au 
Hort. Malab. v. 3. 4 is fame plant; but 
that is ungucionably Paes s yer glutinifera. 
See EMBRYOPTERIS. 
3. G. Cambogia. beets ae Pl. vy. 848. (Mangof 
Ger 106 Caren Gotta 
al. 
tana Cambogia ; 
Linn. = Pi. 728. Coddsmcpulli Rheed. Hor 
Vv. I. 41. t.24. Carcapuli; Cluf. Exot. 286, a pee Soe 
tical, ne at each end; their veins rather diftant. 
about ar) ed in diameter, and a 
ri widely fpreading root, out ich, 
ws a very vifcid -but Eien liquor. 
pean and {mo tae eppoiite, three or rae inc 
long, elliptical, entire, tapering at each extremity, a little 
oblique, {meoth, paler pena ‘thei lateral veins rather 
ew and diftant, a te angles with the midrib, 
nn reticulations. Foo iftalks fightly channelled. 
a 
witout {mell. His minu 
accords with our eneric a eda er. 
ftigma ; its colour ation or whitifh ; the 
remains of the 
fae with fome acidity. ‘The cells and 
flavour of its ve 
feeds are fai e8, gorio. The feafon of flowering 
and fruiting is ‘March, nafpecimen of this tree, fent 4 
the Rev. from the Eaft Indies, the flow 
ottler 
ftalks, which are tlothed with rutty down, and near an inch 
long, gro pla from buds juit below the infertion of 
each leaf, ee eb means terminal. Probably they 
might appear fo i in the early ftate in which Rheede delineates 
them, ¢ and that 
ing, ver ice e Gumna Cute, or Gamboge, 
noi information cote the ori in oO 
e Cambogia a widely different plant, his own 
ne carn Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 70 
Linn. Syft. Veg. A 13. 368. (Lignum 
on. Raat . Amb, v. 3. 55. t. 30: not v. 2, a8 co~ 
ied by Murray and Willdenow.) — Leaves elliptical, fome- 
ing ; r veins unequal and irregular. 
Flowers terminal, lolitary, eed Branches quadran. 
4Ma2 gular. 
