Gordo?iia.] xix. ternstrcemiace^. 203 



(2) G. multinervis King, I.e. 205. 



A tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous obovate rounded at tip or mucronate, faintly 

 crenate-serrate narrowed to the petiole; nerves 12 to 18 paii^s 

 inarching '2 in. from the edge, 5*5 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3*25 

 wide; petioles '2 to "25 in. long, stout. Flowers i"25 in. across; 

 peduncles "5 to "6 in. long. Bracts few small fugacious. Sepals 

 round silky outside. Petals similar larger and thinner, spreading. 

 Anthers short ovate one-fourth the length of the filaments. Ovary 

 ovoid-conic silky, 5-celled ; style i. Stigma discoid 5-lobed. Hab. 

 Woods and forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Ridley). Malacca, 

 Brisu (Derry). Perak (Scortechini). Native name : Samak Pulut. 



(3) G. concentricicatrix Bnrkill, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 

 76, p. 153, figs. 10, II ; Cubiit, ibid. 78, p. 49, pi. 3. 



Tree 100 ft. tall. Leaves obovate crenulate abruptly acuminate 

 or quite blunt, 4 in. long, 2*2 in. wide ; petioles '4 in. long. Flowers 

 yellowish i*6 in. wide. Sepals and petals silky outside. Anthers 

 very numerous. Ovary densely silky. Capsules sub-sessile nearly 

 I '6 in. long, opening in 5 thick blunt valves. Seeds "8 in. long. 

 Hab. Forests. Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Pahang. Selangor, Rantau 

 Panjang (Watson); Bangi (Cubitt). Bindings (Curtis). Use: 

 Timber for house-building, bark for dyeing nets and cloth. 



(4) G. imbricata King, I.e. 204; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 

 148, pi. 179B. 



A low shrub, with coriaceous oval-oblong or oblanceolate leaves, 

 tip obtuse, quite entire or faintly serrulate, base narrowed roundish ; 

 nerves 12 pairs, thick but inconspicuous, i"27 to 2*25 in. long, 

 •9 to i"i in. wide; petioles "15 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary 

 sub-sessile in the upper axils, buds elongate obovoid. Bracts 

 numerous passing into the sepals, orbicular and pubescent outside 

 with scarious edges. Petals larger orbicular minutely pubescent 

 outside, with a brown coriaceous patch on the back at the tip. 

 Stamens numerous; anthers ovate one-fourth of the length of the 

 filaments. Ovary ovoid-conic pubescent 3-celled; style i, 5-ridged. 

 Fruit under i in. long, -4 in. through, 5-angled pubescent, sub- 

 tended by the long imbricate cup formed by sepals and bracts. 

 Seeds 75 in. long. Hab. Open places on mountains from 4000 ft. 

 altitude upwards. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 5000 to 6000 ft. alti- 

 tude; Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Perak (Scortechini); Gunong 

 Kerbau at 4500 to 5500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



(5) G. penangensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. y^, p. 142. 

 G. excelsa King, I.e. 203, nol of Blnme nor Korthals. 



A tree 30 to 40 ft. taU, 10 to 15 in. through. Branchlets silky 

 pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous glabrous lanceolate-elliptic 

 acuminate, edges serrulate or entire, base acuminate; nerves very 

 faint sometimes almost invisible 5 to 7 pairs inarching doubly 

 within the edge, 2-5 to 4 in. long, i in. to 175 in. wide; petioles 



