Goniothalamw.] floba in dic a. 107 



ultrapollicaribus, petalis exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis glabris basi in 

 unguem brevem latum angustatis. 



Hab. In sylvis Zeylanise, alt. 3-3000 ped.l Travancor ad Courta- 



lam, Wight! — (v. s.) 



Hamuli foliosi, glabri, cortice nigricante ruguloso ; gemma fusco-pubescentes. Folia 

 3i-6 poll, longa, 1^-2* lata, pet. f+foH, rigida, coriacea utrinque glabemma, 

 supra lucida, subtus pallida, marginibus in s 1C co recurvis. Peduncuh f-l-polhcares, 

 apice subclavati, ima basi bracteis phiribus minutis sqnamjefornubus muniti. Sepala 

 lata, ovata, vix acuta, basi coalita, coriacea, in fructu persistentia. Petala ext. crasse 

 coriacea, U-U poll, longa, apice obtusiuscula, glabnuscula, subgranulosa ungue basi 

 areola depressa oblonga fusco-pubescente notato, int .in mitram ovatam acutam coalita. 

 Ovaria lineari-oblonga, strigosa, stylo subulato paiillo longiore Torus planus. Car- 

 pella numerosa vel abortu pauca, brevissime pedicellata, paullo ultra £ poll, longa, 

 ovalia, utrinque obtusa. Semen V, conforme, testa teum, papyracea, ton. 



4 G. Gardner! (H.f. et T.) ; foliis anguste oblongo-lanceolatis 

 basi acutis apice obtusis vel obtuse et breviter acuminatis, peduncuhs 

 axillaribus vel paullo supra-axillaribus petiolos vix superantibus, flori- 

 bus sesquipollicaribus, petalis exterioribns oblongo-lanceolatis glabns 



basi vix unguiculatis. 

 Hab. In sylvis Z( 

 (t>. s.) 



Walker 



Famuli prioris. Folia 5-8 poll, longa, 1-2 lata, petiolo i-poll, crasse comcca, 

 supra nitida, subtus pallida, nervi crebriores quam in pnore specie. Peduncuh j-? 

 poll lon^i snuamis distichis bracteata. Sepala basi cordata, submembranacea, in sicco 

 nervosa" ' Petala ext. If-poll., glabriuscula, basi areola triquetra pubescente notata. 

 Ovaria adpresse pilosa, stylo longe subulato triplo longiore superata 



Though certainly close to the last species, tbis appears su&ciently distinct. Its 

 leaves tie longer and narrower, and its flowers larger, than those of G. Thwaitem. 



The fruit is unknown 



Malayanus (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lineari 



'laberrimis 



flori'bus pollicaribus, petalis exterioribns oblongo-lanceolatis pnbescen- 



tibus. 



Griffith !— (». S.) 



Hamuli elongati, glabri, cortice ruguloso albo ; partes novella fusco-tomeutosuto, 

 cito glabrescentes. Folia basi acutiuscula vel rotundata 6-9 poll, longa, lfr-S 1 lata, 

 petiolo i-poll., supra lucida, subtus pallidiora. Pedicelh axdlares, *-*-poll., fulvo- 

 tomentosi, basi distiche bracteolati, cfcterum nudi. Sepala ovata, acuta, tomentosa. 

 Petala exteriora 1-H-pollicaria, late ungniculata, dorso hnea longitudinali subcan- 

 nata, tenuissime fusco-sericea, basi areola lata glabra notata ■ intenora m mitram 

 extus dense albido-sericeam vix semipollicem altam coalita. Ovaria dense aureo- 

 sericea, stylo tequilongo subulato terminata. Toms fractus globosus, tonientosus. 

 Carp* la pollicaria, elongato-oblonga vel cylindnca, mterdum medio parum constneta, 

 apiculata, pedicello A poll, longo suffulta, atro-fusca, granulosa, puis paucis sparsis 

 aureo-scriceis vestita, demum glabrescentia. . 



This species seems identical in foliage with G. giganteus, but is very distinct in 



the size and structure of the flower. 



6. G. cardiopetalus (H.f. et T.) ; foliis obovato-oblongis vel Ii- 

 neari-oblongis basi acutis apice abrupte acuminatis niargine undula- 

 tis. neduuculis sunra-axillaribus 1-3 verticaliter umsenatis petiolo bre- 



