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TIIALAAIl FLORAE. 
with pulp in which the seeds are nidulant, or many- 
celled with the cells 1- or many-seeded : albumen 
none : embryo straight : cotyledons thick — De Cand. 
abbr. 
Shrubs and trees, sometimes parasitic, yielding a resinous 
juice: leaves opposite, very rarely alternate, coriaceous, shortly 
petiolate, entire, with the lateral nerves pinnated : flowers 
generally racemose and axillary, or panicled and terminal, or 
crowded and lateral. They are natives of the East or West 
Indies. The fruit of many of the species is edible, and lusciously 
sweet to the taste. That of the Garcinia Mangostana, the 
Mangosteen, a tree which has been introduced into this Island, 
is described as surpassing all other fruits. With us, however, 
it does not deserve this character. It is probable that it may 
require certain peculiarities in soil and climate; as it is only in 
certain districts of India that it comes to perfection. Gamboge 
is the inspissated juice of the Stalagmitis CAMBOGioiDESof Mur- 
ray, or Hebradendron cambogioides of Professor Graham, 
a tree indigenous to Ceylon and a member of this Family. 
I. Clusia. 
Calycine sepals 4-8, imbricated, coloured. Petals 
4-8. Stamens numerous, rarely definite. Style 0 : 
stigma radiato-peltate. Flowers commonly polygam- 
ous ; with the ovary in those which are fertile sur- 
rounded by a short thick stamineal nectary. Capsule 
fleshy, coriaceous, 5-12-valvecl, with the divisions de- 
hiscent from the apex : placentas triangular, fixed to 
introflected valvules ; the internal angles of the pla- 
centae forming a single central angulose placenta. 
Seeds terete, attached either to the central placenta 
or the lateral angles : cotyledons separable . — De 
Cand. 
Parasitic trees, with opposite leaves . — Named in honour of 
Charles de l'Ecluse, a celebrated Botanist, who lived in the 
16th century. 
1. Clusia flava. Yellow -flowered Balsam-tree. 
Flowers polygamous, calyx of many sepals, petals 
4 yellow, stamens numerous short, stigmata about 12, 
leaves obovate obtuse sometimes emarginate shortly 
petiolate striated. 
Terebinthus folio singulari non alato rotnndo succulento, 
flore tetrapetalo pallide luteo, fructu majore monopyreno, Sloane, 
