488 "^^ Materials for a Flo^ra of the Malayan Peninsula. 



Tenasserini and Andaraans : Heifer, Nos. 1117 and 1118, 



3. Gldta coarctata, Hook, fil, PI. Br. Ind. II, 22. A small tree 

 all parts except the puberulous itiflorescence glabrous. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, often recurved and conduplicate, obvate-oblong, oblan- 

 ceolate-oblong or oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, narrowed in the lower 

 third to the short stout petiole, occasionally minutely cordate ; the 

 edges often ijndulate: both surfaces shining and reticulate; main 

 nerves 13 to 20 i^airs, spreading, faint on both surfaces; length 5 to 

 9 in., breadth 1'75 to 3 in. ; petiole '1 to "35 in., stout. Panicles axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, pedunculate, tawny-puberulous, with a few 

 corymbose branches, each with 3 to 5 shortly pedicelled flowers nearly 

 •4 in. long when fresh. Cahjxhdli as long as the petals, shortly bilobed, 

 cinereous- tomentose. Petah 5, broadly oblanceolate, veined, puberu- 

 lons outside. Stamens 5, shorter than the petals, the gynophore much 

 shorter. Ovary obliquely sub-reniform, orbicular, rugulose, glabrous, the 

 style lateral. Drupe sub-globose, apiculate, with an irregularly tuber- 

 culate ridge round the base, the sides also irregularly tubercle-ridged ; 

 the epicarp leathery ; the mesocarp white, fibrous and spongy ; the 

 endocarp coriaceous, adnate to the erect seed. Cotyledons unequally 

 sub-hemispheric, fleshy, about 1"5 in. long when fresh. Eugler in 

 DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 227, (excl. syn. G. velutina Bl.) 



Malacca: Griffith, No. 1120. Perak : Scortechni, No, 1375. Johore : 

 King and Hullett. — Distrib. Sumatra, 



The Bornean species which Blume (Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. I, 183) 

 names G. velutina is known only by his description which consists of 

 the following six words '^ paniculae ramis patentibus calycihusqne sericeo 

 velutinis." It is considered by Dr, Engler to be identical with this : 

 but Blume's description, short as it is, appears to me to negative the 

 suggestion, 



4. Gldta Wrayi, King n, sp. A tree, all parts except the in- 

 florescence glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, sub-acute, the 

 edges sub-undulate, narrowed from about the middle to the broadly 

 channelled petiole, both surfaces faintly i-eticulate when dry ; the main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, qaite obsolete on the upper surface, 

 faint on the lower; length 4 to 65 in., breadth 16 to 2'.5 in. ; petiole 

 •6 OP "7 in. Panicles in the upper leaf-axils only, much shorter than the 

 leaves, shortly pedunculate, densely and minutely pubescent, the branches 

 spreading; the flowers numerous, '4 in. long, crowded towards the apices ; 

 pedicels shorter than the buds. Calyx pubescent outside, about half as 

 long as the petals. Petals 5, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, rather blunt 

 at the apex, the base clawed, puberulous outside, glabrescent inside. 

 Stamens 5, longer than the petals, anthers short, filameats thickened 



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