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ovales, eglandulosa3 ; ovarium fusiforme, stipitatum, nunc laeve et 

 pilosum et in gracilem stylum, nunc papillosum et in stylum crassum 

 truncatum attenuatum, 5-loculare ; bacca3 globosse, pisi magnitudine, 

 l-2-sperm8C, coccinejB, nitidas. 



Hab. — Var. «., Circar Mountains; var. (3., frequent in tropical 

 forests of the Andamans and the Nicobars, ? Chittagong (H.f. & Th. 

 sub nora. G. arhorea), ? Ceylon (Thw. 1192, p.p.). 



It is rather hazardous to identity a more Malayan form with Rox- 

 burgh's plant, but I can find nothing that could agree better with 

 Roxburgh's figure and description. The ovary, however, and the ser- 

 rate leaves of the Circar plant form a serious obstacle, and I have, 

 therefore, drawn ixp a separate description of the insular form. If we 

 attach not much value to the form of the ovary, the persistency of 

 the petals, the anther-glands, and slight dilatations of the filaments, 

 we might bring G. trifoliata, triphylla, puberula and this species all 

 under one, call it very variable, and give it as wide a range as 

 possible ; but I fear that little would be gained from such a pro- 

 ceeding. 



9. G. chlorosperma, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv., 2, 162 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i., 2, 522. — {Cookia chlorosperma, Rl. Bydr., 135.)— Frutex 4-6 

 pedalis, novellis ferrugineo-tomeutosis, ramulis pallide brunneis ; folia 

 vulgo pinnatim 4-3- rarius 7-5- foliolata, glabra; foliola elliptico- ad 

 ovato- oblonga, breviter petiolulata, basi acuminata et ssepius sub- 

 inequalia, subabrupte obtuse-acuminata, 4-7 poll, longa, chartacea, 

 integra, in sicco cinerascentia et opaca, costa et nervis lateralibus 

 supra impressis ; stipulae conspicuse, persistentes, 2-3 lin. longae, 

 Bubulatse, fulvo-tomentellse ; paniculoe robustse, fulvo- v. ferrugineo- 

 tomentellae, subsessiles v. longe pedunculatae, in axillis folii terminali 

 sitee V. rarius axillares ; flores . . ., subsessiles, glomerulati ; "calyx 

 parvus, 5-phyllus ; petala 5, elliptica, erecto-patentia ; stamina pler- 

 umque 9, filamcnta lineari-subulata, compressa ; antherae cordatse ; 

 ovarium basi tumidum, 5-loculare ; stylus subnullus, stigmate obtuso " 

 (ex cl. Blume)^; baccffi globosse, cerasi minoris magnitudine, exsucca 

 stigmate sessili obtuso terminatse, l-3-sperm8e, Iseves. 



Hab. — In the hill forests of Western Java. 



This species is as yet incompletely known, but a very distinct one 

 on account of the conspicuous persistent stipules and the impressed 

 midrib and nerves. 



10. G. macrophylla, Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 6377. — {G . pentaphylla, 

 Bubvar. 2, macrophylla^ Oliv. & H.f. Ind. Fl. i., 500. ) — Fruticosa, glabra ; 

 folia opposita v. subopposita, v. summa passim alterna, pinnatim 7-5- 

 raro 1- foliolata, glabra; foliololaoblongo-lanceolata ad lanceolata, basi 

 acuta v. acuminata, longiuscule petiolulata, 3-6, in simplicibus 6-9 poll, 

 longa, obtuse-acuminata, integra, chartacea, imprimis supra nitida ; 

 stipulse subulatce, longius persistentes, \-\\ lin. longae, glabrae, et 

 paraphyllis stipuliformibus associatae ; paraphylla ab petioli insertione 

 paullo remota, lineari-lanceolata ad linearia, obtuse-acuminata, basi 

 in petiolum brevem abeuntia, f-li poll. longa; paniculae pedunculatae, 

 parvae, rigidae, subglabrae, terminales et basi paraphyllis 4 quasi in- 

 volucratae ; flores subsessiles, ignoti ; calycis lobi ovales, subglabri ; 

 ovarium ovoideum, toro crasso insidens, stylo brevi robusto trun- 

 cate. 



