156 Q-. "King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, 



in., petiole - 5 in. Male flowers about 1 in. in diam., terminal, in fascicles 

 of 3 to 6, pedicels '2 to "4 in. Sepals thinly coriaceous, concave, the 

 outer pair orbicular ; the inner ovate-oblong, blunt. Petals ovate-orbi- 

 cular, twice as long as the sepals. Stamens numerous ; the filaments united 

 in a fleshy, slightly 4-lobed, annulus on which the broad, oblong, vertically 

 dehiscing anthers are inserted ; rudimentary stigma slightly protruding 

 above the mass of stamens, flat, 8-lobed. Female flower terminal, soli- 

 tary, with sepals and petals like the male ; staminodes absent. Ovary 

 globose ; the stigma large, convex, recurved at the edge when young, 

 when adult with 8 shallow crenations. Fruit sub-globular, not mam- 

 millate, about 1 in. in diam. ; the pericarp rather thin, sub-crustaceous ; 

 sepals persistent. Seeds about 6, oblong, with soft juicy arillus. 



Malacca ; Griffith, No. 857 (Kew Dist.). Perak ; Scortechini (1 speci- 

 men). Nicobar Islands ; Kurz, Jelinek. 



This species, which has been established by M. Pierre, comes (aa 

 his own description and figures show) very near to G. cornea, Linn. It 

 differs chiefly from cornea by its broader leaves, stouter branchlets and 

 8-lobed stigma. Curtis's Penang specimen No. 690, probably belongs 

 to this species. 



11. Garcinia mangostana, Linn. A glabrous tree 20 to 30 feet, 

 high ; young branches cylindric, slightly grooved, the bark smooth, 

 green. Leaves thickly coriaceous ; shining on both surfaces, elliptic- 

 oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, the base cuneate ; nerves sub- 

 horizontal, numerous, interarching with a double intra-marginal nerve, 

 rather prominent beneath when dry ; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2*5 to 

 4'25 in., petiole "75 to 1 in. Male flowers 1*5 in. in diam., in terminal 

 fascicles of 3 to 9 ; pedicels *5 to - 75 in., with several orbicular, concave, 

 scarious bracts. Sepals 4, unequal, coriaceous, rotund, concave. Petals 

 4, larger than the sepals, ovate, fleshy, yellowish tinged with greenish red, 

 Stamens indefinite, in a 4-lobed mass ; filaments short : anthers oblong, 

 ovate, recurved, dehiscence longitudinal. Pistil 0. Dish fleshy, as long 

 as the stamens, its apex conical. Hermaphrodite flowers 2 in. in diam., 

 solitary or in pairs at the apices of the young branches, and usually on 

 different trees from the male flowers ; pedicel '5 in. long, stout, woody. 

 Calyx and corolla as in the male, but larger. Stamens many ; filaments 

 slender, connate below ; anthers irregular and mostly abortive. Ovary 

 globular, 4 to 8 -celled; stigma sessile, 8-rayed ; ovules solitary. Fruit 

 as large as a small oi'ange, smooth, dark purplish brown ; pericarp 

 thick ; seeds oblong, flattened, with large white juicy arillus. Bl. 

 Bijdr. 213 ; DO. Prod, i, 560 : Roxb. PI. Ind. ii, 618 : Bot. Mag. t. 4847 : 

 Clioisy Guttif. Ind. 33: Planch, and Triana Mem. Guttif. 170: Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. I, pfc. ii, p. 506: Hook. fii. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 260 : Kurz For. Fl. 



