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cesses. Ovaries narrow, puberulous, 1-ovnled : style straight ; stigma 

 2- or 3-lobed.. jRi/;e carpels crowded, ovoid-oblong, apiculate, glabrous, 

 narrowed to the short stalks, "-iS in. long ; stalks "2 to '25 in. Seed 

 smooth, pale. 



Perak ; at low elevations ; Scortechini, Wray, King's Collector. 



The leaves of this species much resemble those of Polyalthia ohlonga, 

 King. 



14. GoNiOTHALAMUS Wrayi, King, n. sp. A shrub 3 to 12 feet 

 high, glabrous, except the flowers : young branches slender, very pale. 

 Leaves membranous, oblanceolate to lanceolate or oblong, shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate : both surfaces pale (when dry), 

 obscurely reticulate : main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, spreading, straight, 

 slender and very slightly prominent even when dry : length 4"5 to 9 in., 

 breadth 1'25 to 2 in., petiole '2 to -25 in. Floioers solitary, slightly 

 supra-axillary ; pedicels slender, decurved, minutely bracteolate, 'So in. 

 (elongated to '75 in. in fruit). Sepals membranous, slightly nerved and 

 reticulate, ovate, acuminate, spreading or recurved, puberulous outside, 

 '2 in. long, persistent. Petals sub-coriaceous, greenish-yellow, puberul- 

 ous : the outer narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, the bases thickened and 

 not narrowed to a claw, "65 to '75 in. long : inner petals about half as 

 long, ovate-acuminate. Anthers numerous, half as long as the ovaries, 

 compressed, their apices with a long thin point from a broad base. 

 Ovaries about 20, narrowly cylindric, hairy like the stout, sti\aight style 

 1- to 2-ovuled : stigma truncate. Ripe carpels narrowly obovoid to 

 oblong, apiculate, gradually tapering to the stalk, glabrous, 6 in. long. 

 Seeds usually 1, rai'ely 2, oblong. 



Perak : at low elevations very common ; Wray, Scortechini, King's 

 Collector. 



15. GoNioTHALAMUs uvARioiDES, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 15 feet 

 high : all parts glabrous except the flower and fruit ; young branches 

 pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, slightly obovate, slightly narrow- 

 ed to the minutely cordate base : both surfaces rather dull when dry, 

 the lower pale brcwn, the edges slightly recurved ; main nerves 22 to 25 

 pairs, spreading, rather straight, inter-arching near the margin ; leno-th 

 10 to 15 in., breadth 3 to 6 in. ; petiole "4 in., stout, channelled. Floivers 

 on the trunk, (solitary ?) ; pedicels curved, stout, "35 in. long. Sepals 

 coriaceous, semi-orbicular, blunt, pubescent, 2 in. long. Petals very 

 coriaceous, yellow : the outer broadly lanceolate, thickened and truncate 

 at the base, rufous-pubescent, 1*5 in. long : inner petals like the outer 

 but with contracted bases and only 1 to 1'2 in. long. Anthers with 

 conical apices. Ovaries hairy ; style cylindric ; stigma small, truncate 

 minutely bifid. Bipe carpels oblong, tapering to each end, puberulous 



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