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12. GUTTIFER^. 



[Garciuia. 



transverse bars very numerous. Weighs 45 lbs. to the cubic foot. Fruit 

 yellow, sweet, edible. An ornamental tree with beautiful dark green 

 dense foliage, sometimes cultivated in gardens. 



5. G. ovalifolia, Hoak. f . Fl. Br. I. 1 . 269. Xanthochjmus ovaJi- 

 foUus, Roxb. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 31. Haldi, M. ; 

 Tavir, Vern. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards along the ghats, 

 in evergreen forests ; also in Ceylon. Evergreen forests of North Kdnara 

 and Konkan gh^ts. Fl. H. S. Fr. C. S. 



A small or moderate sized tree. 



6. G. malabarica, Talb., sp. nov. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. XL 

 234 t. 1. G, ovaUfolius, Hook., f. var. macrantha ? Fl. Br, I. 1. 269. 

 G. spicata, Kz. MSS. in Herb. Cal. Herb. No. 3713. 



A small or medium sized tree with sulcate, angular branchlets. Leaves 

 coriaceous, ovate or oblong lanceolate, acute or obtuse, glabrous, shining 

 above and beneath ; nerves numerous, anastomosing, distinct, midrib 

 prominent beneath; blade 6 — 3 by 2-5— -1 in.; petiole 'h-'lh in. long, 

 rugose, dilated at the base, so that the two opposite petioles clasp the 

 branchlets. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers white, '5 — *75 in. across, 

 numerous, sessile or shortly pedicelled, fascicled on short, axillary, thick 

 peduncles ; pedicels bracteolate at the base. Sepals 4-5, orbicular, | the 

 orbicular white, concave petals. Staminal phalanges 5, thick, equalling 

 the petals, surrounded at the base by and springing|from a lobed mamillated 

 disk ; antber-s 12 on each phalange, didymous, free part of filament short, 

 stout. Female fl. : Sepals and petals of male. Ktaminodes in 5, thin, 

 flattened phalanges surrounding the ovary and springing from a disk 

 similar to that of the male flower, effete anthers 4-5 on each phalange, 

 flat, didymous and on longer free filaments than those of the male flower. 

 Ovary 3-celled, crowned with the 3-lobed spreading stigma. 



On the Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards. Common on 

 the Gairsoppah Ghat in evergreen forests. Fl. C. S. Fr. (not seen) 

 R.S. 



2. OCHROCARPUS, Thouars. 



Evergreen trees. Leaves simple, opposite or 3-verticellate, coria* 

 ceous. Flowers axillary, polygamous. Calyx closed before flowerings 

 at length opening into 2, rarely 3_, valves. Petals 4 — 7 or more. 

 Stamens indefinite , filaments fres or connate at the base. Ovary 

 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuledj style short; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a 

 1-4-seeded berry. Cotyledons minute or 0; radicle large and 

 fleshy. 



O. longifolius, Benth. & H. f. Gen. Plant. 1. 980; Bedd. Fl. Sylv 

 t. 89 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 270. Calysaccion longifolium, Wgt. Ic. t. 1999 ; Dalz; 

 & Gibs. Bom, Fl, 32. Wundy, piinai/j siirungiy suragi, pliatapate, > 

 gardundy^ Vern. 



