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XXVI. GONYSTYLACEiE. 



[Gony stylus. 



GONYSTYLUS, Teysm. 



(i) G. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 200; Gamble, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. Ixxv. (2), 266. 



A tree 30 to 70 ft. tall and 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves deep 

 shining green coriaceous ; nerves very close and numerous, oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base round or cuneate, glabrous, 

 midrib beneath pubescent, 5 to 10 in. long, 2'25 to 3*25 in. wide ; 



Fig. 30. — Gonystylus Maingayi. 



petioles thick, -35 in. long. Panicles lax about 8 in. long, wide- 

 spreading densely pubescent woolly; pedicels 3 in. long. Calyx 

 green, 3 in. across, densely velvety. Petals 15 to 20. Stamens 

 cream colour 40. Capsule about 2 in. long with brown rough 

 pericarp -25 in. thick. Seeds large, i to 4 globose or oblong. Hab. 

 Forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Chua Chukang; Bukit 

 Mandai. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Rawang (Kloss). Negri 

 Sembilan, Selaru (Foxworthy). Perak, Tapa (Wray) ; Goping 

 (Scortechini). Penang Hill (Curtis); Balik Pulau. 



