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Sibooru. Malay.—Sumatra.—A large shrub or small tree. 
Leaves alternate, shortly petioled, eight or nine inches long, - 
from lanceolate to oblong-oval, varying considerably in breadth, — 
from 2-3 inches, acuminate, acute at the base, obtusely dentis 
culate, very smooth, shining, middle nerve very strong, lateral — 
veins numerous, transverse, somewhat reticulated, delicate, - 
uniting near each margin into two nerves, which run parallel — 
to it almost the whole length, and give the leaf the appearance — 
of being 5-nerved. Petioles very short. Stipules interpetiolar, — 
broad at the base, acuminate, deciduous. Panicles terminal, — | 
not much branched; pedicels slender, rarely solitary, str — 
rounded at their bases by small acute bracts, Calyx 5- — 
leaved, persistent; leaflets ovate, acute, smooth, lucid. Corolla — 
yellow, 5-petaled, scarcely longer than the calyx. Stamens —— 
10; filaments very short; anthers long, linear, opening at the — — 
top by two pores. Style as long as the stamens. Stigma —— 
acute. Ovaries 5, surrounding the base of the style, and. 
elevated on a receptacle. This receptacle enlarges as the | | 
fruit ripens. The number of abortive ovaries is variable; - 
sometimes only one comes to perfection. The berries are 
drupaceous, obliquely reniform, somewhat compressed, l- 
seeded. Seed exalbuminous. : 
Oms. This appears to have so much resemblance to the : 
G. Malabarica, DeC.; (Pua Tsjetti Rheed. Mal. p. 103. 6 
52,) that I have some hesitation in proposing it as a distinct - 
species. The points of difference are the following:—the - 
leaves of this are much longer than those of the Malabar - 
species, which are described as almost veinless, while in this, - 
the transverse veins unite into two very distinct marginal | 
nerves, which it is difficult to suppose could have. escaped | 
observation, had they existed in the other. The representa- — 
tion of the inflorescence in Rheede's figure is unintelligible, : 
and his description of it is not much clearer, but as far as it 
can be made out, it appears different from this. Further — 
examination of the Malabar plant will be necessary to deter- — | 
mine whether this is really distinct, and whether the differ- 
ences: bono patinoi dink: in Abb: piti ill, or aio M 
omissions in the description. - 
