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Leaves shining', i^eticulate, 

 glabrous ; ripe carpels 

 oblong, -5 to Q in. long 9. G. Gri^ithii. 

 Leaves glabrous, opaque, 

 dull, not reticulate ; ripe 

 carpels globular-obo- 

 void ; "^ in. long. ... 10. G. macrophylhis. 



Flowers in fascicles from tubercles near 



the base of the stem ... ... 11. G. Eddleyi. 



Style cylindric ; stigma 3-toothed ; apices 

 of anthers acuminate. 



Leaves thickly coriaceous ; nerves in- 

 conspicuous ... ... ... 12. G. Tapis. 



Leaves strongly and prominently nerved. 

 Sepals large, orbicular-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, '6.5 to I in. long ... 13. G. Scortechinii. 

 Sepals small, ovate acuminate, "2 



in. long ... ... ... 14. G. Wrayi. 



Ovules and seeds 4 ... ... ... 15. G. uvarioides. 



1. GONIOTHALAMUS SDBEVENius, King, n. sp. A shrub or small 

 tree ; young branches slender, puberulous ; otherwise glabrous except 

 the flower. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong, tapering at each 

 end ; upper surface shining, pale-greenish when dry ; the lower paler, 

 dull ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, sub-horizontal, invisible or very faint 

 on either side ; length 3'5 to 6'5 in., bi-eadth 1*25 to 1"75 in., petiole 

 •2 in. Floioers solitary, axillary, '75 to '9 in. long ; pedicels "4 to '6 

 in. long, ebracteate. Sepals broadly ovate, bluntly acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 minutely pubescent on both surfaces, '3 in. long. Petals thinly coria- 

 ceous, puberulous except towards the base inside, lanceolate, sub-acute ; 

 the inner petals half as large as the outer, slightly clawed. Stamens 

 with broad orbicular sub-convex apical process. Ovaries narrowly oblong, 

 style cylindric, curved ; stigma subulate, entire. Bipe carpels ovoid to 

 oblong, obtuse, tapering very little at the base, glabrous, 5 to "75 in. ; 

 stalks '35 to "45 in. 



Pei'ak ; at low elevations. King's Collector. 



2. GoNiOTHALAMUS TENUiFOLius, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 8 feet 

 hio-h ; glabrous except the petals ; young branches slender, dark-coloured, 

 striate. Leaves thinly membranous, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, the base acute ; main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, spreading, 

 inter-arching within the minutely undulate margin, faint on both sur- 

 faces ; length 4-5 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 1*75 in., petiole "2 in. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, drooping ; pedicels slender, bi-bracteolate at the base, 



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