Goniotkalamus.] flora IN Die A, 105 



gaiculata, Best, valvata. Stamina numero subdefinita, 12-21, cuneata, 

 truneato-capitata, antherarum loculis dorsalibus oblongis discretis. Ova- 

 ria 5-7, ovali-oblonga, strigoso-pilosa, stylo magno obovato verruculoso 

 recurvo. Ooulum e basi erectum, solitarium (vel 2 parietina). Car- 

 pella monosperma. — Arbores, foYasparvis, nervis distantibus obliqids in- 

 conspicuis, floribus minutis oppositifoliis. 



This genus, which was established by Endlicher for the reception of Bocagea pi- 

 socarpa of Blume, appears to be the proper place for the WaUichian species which 

 we here refer to it, notwithstanding some discrepancies in the structure of the ovary 

 between it and Blume' s plant. Our specimens are so imperfect that we have been 

 able to examine very few ovaries, but in every ease we found the ovules solitary and 

 erect. The petals being very different from those of Orophea, it does not seem de- 

 sirable to unite our plant to that genus, though probably, unless the genus Popowia 

 had been already established, we should have put it there till its structure was bet- 

 ter known. The flowers are small, and the petals are only very slightly unguicu- 

 late at the base, so that the genus is intermediate between Mitrephorece and Gnat- 

 teriea. A plant from Natal, in South Africa, and another from North Australia, 

 collected by Armstrong, seem to be referable to the same genus. The imperfectly 

 known Uvaria Vogelii, Hook fil., from the Quorra, in West Africa, is perhaps also a 

 congener, 



1. P. ramosissima (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis subtus 

 secus nervos tomentosis, staminibus 18. — Guatteria? ramosissima, Wall. 

 Cat. 7294! 



Hab. In peninsida Malayana? Wall.! loco speciali omisso, sed 

 cum pluribus plantis e Penang longe post caeteras Anonaceas Herbarii 

 Wallichiani distributa. — {v. s.) 



Arbor ramosissima. Ramuli rugulosi, cortice nigricante glabro ; juniores laxe fer- 

 mgineo-tomentosi. Folia basi rotundata, acuta vel acuminata, 3-4 poll, longa, 

 li-1^ lata, petiolo vix -^ poll, longo, tomentoso, tenuiter coriacea, opaca, utrinque 

 glabra, prseter costam nervosque subtus pubescentes. Pedunculi oppositifolii, fili- 

 formes, vix ^ poll, longi, tomentosi, uniflori, medio unibracteati. Alabastri rufo- 

 pilosi. Ovaria 5, dense aureo-strigosa ; ovulum solitarium e basi erectum. Fructus 



ignotus, 



6. GONIOTHALAMUS, Blume. 



Polyalthia, § Goniothalamus, Bl. Ft. Jav. 



Sepala 3, plerumque magna. Petala 6, sestivatione valvata ; exte- 

 riora plana, crasse coriacea, ovata, oblonga vel elongata ; interiora late 

 unguiculata, crasse coriacea, laminis incurvis in mitram conicam arete 

 cohserentibus. Stamina indefinita, connectivo ultra antheras lineari- 

 oblongas discrete biloculares in processura ovalem vel capitatum pro- 

 ducto. Torus parum elevatus, truncatus, medio ssepe excavatus. Ovaria 

 indefinita (rarius subdefinita), lineari-oblonga, strigoso-pilosa, biovu- 

 lata. Ovula axi paullo supra basin inserta, superposita, in mucilagine 

 nidulantia. Stylus oblongus vel ssepius elongatus, iutus sulcatus. Car- 

 pella oblonga, semine solitario fere Guatteria. — Arbores parvce vel fru- 

 tices, foliis supra nitidis, nervis obUquis parallelis distanlibus non pro- 

 minentibm, venulis prope marginem arctiatis conspicuis junctis y pedunculis 

 axillaribus vel supra-axillaribus unifloris. 



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