. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 52 XV. GUTTIFEEiE [Garein let. ones. EL yellow, or orange. ($ : Niimerotis 2-celled anthers on short filaments upon a short thick central receptacle. Bisexnal or ? : Stamens 6-20, often sterile, free or connate in bundles, surrounding the ovary, which is (i-lO celled, stigma 6-10 lobed. Fruit varying in shape, 2^-3 in diam., yellow or reddish, with 6-10 deep farrows which are continued nearly to the apex. Evergreen forests along the Western Gha
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 52 XV. GUTTIFEEiE [Garein let. ones. EL yellow, or orange. ($ : Niimerotis 2-celled anthers on short filaments upon a short thick central receptacle. Bisexnal or ? : Stamens 6-20, often sterile, free or connate in bundles, surrounding the ovary, which is (i-lO celled, stigma 6-10 lobed. Fruit varying in shape, 2^-3 in diam., yellow or reddish, with 6-10 deep farrows which are continued nearly to the apex. Evergreen forests along the Western Ghats from Kaiiara southwaid^. Fl. C. ami H. S. Fr, B. S. 19. G. indica, Choisy; Pieire, Fl. For. Ooch. t. 80.—Syn. G, purj^iirea, Eoxh.; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 270. Vern. Kokwn, Hind,; Murgal, Kan. ; Ratamha^ Mar. A slender tree with drooping branches, branch- lets black. Leaves red when young, 2-4 in., thickly membranous, lan- ceolate, occasionally ob- lanceolate, nearly sessile, secondary nerves slender, 6-10 pair, a few shorter very slender intermediate nerves between. FL small — J : In terminal 3-7- fiowered often pedunculate cymes, pedicels \ in. long, anthers od, 2-celled on short filaments crowded on a central hemispherical receptacle. § : Solitary, stamens 10-18 in4 bundles alternating with petals. Ovary 5-7 celled, stigma 6-7 radiate, each ray with 2 lines of tubercles. Fruit globose, 1^ in. diam., not grooved, |>urple, seeds embedded in a red acid pulp. Western coast and Western Ghats from Matheran southwards. Often planted. ¥\. November-February. Fr. April, May. Closely allied are: 20. G. microstigma, Kurz, F. FL i. 91, A single-stemmed or meagre shrub, not unfrequent on South Andaman. Leaves similar to but larger than those of Q, indica, 21. G. laEcesafolia, Eoxb.; Wight le. t. 163, Assam, Khasi hills, Silhet, Ohittagong hills. A slender bush. Leaves 2-4 in., thickly membranous, lanceo- late, acuminate, calyx yellowish-green, petals bright red. Fi'. orange
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