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Syno ptical and Specific Descriptions. 
FAMILY VIII.— GUTTIFERiE. 
25. GARCINIA. Characters as defined above The virion* u 
Mangosteen, &c. ‘ gam oge are P^cts of Asiatic species of Garcinia, and other species have edible fruits, such as the 
G. Livingstonei, T. And. Vern. names 1 Wild Plum • a Pen h p 
tree or a bushy tree, in each case the stems set with numerous firm, lhde more oHras’erere d' 6 ’ M °“|‘ Uri or Mokon ongo. F.ither a branched bush, an erect 
for native kraal fences. Leaves usually in threes or opposite, entire or irregularly crenate oval tlrT*? which give them Pyramidal habit, and suit well 
in f/ Tr f aPeX ' V '° C m - ,0 ” g ' 4 ’ 6 C ' m - wide ’ firm, y coriaceous fdistincUy veTned and T " elliptical ' ™" d «> « the base, rounded or 
in sure and form with age and condition of tree, soil and exposure. Peduncles teem lone fl 5 »““* P«‘oIe a m.m. to 1 c m. long. They vary immensely 
2 5 to 5 c.m. long, oblong, edible, yellow at first, red when ripe, a-seeded and used bv'the n'nf " ’ , produced ln clus,ers °" axillary warts on old wood. Fruit 
bush country near Delagoa Bay ; occurs also in the Umbelusi Valley and up to the Lebomh M ‘ “ Abunda "‘ in sa " d f » 0 en 
Inhambane; and within the tropics on the Zambesi, Quelimane and Magenja da Costa Nat 1 /“ Cha " cl,ai and lhrou 8h the M’Chopes country to 
Mangosteen and other species upon. For its timber see Chapter IV. f dessert fru,t but P r °P ab| y fit for use as a stock for grafting the 
9 . Tree, characteristic hilts ^ Br “ nCh Sh ° W '" e y °“ ne ! 3 ' M * m : «• «— ■ * J IS. fertile flower, a , ; 6, Stamen, a s , W (snall) . s , Scctio „ of ^ , , 
FAMILY IX. — MALVACEaE. 
ZT/f S ' m0nadelph0US ' ,haanthers lcelled . extrorse,’andThe column rannet^aftte bare w’thThe petit ’’ hyP ° Kynous ’ convolute in aestivation ; stamens 
With 5 branches; capsule S -cdw“ cTpT^^ TZgV^ ^ 7 diMepiment in each ' 
m J ie ding fibre of commercial value where the cultivation and harvesting can begone cheaply enough § nUS ’ ^ herbaceous ’ ln which man y species have liber- 
H ' - canescent or pubescent in all parts except 
and shining; petioles 3-12 c.m. long, stout, and like the stipules pubescent with stellate hairs.* StiDufesT* Under s,de wh,te - the u PPer surface glabrous 
edge, set with stellate hairs. Peduncles axillary, 1 or several-flowered the flowers c c m inniM rt h t 3 C .' m ’ , ° ng ’ 1 C ' m> w,de ’ at first connate on the outer 
calyx of 5 large lobes and short cup. Petals S c.m. long, oblique, t^y a, fhTmargin a. firsf veHo'v aft 77 “ f ab '>“‘ 8 > b »‘ ^angular teeth ; 
3 c.m. long, bearing anthers on short filaments along its whole length, and surmounted by the c fid stiama r $ T"''u , W ’ 1 dark spot al lhe base - Column 
hairs and opening by the netted dissepiments into 5 double valves Frequent close to tL rJ > J 8 , C ^ pSU ‘ e ° blong ’ 2 ‘5 c - m - lon g» hispid with stout yellow 
trop.cal coasts. Used satisfactorily as a shade-tree in the streets of Durban nlanted « I * P J°T e a , nd ° CCUrS on most tropical and sub- 
Marques and Inhambane. See “ Forest Flora of Cape Colony » 14 t and Plate XlV Fib P ° f e ‘ CUt . l,ngS ’ * n . d rec ently planted in some of the streets of Lourenzo 
, j.“ ; * t ~ “ — - '>*• — - 
g c , 2, V oung branch, showing stipules ; 3, Flower ; 4, Section of ovary , 5, Seed ; 6, Tree, general aspect (reduced) ; 7, Stellate hairs on stipule, x 20. 
