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triquetrous but not winged, rusty-tomentose, '4 to "S in long and -25 to 

 '35 in. in diam., the withered calyx very prominent at its apex. 



Middle Andaman Island : common. 



The nearest ally of this species is undoubtedly G. Brandisii, Hassk. 

 from which however, this is easily distinguished by its more glabrous 

 flowers, and oblong wingless fruit;. This also (in its entire leaves) resem- 

 bles G. microcarpa, DC. and the S. American species G. discolor, Spruce. 



2. GooANiA. LKPTOSTACHYA, DC. Prod. II, 4. Young branches glab- 

 rous. Leaves bioadly ovate, acute or shortly and bluntly caudate- 

 acuminate, serrate or crenate in the upper three-fourths, the base 

 rounded, sub-truncate or slightly cordate ; upper sui-face glaberulous, 

 minutely sub-scaberulous when dry ; the lower minutely areolate when 

 dry, glabrous except the nerves which are sometimes puberulous, 

 length 1-75 to 3 in. Racemes 6 to 12 in. long, slender, pubescent. 

 Flowers in distant 3-4-flowered cymes, shortly pedicelled, almost glab- 

 rous. Vise glabrous, with 5 oblong trancate-em;uginate lobes. Styles 

 united for half their length. Fruit broader than long, emarginate at 

 base and apex, glabrous ; length "25 to *3 in., breadth *4 to '6 in. Roxb. 

 Corom. PL I, 67, t. 98 (not Lamk.) ; Wall. Cat. 4270 : W. and A. Prod. 

 166 : Dalz. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 50; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 643; 

 Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 269 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 1, 650 

 (in part.) G. Nepalensis, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, II, 417; 

 Wail. Cat. 4272. 



Perak and Andamans : — Distrib. Brit. India. 



3. GouANiA Javanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 1, p. 649. Young 

 branches and racemes I'ufous-toraentose. Leaves ovate, acute, crenate 

 in the upper three-fourths, the base rounded or slightly cordate ; upper 

 surface shortly pubescent especially on the nerves ; under surface areolate, 

 sparsely pubescent, the nerves rufous -tomentose ; main nerves 6 or 7 

 pairs, very little curved, ascending ; lengtli 1-5 to 25 in., bieadth 11 to 

 2 in., petiole '5 in. Spikes '3 to 6 in. long, sometimes cirrhiferous near 

 the base. Floivers in very short 2-4-flo\vered cymes, subsessile, each 

 cyme with several sub-persistent ultimately reflcxed lanceolate brac- 

 teoles. Calyx woolly, more or less rufescent. Disc glabrous, with 5 

 subulate marginal lobes. Styles united neai-ly to the apex. Fruit as 

 ia Q. leptostachya, but one-third smaller. M. Javanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. Vol. T, Pt. 2, p. 649. 



Malacca: Griffith; Sungei Ujong, Cantley 1855. Perak; King's 

 Collector, Nos. 1009, 1046; Ridley, No. 3014; Wray, Nos. 3324, 4260- 

 Distrib. Sumatra, Forbes, J263, 2593, 2933a. Java. 



This species has been often confounded with G. microcarpa DC, 

 which it certainly resembles iu some respects. I have examined a 



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