XVIII. GUTTIFERJ2. 
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Garcinia .] 
2 to 3 in. wide; petioles winged *75 to i'25 in. long. Male flowers 
small 'i in. long, densely clustered in the axils of fallen leaves, 
yellow. Bracts very numerous, lanceolate. Pedicels *25 in. long. 
Sepals orbicular, infier pair smaller. Petals ovate. Stamens 
numerous in a convex mass; anthers sub-sessile with 2 small oval 
cells at the end of the transverse connective. Pistillode o. Female 
flowers similar with 6 to 10 staminodes. Ovary globular. Stigma 
hemispheric with 8 rays. Fruit fleshy, green ovoid. Hab. Swampy 
wet forest, occasionally in tidal woods, common. Singapore, 
Selitar; Changi. Malacca. Johor, Kota Tinggi, river bank. 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra and Banca. 
(17) G. Curtisii Ridl. n. sp. 
Tree. Branches hardly angled. Leaves lanceolate obtuse or 
acute, base long-narrowed; nerves numerous parallel inarching 
near the margins, 5 to 10 in. long, 1*5 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 
1 in. long. Male flowers in terminal or axillary fascicles with 
slender pedicels *25 in. long. Sepals 4, orbicular sub-equal ‘i in. 
long. Petals oblong obtuse a little longer. Stamens numerous 
in a globose head with very short filaments; anthers 2-celled 
oblong-quadrate with narrow connective. Pistillode o. Hab. 
Penang, near Waterfall and at Telok Bahang (Curtis 691; 240). 
(18) G. Forbesii King , l.c. 162. 
A small tree about 15 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous oblanceo- 
late short acuminate, base cuneate, 3’5 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles *3 to *4 in. long. Male flowers -25 in. wide in clusters 
of 3 or 4 axillary. Sepals small round. Petals orbicular crimson. 
Stamens in a convex mass, the connectives small; anthers sub- 
sessile sub-orbicular 2-celled. Female flowers solitary. Petals red 
or orange. Stigma sessile convex covering the ovary, papillose. 
Fruit pulpy globose as big as a cherry, red. Aril of seeds red. 
Hab. In lowland forests, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Mandai. 
Johor, Tanjong Kupang. Pahang Kwala Tenok, Tahan River. 
Perak, Upper Perak 300 ft. altitude (Wray). Disirib. Sumatra. 
(19) G. montana Ridl. n. sp. 
A small tree 15 ft. tall. Branches 4-angled. Leaves thickly 
coriaceous, lanceolate bluntly acuminate; nerves invisible except 
the midrib, 2 in. long, 75 in. wide or smaller; petioles *3 in. long. 
Male flowers solitary, terminal '25 in. across greenish yellow, on 
pedicels '12 in. long, thick. Sepals ovate obtuse. Petals rounded. 
Stamens crowded into a sessile sub-globose head; anthers numerous, 
linear. Pistillode o. Female flowers terminal. Sepals and petals 
as in males. Style cylindric. Stigma capitate. Berry flask-shaped 
beaked 75 in. long.' Hab. On Mt. Ophir, at 3000 ft. altitude on 
the Padang Batu (Ridley). 
(20) G. Murdochii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 169. 
Branches slender yellow, angled. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 
abruptly blunt-cuspidate, base cuneate; nerves very fine, 3 in. 
