OTHER NEARLY ALLIED SPECIES, AS FRUIT TREES. 
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although it is stated sometimes to attain a larger size, but this depends on the 
situation in which it is grown. The rind of the fruit becomes more yellow than the 
common Mangosteen, but in other respects (if we except the flavour, which is very 
inferior) the resemblance betwixt the two fruits is very great. 
Amboyna Mangosteen (Stalagmitis Cochinchinensis). The Garcinia Amboi- 
nensis of Spreng. Syst., ii. p. 448. This fine tree is a native of Amboyna, China, 
Cochin China, and several parts of the Continent of India. The fruit is about the 
size of an Orleans plum, somewhat pear-shaped, of a reddish colour when ripe. The 
pulp is acid, very juicy, juice yellow and somewhat viscid, with the fragrance of an 
apple and not disagreeable to the taste. 
The culture of all these species is the same as for the common kind, 
G. Mangostana, but they will thrive with a less degree of heat. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE WOOD-CUT. 
a Celebes Mangosteen (Stalagmitis Celebica). 1 d Fruit divested of its rind to ishow the several 
b Common Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana), divisions, 
c Fruit of ditto, cut open. 
