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the short filaments. Ovaries 5 ; styles longer than the stamens, quite 

 connate. Ripe carpels obovate or reniform, shining. Hook. fil. FI. Br. 

 Ind. I, 525 ; Kurz For. Flora Burm. I, 206 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. T, pt. 2, 

 675 ; Wall. Cat. 2803. G. sumatrensis, Planch, in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 712, 

 and Hook, Lond. Jouru. Bot. VI. 2. Ochna crocea, Griff. Not. IV. 463. 

 E ? pulclierrima, Wall, Cat. 2518. 



In all the provinces except the Nicohar and Andaman Islands : 

 common. — Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. 



This is very near indeed to G. angustifolia, Vahl. ; the only differ- 

 ences that I can find between the two being that in this the petals are 

 larger, with more reflexed edges, and the panicles are larger and more 

 diffuse. 



2. GoMPHiA HooKERi, Planch. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. VI, 3. 

 A tree ; young branches dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, the base narrowed ; main nerves faint, much 

 curved upwards, no continuous intramai'ginal nerve ; upper sui'f ace 

 shining, the lower dull; length 25 to 6 in., bi'eadth 1 to 2 in., petiole 

 1"5 to '35 in. Flowers "35 in. in diam., in lateral or terminal, crowded, 

 minutely bracteolate umbels ; the pedicels slender, '5 to "7 in. long. 

 Sepals lanceolate. Petals very deciduous, about as long as the sepals, 

 oblong, obtuBe, not narrowed at the base. Anthers deciduous, elongate, 

 about as long' as the slender persistent filaments. Ovaries 5; styles 

 much longer than the stamens, quite connate. Ri]pe carpels sub-globular 

 or obovoid, smooth, "2 in. diam. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 525. 



In all the provinces except the Nicobar and Andaman Islands. 



In the flowers of different individuals, the disc varies in thickness, 

 being in some as thick as the ovaries ai'e long, while in others it is 

 comparatively shallow. 



Var. corymbosa ; flowers in corymbs, which are sometimes com- 

 pound ; the lengthened rachis of the infloi-escence rough from the 

 transverse cicatrices of the fallen bracts ; shrubby, 



3. Tetramerista, Miq. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves very large, coriaceous, entire. F^loivers in 

 axillary racemes with large foliaceous bracts. Sepals 4, imbricate, 

 persistent. Petals 4, persistent. Stamens 4, the filaments with dilated 

 bases, the anthers with sutural dehiscence. Ovary 4-angled, 4-celled, 

 the style entire. Fruit baccate, globose ; the pericarp leatheiy. — Distrib. 

 Malaya. Species 1 or 2. 



1. Tetramerista glabra, Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl., 534. A 

 glabrous tree 30 to 50 feet high ; young branches stout, with shining, 

 rather pale bark. Leaves narrowly obovate or oblanceolate, sub-sessile, 



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