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ones. EL yellow, or orange. ($ : Niimerotis 2-celled anthers on short filaments 

 upon a short thick central receptacle. Bisexnal or ? : Stamens 6-20, often 

 sterile, free or connate in bundles, surrounding the ovary, which is (i-lO celled, 

 stigma 6-10 lobed. Fruit varying in shape, 2^-3 in diam., yellow or reddish, 

 with 6-10 deep farrows which are continued nearly to the apex. 



Evergreen forests along the Western Ghats from Kaiiara southwaid^. Fl. C. ami 

 H. S. Fr, B. S. 



19. G. indica, Choisy; Pieire, Fl. For. Ooch. t. 80.— Syn. G, purj^iirea, 

 Eoxh. ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 270. Vern. Kokwn, Hind, ; Murgal, Kan. ; 



Ratamha^ Mar. 



A slender tree with 

 drooping branches, branch- 

 lets black. Leaves red 

 when young, 2-4 in., 

 thickly membranous, lan- 

 ceolate, occasionally ob- 

 lanceolate, nearly sessile, 

 secondary nerves slender, 

 6-10 pair, a few shorter 

 very slender intermediate 

 nerves between. FL small 

 — J : In terminal 3-7- 

 fiowered often pedunculate 

 cymes, pedicels \ in. long, 

 anthers od, 2-celled on 

 short filaments crowded on 

 a central hemispherical 

 receptacle. § : Solitary, 

 stamens 10-18 in4 bundles 

 alternating with petals. Ovary 5-7 celled, stigma 6-7 radiate, each ray 

 with 2 lines of tubercles. Fruit globose, 1^ in. diam., not grooved, |>urple, 

 seeds embedded in a red acid pulp. 



Western coast and Western Ghats from Matheran southwards. Often planted. ¥\ . 

 November-February. Fr. April, May. 



Closely allied are: 20. G. microstigma, Kurz, F. FL i. 91, A single-stemmed or 

 meagre shrub, not unfrequent on South Andaman. Leaves similar to but larger than 

 those of Q, indica, 21. G. laEcesafolia, Eoxb. ; Wight le. t. 163, Assam, Khasi hills, 

 Silhet, Ohittagong hills. A slender bush. Leaves 2-4 in., thickly membranous, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, calyx yellowish-green, petals bright red. Fi'. orange yellow, obovoid , 

 1 in. diam., seeds 6-8. 



E. FL tetramerous. <? : a central 4-sided mass with 4-celled anthers. 



22. G. Cowa, Eoxb. — Syn. ff. Kyclia^ Eoxb. ; Wight Ic. t. IIS ; Eurz, F. 

 FL i. 90, Yern. Taimgthale^ Burm. 



A large tree with drooping branches. Leaves 4r-b in., membranous, broadly 

 lanceolate, secondary nerves faint, very oblique, 6-10 pair. FL yellow or 

 reddish yellow, | in. diam. $ : In 3-8-fld. umbels, stamens numerous, densely 

 covering a fleshy almost 4-cornered central mass ; rudimentary pistil 0, anthers 

 4-celled, the cells at the 4 angles of a, thick connective. ? : Ovary globose 

 6-8 celled, style grooved, stigma broad, granular. Fruit the size of a small 

 orange, yellow or dark purple, 6-"8 grooved, terminated by a nipple-shaped 

 protuberance. 



Assam, Silhet, Ohittagong, Chota jSFagpore, Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Peninsula. 

 Lower Burma, Andamans. FL February-May. Fr. May, June. 



Nearly allied is 23. a succifolia, 'Kmtz (1872) ; F. FL i, 91 {G-. ioniceroides, T. And., FL 

 Brit. Ind. i. 264 (1874). Upper Burma, Sittang and Irawaddi valleys in Lower Burma. 

 Leaves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long. 



Fig. 22. — Garcinia indica, Choisy. 



