Goniothalamus.'] AllOnaceCE. 29 



A tree, bark brown, buds very silky ; 1. 2\-d^ in., lanceolate 

 or ov-al, slightly acuminate, subacute at base, glabrous above, 

 slightly pubescent beneath, petioles ^ in. ; fl. solitary, axillary 

 or supra-axillary, on very short curved hairy ped. ; sep. com- 

 bined to form a 3-lobed or 3-toothed cal, hairy ; outer pet. 

 \-\ in., very thick and fleshy, oblong, obtuse, downy ; inner 

 \ in., shorter, linear-triquetrous above, concave and hollowed 

 below; ov. solitary, with 4 ovules (Hooker); fr.-carp. if in., 

 longitudinally 5 -ribbed ; seeds enveloped in pulp (Thwaites). 



Moist low country to 2000 ft. ; rather common. Ambagamuwa ; 

 Kurawita Korale ; Ratnapura district ; Morowak Korale. Fl. Dec- 

 March ; pale yellow, the inner with a red-purple stain at base ; sweet- 

 scented. 



Endemic. 



I suspect that the flowers of this are often unisexual. 



8. GOirZOTKAXiAiaUS, Bl. 



Small trees or shrubs ; sep. distinct; pet. biseriate, valvate, 



outer distinct, thick, flat, inner connate by their margins to 



form a cap or cone over the essential organs ; carp, numerous, 



ovules I or 2, styles simple or 2-fid. ; ripe carp, numerous, 



I- (rarely 2-) seeded. — Sp. about 24; 17 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Sepals persistent. 

 Styles undivided. 



Outer pet. reaching r| in i. G. Thwaitesii. 



Outer pet. reaching 2 in. 



Leaves narrow lanceolate . . . . 2. G. Gardneri. 



Leaves oval 3. G. Hookeri. 



Styles bilobed ; outer pet. I in 4. G. Walkeri. 



Styles divided into 2 long branches . . . 5. G. Thomsoni. 

 Sepals not persistent. 



Leaves 5-10 in. ; outer pet. fin. , . .6. G. reticulatus. 



Leaves 4-5 in. ; outer pet. \-\ in. . . . 7. G. salicinus. 



I. G. Thwaitesii, Hk. f. and Th. FL Ind. 106 (1855). I^alu- 

 kera, S. 



Thw. Enum. 7. C. P. 1040. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 72. Bedd. Ic. t. 58. 



A small or moderate tree, bark smooth, young shoots 

 glabrous ; 1. 4-7 in., oval, bluntly acuminate, glabrous on both 

 sides, margin slightly recurved, petiole ^— |- in. ; fl. large, 

 solitary or 2 together, axillary, ped. f-ij in., thickened 

 upwards ; sep. broadly ovate, acute, persistent, glabrous ; 

 outer pet. i-ij in., from ovate to narrowly ovate-oblong, 

 tapering from broad base to subacute apex, glabrous, thick with 

 an obvious midrib, somewhat reduplicate, inner pet. \-\ in., 

 ovate-triangular, distinct at base, cone acute ; styles simple, 



