170 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 2, 



leaves; pedicels *25 to - 35 in., sepals 4 to 6, usually 5, orbicular, un- 

 equal, fleshy, concave, the 3 outer smaller. Petals usually 5, larger than 

 the sepals, orbicular, fleshy, concave ; Stamens about 40, in 5. pedicelled, 

 fan-shaped groups ; filaments short, thick ; anthers sub-globular, 2- 

 celled, with sutural dehiscence ; disk in the male depressed, truncate, 

 corrugated, fleshy ; in the female with 5 lobes which alternate with the 

 staminal groups. Stigma in the male absent ; in the hermaphrodite 5- 

 rayed, the ovary ovoid-globular. Fruit 2'5 in. long, from globular to 

 pear-shaped, pedunculate, smooth, yellow, with much sweet pulp; seeds 1 

 to 5, oblong, pointed; pedicels 1 in. Pierre Flor. Forest. Cochin-Chine, 

 fasc. VI, p. iv. Xanthochymus dulcis, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 270; Wight Ic. 

 270; Bot. Mag. 3088; Choisy Gutt. Ind. 32 ; Planch, and Triana Mem. 

 Guttif. 149. Garciuia elliptica, Choisy in DC. Prod, i, 561 (not of Wall. 

 Cat.) X. Javensis, Blume Bijdr. 216; Stalagmites dulcis, Cambess. Mem. 

 Mus. xvi. 392, 425; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 508 ; Hassk. PI. Jav. 

 Rar. 275. 



Perak : King's Collector No. 5750. Distrib. Malayan Ai'chipelago. 



34. Gaecinia Andamanica, King, n. sp. A tree from 20 to 40 feet 

 high; young branches 4-angled, pubescent. Leaves elongate-ovate, often 

 inequilateral, sub-acute ; the base broad, rounded or slightly cordate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, shining ; main uerves 14 to 16 pairs, rather pro- 

 minent; length 8 to 11 iu., breadth 4 to 5 - 5 ; petiole '5 in., stout. Male 

 flowers about *3 in. in diam., in short dense axillary fascicles from short 

 wart-like branches. Sepals 5, coriaceous, ovate-rotund, imbricate, 

 pubescent externally. Petals 5, larger than the sepals, thin, rotund, 

 clawed, imbricate, glabrous. Stamens indefinite, in 5 thick fleshy 

 bundles ; anthers minute, sub-globular, introrse. Dish of 5 broad 

 corrugated glands much shorter than the bundles of stamens and alter- 

 nating with them. Pistil 0. Female flower unknown. Fruit globular 

 or oval, smooth, bright yellow, 1 to 1*5 in. long and "75 to 1'25 in. in 

 diam., shortly apiculate ; the 5-lobed stigma persistent. G. dulcis, Kurz 

 (not of Roxb.) For. Flora Burma i, 92 ; Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochin-Chine, 

 fasc. vi, p. VI, in part. 



Andaman Islands ; Heifer No. 872, Kurz, King's Collector, No. 

 224. 



Var. puhescens, leaves shortly pubescent beneath, the base cuneate. 



Andamans ; King's Collector, No. 136. 



This species was considered by Kurz to be identical with Xantlw- 

 cliymus dulcis, Roxb., a native of the Moluccas cultivated in the Botanical 

 Gardens, Galcutta. It does not, however, agree with specimens still 

 in cultivation there, nor with Roxburgh's description. Pierre (1. c.) 

 expresses his doubt as to the identity of the Andaman and Molucca plants : 



