204 XIX. TERNSTRCEMIACEiE. [GordOHta. 



•25 in. long rather thick at base. Flowers i'25 in. across cream 

 white or yellow; pedicels very short silky. Sepals round silky 

 outside. Petals round narrowed at base, backs silky. Stamens 

 very numerous; anthers oblong. Ovary conic, silky; style stout 

 pubescent 5-lobed. Capsule 5- or 6-angled, 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, 

 conic hairy or glabrous, valves acute. Hab. Open forest. Singa- 

 pore, very rare, Selitar. Penang Hill, common. 



(6) G. Taipingensis Burkill, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 76, 

 p. 148. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-obovate acumin- 

 ate, base narrowed, upper edge crenate, ii"4 in. long, 2"8 in. wide; 

 petioles "8 in. long. Flowers yellowish 2-4 in. wide. Sepals and 

 petals densely silky. Stamens very numerous. Ovary silky. 

 Hab. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Haniff). 



(7) G. Maingayi Dyer, in Hook. fll. F.B.I, i. 291 ; King, I.e. 204 ; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 147, pi. 179A. 



A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves cori- 

 aceous oblanceolate obscurely serrulate in the upper part, base 

 gradually attenuate, glabrous except pubescent midrib and edges 

 beneath ; nerves 6 pairs indistinct 2*5 to 3 in. long, i to i"4 in. wide ; 

 petioles "25 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile 75 in. across. Bracts, 

 sepals and petals all silky. Sepals and petals orbicular. Stamens 

 numerous shorter. Ovary ovoid-conic silky 4- or 5-celled; styles 

 I. Stigmas 4 or 5. Capsule 4- or 5-angled woody, i to i'25 in. 

 long, 5 to 6 in. through, backs of valves flat. Seed 9 in. long. 

 Hab. Hill forests. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scortechini, Wray) , 

 about 1000 ft. altitude. 



(8) G. hirtella Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 142. 



A tree. Buds and shoots appressed silky. Leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed sub-acute; margins 

 crenulate near the tip; nerves very fine much reticulate and 

 secondary nerves and reticulations almost as distinct as the primaries 

 or quite invisible beneath; midrib prominent, above glabrous, 

 beneath appressed hairy, 3*5 to 6 in. long, i'5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Flowers rather small cream colour; peduncles silky 

 •I in. long or less. Sepals orbicular silky tomentose "2 in. long. 

 Petals obovate silky on the back. Stamens apparently few. Fruit 

 •75 in. long appressed pubescent outside, valves sub-acute. Hab. 

 Forests on mountains. Selangor, Bukit Kutu at 3000 ft. altitude. 

 Perak, Gunong Batu Pahat, lower camp (Wray). 



(9) G. Scortechinii King, I.e. 204. 



Tree. Branchlets and buds puberulous. Leaves coriaceous 

 narrowly elliptic blunt or sub-emarginate, slightly narrowed to 

 base; nerves 8 pairs very inconspicuous, 2 to 3 in. long, '8 to i"4 

 in. wide; petioles '25 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary '6 in. 

 across ; peduncles very short pubescent. Sepals unequal orbicular 

 silky outside. Petals twice as large puberulous outside. Stamens 



