. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 50 XV. GUTTIFEEiE [Garcinia hvLTgk: stamens oo on the 4 lobes of a large fleshy receptacle.) IFruit globose, dark purple, rind thick, full of yellow resinous juice, seeds embedded in snow- white delicious pulp. Home unknown, cultivated in tlie moister regions of tropical Asia. FL November- February. Er. May, June. The distribution of sexes in G-ardnia merits careful study. Pierre has examined more than 1,500 Mangosteen trees, without finding a
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 50 XV. GUTTIFEEiE [Garcinia hvLTgk: stamens oo on the 4 lobes of a large fleshy receptacle.) IFruit globose, dark purple, rind thick, full of yellow resinous juice, seeds embedded in snow- white delicious pulp. Home unknown, cultivated in tlie moister regions of tropical Asia. FL November- February. Er. May, June. The distribution of sexes in G-ardnia merits careful study. Pierre has examined more than 1,500 Mangosteen trees, without finding a single male fl. But he adds that several species produce male fl. while young, and female fl, at a later age. Pierre, Fl. Por. OoGhincb. t. 54. Nearly allied: 5. a. pedunculata, Eoxb.; "Wiglit le. t. 114, 115. Eangpur (Bengal), Assam. Cultivated on account of the pleasantly acid fruit. Leaves 6-12 in., narrowed into petiole 1-1^ in. long, secondary nerves distant, 10-14 pair. Male il. large, in 8-12'fld. panicles. Pruit yellow, size of a small melon. 6. G. travancorica, Bedd. PL Sylv. i. 17B. Tinnevelli and Travancore Ghats, in the southernmost portion of the Peninsula, gre- garious in places. A middle-sized tree, very ornamental. Leaves 2-4 in., linear-oblong, secondary nerves numerous, parallel, almost at right angles to midrib, distinct but not prominent, alternating regularly with shorter intermediate nerves. Ovary 4-celled. Pruit li-li in., ovoid to globose, seeds 1-2. 7. G. speciosa, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 258; Kurz, F. M. i. 88. Vern. Faraiva^ Burra. A large evergreen tree. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, secondary nerves parallel, numerous, alternating with faint shorter intermediate nerves. PL sweet-scented; (J ; 1-1^^ in. diam., on slender peduncles | in., in fascicles of 4r-5 at the ends of branchlets, anthers oo ovate, nearly sessile on the fleshy 4-lobed mass round the short thick abortive ovary, which is crowned by a large yellow convex orbicular stigm
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