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1. G. ele^anB, Wall, in Hoxb. FL hid eel Carey, u. 315; Cat lOOS 

 (Syndesnus) ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acumiuate not reticulate above, 

 petiole and nerves slender, panicles lax and flovrers perfectly glal^rous. T"'^"- 

 terminata, Wall. Cat 9049, 



Pkxano, rorter, Mamgay. - i j. f 



A small tree, perfectly glabrous tlironghoiit ; much branched; trunk stout- 

 Leaves 3-5 in., tapering at both enJs, shinicg, reticulate beneath; ners'es 8-12 pairs, 

 arched; petiole ^-1| in. Panicles much shorter than the leaves, slender. Flowers 

 I in. long, 8tibcorymbo&e. Calyx tubular, membranous, scarlet, split, mouth 2- toothed. 

 Petals linear-lanceolate. Disk elongate. Stameois 4-5, as long as the petals. Drupe 

 I in. long, -when dry, gibbous-oblong, smooth, style-scar nearer the base than top. 

 — ^A most beautiful and fragrant tree. 



Var. Hclfcri; leaves linear-oblong obtuse, nerves more oblique. Tenasserim or 

 Andaman Islands, Heifer. — Probably a different species. 



' ' 2. G. tavoyana, Wall. Cat. 1004 (Syndesmis) ; leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late obtuse acute or acuminate reticulate on both siu-faces, petiole short, 

 panicles long-peduncle d puberulous. Syndesmis sp.^ GHf. Notul. iv. 410. 



Texasskkim, at Tavoy, Grniez', Mergui, Griffith. 



A small tree with vhite branches. Leaves 4-12 by 1^-3 in., very coriaccoas, bro^\'n, 

 rather M-aved; nerves 15-20 pairs, arched; petiole usually }^ in., stout. Pavicles 

 slender ; peduncle 1-3 in. ; fio'wers loosely corymbose, like those of G. elegans, but 

 emallcr, about \ in. long; pedicel stouter; calyx (scarlet) shorter, puberulous, not 

 toothed. Petals linear- spathulate, *white. 



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3. G. coarctata, GriJ. NotuL iv. 409, t. 567, f. 1 (Syndesmis) ; leaves 

 Tecurved conduplicate short-petioled linear- or obovate-oblong obtuse or sub- 

 acute reticulate on both surfaces, margins wavedj panicles pubescent, flowers 



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Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 

 ^„ A small tree. Leaves 6-10 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, bright brown -when dry ; nerves 

 15-22 pairs, very slender; petiole \-\ in. Panicles much branched, 3-5 in. ; flowers 

 crowded at the tops of the branches, i in. diam. Calyx short, almost campanulate. 

 Split and lobed, very pubescent. Petals 5, obovute-lanceolate tipped with red. 

 Stamens 5. Drupe subglobose, with an irregular raised ridge round the base, others 

 down the sides ; rind dry, papillose, coriaceous ; flesh white, fibrous and spongy ; stone- 

 coriaceous, adnate to the testa. Seed erect; embr}-o very large, cotyledons sub- 

 hemispheric unequal fleshy, opposite faces pink, radicle short.— The description 

 of the fruit is taken from Griffith's Notulse and figure. The recurved subsessile* 

 leaves and large flowers at once distinguish the species. 



4, G. travancorica, Bedd. Flor. Sylv. i. t. 60; leaves subsessile 

 small obovate-oblong rounded at the tip, panicles spreading tomentose, calyx 

 cupular. • 



Westtrn Pi-intxsula; Ghats of Tinnevelly and Travancor, Beddame. 



A very tnll timber tree. Leaves 4-6 by 1|-1| in., coriaceous, reticulate on both 

 surfiices but especially beneath ; petiole very short, dilated. Panicles crowded, 

 terminal and Vfx the upper axils, subcorymbose, shorter than the leaves ; bracts ovate, 

 boat-shaped. Calyx truncate at the base, very short, coriaceous, irregularly toothed 

 or lobed, split on one side, less deciduous than in the other species. Petals 5, 

 elliptic-obovate, obtuse, downy on both surfaces. Disk very short. Stamens 6, 

 filaments subulate. Drupe 1 in. diam., depressed-globose, stipitate. 





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Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire.' Pamcfe* terminfif 

 and axillary, crowded. Flmcei*8 small, white, hermaphrodite. Calyx short. 



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