Gomphandra.] xxxvii. OLACiNEiE. 429 



(6) G. Maingayi King, I.e. 114. Lasianthera Maingayi Masters, 

 F.B.I, i. 585. 



Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Young parts puberulous. Leaves cori- 

 aceous lanceolate to ovate acuminate, base narrowed, drying dark 

 brown, glabrous above, puberulous beneath; nerves 5 or 6 pairs 

 prominent beneath, 2 to 3-5 in. long, -9 to i-2 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Peduncle '2 in. long. Cymules i- or 2-flowered. 

 Flowers 4 or 5 sessile '15 in. long. Calyx tomentose, teeth 4 or 5 

 shallow. Petals 5 oblong; filaments with a tuft of hair at tip. 

 Hab. Hill woods, 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Penang, top of Govern- 

 ment Hill (Maingay). 



var. puhescens Ridl. G. puberula Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 

 142. 



Leaves broad elliptic minutely pustular and pubescent beneath, 

 midrib densely pubescent ; branchlets red tomentose. Hab. Pahang, 

 Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 



Though very much more pubescent than the Penang plant, it seems 

 better to treat this as a variety. 



(7) G. salicifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 176. 

 Small tree with wiry branches, glabrous except cyme. Leaves 



narrow linear acuminate, base very shortly narrowed, coriaceous, 

 midrib prominent ; nerves invisible above, beneath 4 or 5 pairs very 

 short and inconspicuous forming rather conspicuous loops, 3 in. 

 long, '3 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Cymes terminal compact; 

 branches very short; peduncle '2 in. long puberulous. Flowers 

 crowded glabrous. Calyx very small. Petals 4 oblong -15 in. 

 long. Stamens 4; filaments broad long-hairy below and with a 

 tuft of hairs at the top. Hab. Penang, West Hill (Curtis) at 2500 ft. 

 altitude. 



(8) G. pubescens Ridl. I.e. 176. 



Shrub with wiry branches pubescent. Leaves lanceolate caudate, 

 blunt, base shortly cuneate, sub-coriaceous; nerves basal pair 

 running from near base along the edge ; nerves from midrib 6 pairs, 

 midrib pubescent, 3 to 5 in. long, i in. wide; petioles '15 in. long 

 pubescent. Cymes extra-axillary compact '5 in. long; peduncles 

 •25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers very small. Calyx lobes large 

 ovate cuspidate glabrous at base. Petals 4 very short oblong, tip 

 incurved. Stamens very short; filaments obcuneate very short; 

 anthers small with a short process at the back. Hab. Thick woods. 

 Selangor, Weld's Hill, Kwala Lumpur (Ridley). 

 This is remarkable for its very small flowers. 



(9) G. gracilis King, I.e. 115. 



Shrub 10 to 18 ft. or tree up to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thickly 

 membranous elhptic or lanceolate cuspidate acute or blunt glabrous, 

 edges wavy; nerves 5 to 8 pairs elevate beneath, 3 to 6 in. long, 

 I to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 to i in. long. Peduncles slender 1-5 to 



