20 Aiioucice^. \G0ni0tkaia7nus. 



tapering; fr.-carp. 10-20, shortly stalked, about \ in., ovoid, 

 with a blunt tip. 



Lower mont.ine zone, descending into the upper zone of moist low 

 country ; rather rare. Hunasgiria ; Alorowak Korale. 



Fl. December, March, April ; bright green. 



Also in Travancore and in S. India. 



z. G. Gardner!, Hk.f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 107 (1855). 



Thw. Enum. 7. C. P. 1029. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. T},. Bedd. Ic. t. 60. 



An erect shrub, 8-10 ft. ; 1. 5-9 in., on short thickened 

 petioles, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, tapering at 

 both ends, bluntly acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous ; fl. solitary, 

 axillary, ped. j-^ in., thick, curved, bracts 2, basal, minute ; 

 sep. cordate-ovate, \ in., subacute, persistent ; outer pet. 2 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, not tapering, obtuse, flat, very thick, inner 

 ^ in., narrowly ovate-triangular, cone acute, slightly pubescent 

 within ; fr.-carp. numerous, \-\ in., very shortly stalked, ovoid, 

 apiculate, smooth, often 2-seeded. 



Upper zone of low moist country ; rare. Hantane ; Kaduganawa. 



Fl. November, December ; pale green. Fruit orange-yellow. 



Endemic. 



Readily known from G. Thxvaitesn hy the different shape of the outer 

 petals. * 



3. Ct. Kookeri, Thzc. Eniwi. 6 (1858). 

 Thw. Enum. 6. C. P. 3399. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 73. Bedd. Ic. t. 66. 



A tree, about 30 ft. ; 1. very large, 6-13 in., oval or oblong- 

 oval, abruptly acuminate, tapering at base, glabrous, petiole 

 ^-f in., very stout ; fl. solitary, axillary^ or fasciculate on old 

 branches, ped. \ in., rather slender ; sep. cordate-ovate, acute, 

 slightly connate below, persistent ; outer pet. 2 in., broad- 

 lanceolate, subacute, cone of inner pet. acute ; fruit-carp, 

 numerous, very shortly stalked, ovoid ; seeds brown, shining. 



Forests in the moist low country below 1000 ft. ; rather rare. Hini- 

 duma and Reigam Korales ; Hewesse ; Singhe Rajah Forest. Fl. April ; 

 pale green. 



Endemic. 



4. G-. Walkeri, Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 109 (1855). Kapuru, 5. 

 Thw. Enum. 8, 398. C. P. 3825. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 74. 



A small, slightly branched, erect tree, bark reddish-grey, 

 twigs glabrous ; 1. 6- 10 in., lanceolate, tapering, glabrous, 

 rather thin, pale beneath, petiole | in. ; fl. axillary, ped. very 

 short ; sep. ovate, acute, i in., persistent ; outer pet. ;: in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, inner i— ^ in. ; styles clavate with a bilobed 

 stigma ; fruit-carp, numerous, ^ in., oblong-ovoid, mucronate, 

 glabrous, on very short stalks. 



