Goniothalamus.] vi. anonace-^. 65 



lanceolate acuminate, base acute; nerves 8 to 11 pairs inarching 

 within the margin, faint; 4*5 to 7 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles '2 in. long. Flowers axillary solitary; pedicels slender 

 ■35 to "45 in. long. Bracts 2. Sepals free membranous green 

 nerved ovate-acute, 75 to i"i in. long. Petals green, thinly 

 coriaceous broad lanceolate acuminate, narrowed at base, outer 

 ones I to 1*2 in. long, inner ones less than half as long ovate-acumi- 

 nate clawed pubescent. Stamens, appendages broad, pubescent. 

 Ovaries few, i- or 2-ovuled; style long; stigma funnel-shaped 

 toothed. Carpels ovoid enveloped in calyx, -4 to -5 in. long; stalks 

 •2 in. long. Seeds i or 2. Hub. In forests, Selangor, Sungei 

 Buluh. Perak, Thaiping Hills 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude; Sungkai 

 River (Kunstler). Bindings, Lumut. 



var. arborescens King, I.e. A tree 15 to 25 ft. tall. Petals 

 coriaceous pubescent small. Hab. Perak, Larut Hills at 2000 to 

 3000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(3) G. caudifolius Ridl. Kew Bulletin, 1914, p. 324. 



Shrub? Branches slender velvety pubescent. Leaves elliptic 

 acute or caudate, apex obtuse, base shortly cuneate or rounded, 

 membranous glabrous, 4"5 in. long, i"5 in. wide; nerves 7 to 10 

 pairs, depressed above, elevate beneath; petioles 'i in. long. 

 Flowers solitary extra-axillary on branches, pedicels thick, '2 in. 

 long, glabrous. Sepals ovate acute, hairy on edges, bases broad 

 •3 in. long, '2 in. wide, veined and reticulate. Petals, outer ones 

 lanceolate, '6 in. long pubescent, inner ones ovate, "3 in. long obtuse 

 pubescent. Stamens numerous, narrow linear, appendages broadly 

 conic, blunt. Ovaries numerous, glabrous. Hab. Perak, Pondok 

 Tanj ong (Burn-Murdoch) . 



(4) G. Wrayi King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 78; Ann. Boi. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 99, pl. 142. 



Small tree or shrub 3 to 12 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves mem- 

 branous lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate at each end; nerves 

 14 to 18 pairs, slender, very inconspicuous; 4*5 to 9 in. long, i'25 

 to 2 in. wide; petioles "2 to '25 in. long. Flowers sohtary on 

 branches or pedicels "35 in. long. Sepals membranous reticulate, 

 ovate acuminate, puberulous outside, 2 in. long. Petals sub- 

 coriaceous puberulous greenish yellow, outer ones narrow lanceolate 

 acuminate, bases thickened, -65 to 75 in. long, inner ones half as 

 long, ovate acuminate. Anthers shorter than ovaries, appendages 

 long acuminate. Ovaries 20, hairy; i- or 2-ovuled; style stout; 

 stigma truncate. Carpels obovoid-oblong, apiculate, "6 in. long. 

 Seed I, rarely 2. Hab. Perak; very common in the hill woods, 

 Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 



(5) G. giganteus Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 109 ; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 75; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 73; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. 93, pl. 130. 



A tall, slender tree 30 to 70 ft. high. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous 



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