PL 324. 
AN INTERESTING RELATIVE OF THE MANGOSTEEN. 
(Garcinia oblongifolia Champ., S. P. I. No. 36497.) 
The true mangosteen (Garcinia mangos'ana L.), famed as the 
finest fruit of the Tropics, is produced by a tree which is so 
difficult to grow that it has not yet been established in many 
parts of the American Tropics. The species here shown, which 
may perhaps be called the yellow mangosteen, seems likely to 
prove more resistant to cold than the true mangosteen and less 
exacting in its soil requirements. Seeds of this interesting 
plant were received in 1913 through the courtesy of the late 
William J. Tutcher, of the Botanical and Forestry Depart- 
ment, Hongkong, China. The branch here shown is from a 
plant grown in the greenhouse at Bell, Md., from the seed 
sent in by Mr. Tutcher. The fruit, which strikingly suggests 
the mangosteen in appearance (except for its yellow color), 
is about 2 inches in diameter, delightfully aromatic, and 
subacid in flavor. (Photographed by E. L. Crandall at the 
Photographic Laboratory, July, 1922; P27580, 27581FS.) 
