26 VI. ANONACEiE. [Grifithia. 



Leaves glabrous or glabrescent beneath. 



Flowers 2-5 to 3 in. long . . . . . (i) G. magnolisepetala 



Flowers i in. long . . . . . . (2) G. cupularis 



Leaves softly pubescent beneath . . . . (3) G. fusca 



(i) G. magnoliaepetala Maing. MSS. in King's Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. 9, pi. 218. Polyalthia magnoliaeflora Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 

 64; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ixi. (2), 54. 



A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through ; branchlets tomen- 

 tose. Leaves thinly coriaceous obovate-oblong shortly acuminate, 

 base rounded, above glabrous ; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, sub-horizontal 

 prominent beneath, pubescent on both sides, transverse nervules 

 distinct, beneath glabrescent ; 8 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide ; 

 petioles -25 in. long, tomentose, stout. Sepals coriaceous connate 

 to middle broad ovate acute tomentose. Petals white coriaceous, 

 oval or ovate-lanceolate acute, tomentose. Ovaries hirsute. Car- 

 pels 1-5 in. long, short-stalked, oblong acuminate at each end. 

 Hah. Dense rocky jungle at 1500 to 2500 ft. altitude. Malacca 

 (Maingay) ; Perak (Kunstler). 



(2) G. cupularis King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 9, pi. 

 219. 



A shrub 10 ft. to a tree 50 ft. tall ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous oblong acuminate slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 base, above glabrous except pubescent midrib, beneath midrib and 

 12 to 14 pairs of nerves prominent puberulous ; 6 to 9 in. long, 

 2 to 3 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers solitary or 2, silvery 

 white or yellow on branches, about i in. long ; pedicels tomentose 

 with several large sheathing orbicular bracts. Sepals semi-orbicular 

 quite obtuse tomentose outside greenish yellow, -25 in. long. Petals 

 thick coriaceous tomentose, outers ovate broad obtuse i in. 

 long; inners short thicker, base excavate. Ovaries 12 villous; 

 ovules I or 2. Carpels ovoid or sub-globose, blunt, -8 in. long, 

 tomentose, light brown to silvery; stalks -35 in. long. Seed i. 

 Hah. Low hilly ground in dense jungle. Perak, Thaiping Hills, 

 dense jungle at 300 to 1500 ft. altitude, and Gunong Bubu range 

 (Kunstler). 



(3) G. fusca King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 10, pi. 220. 

 Small tree 10 to 20 ft. tall ; branchlets tomentose. Leaves thinly 



coriaceous oblong to oblanceolate-acute, base rounded above, 

 glabrous beneath, pubescent ; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, oblique pro- 

 minent, 6 to 18 in. long, 175 to 275 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. 

 long, stout. Flowers solitary extra-axillary. Sepals slightly im- 

 bricate ovate sub-acute tomentose outside. Petals thick concave 

 ovate-oblong cream-colour or deep yellow, outer i in. long, inner 

 shorter and narrower, tomentose outside. Appendages fiat. Ovaries 

 few, villous, i-ovuled. Carpels ovoid, densely minutely tomentose, 

 dark mauve, i in. long, 75 in. through. Hah. Dense mixed jungle 

 400 to 600 ft. altitude. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 



