Gomphandra.] xxxvii. olacine^. 427 



Leaves elliptic 3 to 5 in. long stiff; cymes short; 



flowers rather large . . . . . (5) G. lanceolata 



Leaves ovate-rhomboid narrowed to base 2 "5 to 3 in. 



long stiff ; cymes compact . . . . (6) G. Maingayi 



Leaves willow-like 3 in. long, -25 in. wide; nerves few 



and faint; cymes compact . . . . (7) G. salicifolia 



Leaves ovate acuminate 3 in. long thin ; branches and 



midrib pubescent ; flowers very small . . (8) G. pubescens 



Leaves broad elliptic acuminate blunt 5 by 2 in ; 



cymes lax spreading ; branches slender . . (9) G. gracilis 



Leaves narrowed lanceolate 4 '5 by "5 in. . . . var. gracillima 



(i) G. nyssifolia King, I.e. 114. 



Tree 15 to 50 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic-ovate abruptly acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 6 pairs 

 hardly inarching, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 

 •3 in. long. Cymes axillary single or 2 together -4 in. long. Flowers 

 sessile 4 to 6, white -2 in. long (male flowers not known). Females, 

 petals 5, puberulous outside. Ovary as long puberulous. Stigma 

 discoid large. Fruit elhpsoid, narrowed at base -8 in. long, 35 in. 

 through. Hab. Mountain forests 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude, not 

 common. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler) ; Temengoh (Ridley). 



(2) G. penangiana Wall. Cat. 7304; Masters, in Hook. fit. 

 F.B.I, i. 507; King, I.e. 113. 



Shrub glabrous 4 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves membranous oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 4 to 

 6 in. long, 2 in. wide ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs elevate beneath, glabrous 

 except the puberulous nerves on the back; petioles 'i in. long. 

 Cymes small -5 to i in. long, puberulous. Flowers small tetra- 

 merous under -i in. long. Hab. Penang (Walhch) ; Telok Bahang 

 (Curtis). 



Very near a narrow-leaved form of G. affinis Masters, but there are more 

 nerves on the narrower leaf, and the texture is thinner. 



(3) G. ophirensis Ridl. Lasianthera lanceolata Masters, I.e. 

 i. 585, not G. laneeolata King. 



Branches slender. Leaves thin membranous lanceolate acumin- 

 ate, base narrowed blunt; nerves distant 7 pairs, 4 in. long, i*5 in. 

 wide; petioles '5 in. long. Cymes umbellate on a long extra- 

 axillary sub-terminal peduncle 1-5 in. long; branches about 4 

 whorled, -4 in. long; branchlets short sub-divided again. All 

 densely pubescent. Flowers small bisexual. Calyx cup-shaped 

 5-toothed. Petals 4 to 5 lanceolate. Stamens 4 to 5 pilose below 

 and at back of anther. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). 



Perfectly distinct from the plants associated with this by King under 

 his G. lanceolata. 



(4) G. aflinis Masters, I.e. i. 586. 



Shrub about 8 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous membranous lanceolate 

 or oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base narrowed, 2*5 to 8 in. long, 

 '6 to 3 in. wide; nerves 7 pairs; petioles '3 in. long. Cymes 



