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leaves; pedicels *25 to 35 !&*, sepals 4 to 6, usually 5, orbicutar, un- 
equal, fleshy, concave, the 3 outer smaller. Petals usually 5, larger than 
the sepals, orbicular, fleshy, concave ; Stamens about 40, in 5, pedioelled, 
fan-shaped groups ; filaments short, thick ; anthers sub-globular, 2- 
celled, with sutural dehiscenco ; disk in the male depressed, truncate, 
corrugated, fleshy ; in the female with 5 lobes which alternate with tlio 
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 dutch, Uoxb, Cor. PI. t. 270; Wight Ic. 
270; Bot. Mag. 3088; Choisy Gutt. Ind. 32 ; Planch, and Triana Mem. 
Guttif. 149. Qarcinia elliptical Choisy in DC. Prod, i, 561 (not of Wall. 
Cat.) X. Javensis, Blume Bijdr. 2IG; Stalagmites dnlris, Cambess. Mem. 
Mus. xvi. 392, 425 ; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 50tf ; Hassk. PI. Jav. 
Rar. 275. 
Perak ; King's Collector No, 5750. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago. 
34. Garcinia 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 nerves 14 to 16 pairs, rather pro- 
minent ; length 8 to 11 in,, 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, iutrorse. Dish of 5 broad 
corrugated glands much shorter than the bundles of stamens and alter- 
nating with them. Pistil 0. Female jlower nnknown. 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. Coehin-Chine, 
fasc. vi, p. VI, in part. 
Andaman Islands; Heifer No. 872, Kurz, King's Collector, No. 
224. 
Var. pubesc&iis, leaves shortly pubescent beneath, the base cuneate. 
Andamaus ; King's Collector, No. 136. 
This species ml considered by Kurz to be identical with Xantho- 
chymns dulcis, Uoxb., a native of the Moluccas cultivated in the Botanical 
Gardens, Calcutta. It does not, however, agree with specimens still 
in cultivation there, nor with Roxburgh's description. Pierre (1. e.) 
expresses his doubt as to the identity of the Andaman and Mulucca plants : 
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