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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 denti- 

 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, sur- 

 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, I- 

 seeded. Seed exalbuminous. 



Obs. This appears to have so much resemblance to the 

 G. Malabarica, DeC. ; (Pua Tsjetti Ilheed. Mai. p. 103. t. 

 52,) that I have some hesitation in proposing it as a distinct 

 species. The points of diff'erence 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 above noticed exist in the plant itself, or are mere 

 omissions in the description. 



