Garcinia] 



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Nearly allied : 14. G. anomala, Planch, et Triaiia. Kliasi hills. A small erect tree, 

 hranclies often whorled. Leaves coriaceous, turning yellow in drying, secondary nerves 

 numerous, parallel, stipules 0. Fl. greenish-yellow, inodorous, cymes 3-fld., pedicels 

 supported by foliaceous bracts J in. long, petals | in. long. ]?r. 1\ in. diam., pericarp 

 thin. 15. G. merguensis, Wight Ic. t. 116 ; Kurz, F. FL i. 89. Malay Peninsula from 

 Mergui southwards, a middle-sized tree. Leaves 3^ in., turning brown in drying, 

 secondary nerves indistinct. FL small , $ in many-fld. cymes, anthers numerous, on 

 4 distinct thick fleshy bundles surrounding a large rudimentary pistil. 



D. FL tetramerous, Male : a central round or 4-sided mass with numerous 

 2-celled anthers. 



16. G, paniculata, Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 112. Vern. Biibi Kowa^ Silhet. 

 A middle-sized tree. Leaves 6-9 in.^ membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, 



narrowed into petiole |-1 in. long, secondary nerves distant, 8-10 pair, tei^tiary 

 transverse, faint, numerous. Sepals green, smaller than petals, the inner 

 obtuse, larger than the outer, petals white, imbricate. $ : in pyramidal 

 panicles with decussate branches, often longer than leaves, anthers numerous, 

 imbricate on a large globose central mass. ? : in pedunculate sometimes 

 branching spikes, stigma hemispherical, entire, tubercled. A few staminodia 

 surrounding the ovary. Fruit yellow, 1 in. diam., the seeds immersed in pulp, 

 similar in taste to that of a mangosteen. 



Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills, Silhet. Fl. November, December. Fr. July. 



17. G. echinocarpa, Thw. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon, i. 96. 



A tree attaining 50 ft., trunk thick, throwing out long aerial roots. Leaves 

 3-5 in., coriaceous, ovate or obovate, tapering into the ^-| m. long petiole, 



Fig. 21. — Garcinia echinocarpa, Thw. J. 



secondary nerves numerous, parallel. Fl. greenish, sessile, c? : in clusters, 

 stamens numerous on a thick 4-sided central mass, anther cells 2, adnate to a 

 thick connective. ? : Ovary 4-celled, covered with numerous imbricate fleshy 

 scales. Fr* 1-1 i in. long, covered with sharp tubercles, seeds 1-3. 



In evergreen forests, abundant on the Tinnevelli hills, in Travancore above 3,000 ft., 

 Fl. April. Ceylon, 



18 G, Cambogia, Desrouss. ; Roxb. Cor. PL t. 298 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 85. 

 To this species probably belong : G. con icarpa, Wight Ic. 1. 121, and G-. papilla, 

 Wight, Spic. Nilg. t. 28, 29, Ic. t. 960. Vern. Upagi mara, Kan. ; 

 MmthullLOooTg] Gorakkapiilli.Tlm-sf, ^ x t, ^ . ^ • ^^.^ 



A middle-sized tree. Tieaves 4-6 in., broadly lanceolate, blade 4r-6 in., narrowed 

 into petiole i in. long, secondary nerves 8-^12 pair, with shorter intermediate 



