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ON THE GAMBOGE TREE OP CEYLON. 
Hebradendron.* Graham. 
Nat. Ord. Guttifer^:. — Classand Ord. Monjecia (or Diaecia?) 
MONADELPHIA. 
Gen. Char. Hebradendron. Flores diclines. Masc. 
Calyx membranaceus 4-sepalus, persistens. Corolla 4-pe- 
talla. Stamina monadelpha, columella 4-gona, antherae ter- 
minates, operculo umbilicato circumscisso. Fsem. incogni- 
tus. Bacca multi (4) locularis, loculis monospermis, stami- 
nibus quibusdam abortivis liberis basi circumdata, stigmate 
sessile lobato muricato coronata. Cotyledones crassae, co- 
adunatae. Radicula centralis, filiformis.— Arbores foliisin- 
tegris. 
1. Hebradendron cambogioides ; floribus masculis axillari- 
bus, fasciculatis ; sepalis junioribus subsequalibus ; foliis obo- 
vato-ellipticis, abrupte subacuminatis. 
Synonyms. 
Carcapuli Linsot, Herman. Mus. Zeylan. p. 26. Ibid. 
in Rheed. Hort. Malab. 1. 42. in nota. — Ray Hist. Platit. 2. 
1661. Samuel Dale Pharmacop. 327. 
Arbor Cambodiensis Guttam Gambi fundens. PluJe. Jilm. 
41. Ibid. Mantissa 20. 
Arbor Indica Gum mi guttam fundens, fructu dulci rotundo, 
Cerasi magnitudine, Carcapuli Acostae J. Burmann, Thesau- 
rus Zeylan. 27. 
Cambogia Gutta. Linn. Fl. Zeylan. 87. [excel, omn. syn- 
prdeter. Dale, Ray, Burm. Herm.) N. L. Burmann. Fl. 
Indie. 119. [excel. Syn. Pluk.et Rheed.) 
Mangostana Morella. Gsert. Fruct. 2. p. 106. t. 105. 
Garcinia Morella. Desrousseaux in Lam. Encycl. Method. 
3. 701. Pers. Synops. 2. 3. Choisy in De Cand. Prodr. 1. 
561. 
Stalagmitis Cambogioides. Moon's Cat. of Plants in Cey- 
lon, Part I. p. 73. 
Descr. A tree of moderate size. Leaves opposite, peti- 
olate, obovato-elliptical, abruptly subacuminate, coriaceous, 
* From Ratios Mgov, in allusion to the peculiar dehiscence of the 
anthers. 
