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lanceolate, glabrous; inner pubescent, cone \ in. Ovaries golden-strigose, narrow, 

 equalling the cylindric recur>-ed style. Carpels 3-4 or 8-10, | in., mucronate, granu- 

 late, orange-red. 



6. G. Walkeri, II. f. d: T. FL Lid. 109 ; leaves narrowly linear-oblong 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles axillary, sepals ovate acute persis- 

 tent, outer petals ovate-lanceolate, style clavate 2-lohed.—T/iwaiies £num, 

 8 and 398. ^^ 



Ceylon ; in the Singhe Eajah forest, Walker ^ &c, . 



A small tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves 10-13 by 2-5 in., coriaceous, base acut«, 

 very aromatic, dark green and shining above, pale beneath. Flowers red, sparsely 

 pubescent; peduncles yV~i '"■» axillary. Sepals J in., enlarging in fruit. Oni^ 

 petaU I in. ; inner ^-^ in. — " The fragrant roots contain camphor and are cbewed by 

 the Cinghalese.'' Tkw. — Very near to O, sesquipedalis. The description of the flowej 

 is taken from Thwaitee. * 



ttt Leaves obovate-ohlong^ widening upwards to above the middle. 



7. G. Tlxomsoni, Thwaites Enum, 7 ; leaves obovate-oblong abruptly 

 long- acuminate glabrous, flowers solitary or binate axillary or truncal, sepaw 

 acute persistent, outer petals \\ in. lanceolate, style with 2 filiform segments, 

 carpels ovoid short-stalked Beddc/me Ic. PL hid. Or, t. 59. 



Ceylon ; forests between Galle and Ratnapoora, TJnvaites, 



A small glabrous bush, l^-S ft. Leaves 6-12 by 14-34 in., base acute, bright gre^ 

 above, pale beneath ; petiole 4 in. Flowers yellow, glabrous, often close to the ground t 

 peduftcles J-f in., slender, tip decurved. Sepals \ in., lanceolate. Outer pet aU U ^"•' 

 taper-poirited, base rounded ; cone of inner broad, 4 in. high. Ovaries elongate, e(iual- 

 ling the style. Carpels ^ in., l-seeded. 



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a G. wynaadensls, Beddome Ic. Fl Ind. Or. L 13, t. 61 ; leaves nar- 

 rowly obovate-oblung abruptly acuminate glabrous, peduncles axillary or 

 truncal, sepals persistent ] outer petals \ in. broad ovate, style elongate 

 2-lobed, carpels oblong. Atrategia, Beddome. 



Western Peninsula ; Wynaad, alt. 2500-5000 ft., Beddome, 

 An erect shrub; shoots puberulous. Leaves 8-11 by 3 in., thin, membranous, base 

 acute, shining above, paler beneath ; petiole \-\ in. Flowers f-1 in. long, S^abviue , 

 buds brown-pubescent ; peduncles^! in, -Sf-pa/s orbicular, obtuse or acute, ^r^, 

 petals conspicuously veined ; inner half as long, vaulted. Torvs and ovaries hairy i 

 ovule 1. liipe carpels 4-1 in. long, mucronate; stalk | in. — We have seen but obb 

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minate glabrous coriaceous, peduncles supra-axillary, sepals acute persistent, 

 outer petals \-\\ in. oblong-lanceolate, style slender, carpels pisiform snD^ 

 sessile, — Polyalthia macrophylla, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 79, t. 39. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — Distrib. Java. , . 



A shrub or tree; branches glabrous; bark grey. Leaves 10-18 by 3-5 in., cona- 

 ceous, babe rounded or acute, pale beneath; petiole \~\ in. Ilouers grcen,^ ^lal>r<'"* ' 

 peduncles J-J in., glabrous. PUalSy outer acute or acuminate ; inner obtuse, ciliate, cone 

 ^ in., depressed, triquetrous. Ovaries 12-18, glabrous, 1-ovuled. Carpels size of a p^^» 

 ovoid, mucronate. — Our specimens are in fruit with a bud. > 



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. 10. G. Simonsii, H.f. & T. Fl Ind. J08i leaves narrowly obov^te- 

 oblong caudate-acuminate glabrous above brown pubescent beneath, p^' 

 duucles axillary, seoals acute persistent, style cylindric, carpels oblong. 



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