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taphtjlla, subvar. 4, Oliv. & H.f. Ind. Fl. i., 500 ? ; G. pentaphjUa, 

 Wall. Cat. 6374 F.), folia minora, foliola subcoriacea, nitida, vulgo 

 pallida ; paniculae ad cymas dichotomo-ramosas breviter pedunculatas 

 V. subsessiles redactae, axillares, glaberrimse v. fulvo-pilosulse, petiolo 

 vulgo breviores, ovarium vulgo 5-loculare. 



? Var. ?. simplicifolia, {G. pentaphylla, subvar 1. lotigifolia, Oliv. 

 & H.f. Ind. Fl. i., 500 ?), folia vulgo simplicia et multo majora ssepius 

 usque ad pedem longa, subtus nonnunquam subargenteo-pallida cymiB 

 parvse, breviter podunculatte v. ssepius sessiles et a basi ramosse, 

 fulvo-pilosae axillares et terminales ; flores minores, ovarium 5- 

 loculare. 



Hab. — Var. a. Indian Archipelago, from Java northwards to 

 Penang ; var. /8., Penang ; var. y., common in tropical forests from 

 Assam and the Sikkim Himalaya to Burmah and Tenasserim (Hb. 

 Griff, no. 523, 523, 1, and 526, 3, also greater part of " Gr. arborea," 

 distributed from Kew Herb.) ; var. 3, Khasya Hills and Pegu, in dense 

 tropical forests, ascends up to 4000 feet elevation. 



This species has a wide range, and the cymose-flowered, smaller- 

 leaved Sikkim form differs greatly in aspect from the genuine Malay 

 form ; but Khasya specimens connect it in a wonderful way, for here 

 the cymes change often into terminal and axillary peduncled panicles. 

 Var. y. must remain for the present doubtful, for I have in most cases 

 only young very rusty tomentose inflorescences before me. 



2. G. lanceolata, Spreng., ap. T. et B. Cat. Hort. Bog., 1866, 208. 

 — (^Sclerostylis lanceolata, Bl. Bydr. 134 ; G. simplicifolia, Spreng. 

 Syst. Veg. iv., 2, 162, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i., 2, 521 ; G. pentaphylla, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i., 2, 522, et auct. Batav., non Anglic, Spreng. 

 Syst. Veg. iv., 2, 161 ? ; G. virgata, T. et B. MS. ; G. microcarpa, T. 

 et B. MS. ; G. latifolia, T. et. B. MS. ; G. macrophylla, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i., 2, 522 ? ; Sclerostylis macrophylla, Bl. Bydr. 135 ? ; G. ohtusa, 

 Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. i., 211?; Sclerostylis Timor iensis, 

 Roem. Syn. fasc. i., 43. — Frutex usque 10 pedalis, glaber, gemmis 

 rufo- V. fulvo- tomentellis, ramulis brunneis v. rufo-brunneis ; folia im- 

 pari-pinnata v. ssepius simplicia ; foliola v. folia simplicia lanceolata 

 ad oblongo-lanceolata et elliptica, breviter petiolulata, obtusa ad 

 obtuse acuminata et emarginata, basi acuta acuminata v. obtusa, 3-5 

 poll, longa, fuscescenti-viridia, chartacea v. subcoriacea, integra, supra 

 nitida ; flores parvi, albidi, brevissime pedicellati, cymas parvas v. 

 paniculas pedunculatas v. a basi ramosaa axillares ct terminales vulgo 

 fulvo-pilosas formantes ; calyx lato-ovatus, vulgo fulvo-pilosus ; petala 

 1 lin. longa v. longiora, obovalia, obtusa, mox decidua ; ovarium cum 

 toro crasso conspicue papillosum, glabrum v. parce fulvo-pilosum, cum 

 stylo crasso continuum, 2-3 loculare ; filamenta sursum sensim dila- 

 tata et sub anthera abrupte acuminata ; antherse cordato-oblongae, 

 glandula parva terminatfe v. apiculatae, loculis passim glanduloso- 

 punctatis ; baccse globose, pisi minoris v. majoris magnitudine, cocci- 

 ne8e,nitidse, l-2-sperm8e. 



Hab. — Common all over Java, also Timor, Sumatra, Banca, 

 Borneo (Motley, 271). 



This takes the place of G. pentaphylla in the Malay Archipelago, 

 and is easily enough distinguished from it by the brown or red-brown 

 bark . 



