GuatteriaJ] flora indica. 141 



scentes. F lores pnrvi. Sepal a ovata, acuta, strigoso-tomeiitosa. Petal a crasse co- 

 riacea, str igoso- pubescent ia; exterior a sepalis duplo inajora, rotundata, abrupte acu- 

 minata; interiora ext. fere duplo majora, 4 poll, longa, rotundata, acutiuscula. 

 Ovaria dense strigosa. Torus frnctus parvus. Carpella 10 vel plura, pedicello vix 

 lineani longo suffulta, pisi magnitudine, granulata, vix puberula. 



6. G. Corinti (Dun. Anon. 134) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis rarius 

 lanceolatis lucidis coriaceis utrinque prseter costam puberulam glaber- 

 rimis, pedicellis axillaribus solitary's, petalis ovali-oblongis, carpellis 

 ovoideis granulosis strigoso-pubescentibus. — DC. Syst. i. 507, Prod. i. 



94; W. et A. Prod. i. 10 ; Wight, III. t. 398. G. acutiflora, Wall. 

 Cat. 6438 ! {excl. D). 



Hab. In Zeylania ! Malabar ! Tanjor ! et Courtalam ! — (v. s.) 



Frutex (scandeus, ex Wight) ramosus, foliosus. Famuli cinerei vel nigricantes, 

 cortice rugoso glabro, juniores puberuli ; gemma? strigoso-tomentossc. Folia acu- 

 minata, basi acuta vel rotundata, 2-4 poll, longa, 1-2 lata, pet. 2 liu. longo, pellu- 

 cido-punctata, supra atro-viridia, nervis obliquis, venulis conspicue reticulars, subtus 

 pallidiora ; petiolo et costa utrinque pilis adpressis sparsis puberulis, demum glabratis. 

 Pedicelli filiformes, 1-2-pollicares, strigoso-pubescentes, basi et iufra medium brac- 

 teola minuta squamseformi rarius foliosa mnniti. Sepala rotundata, acutiuscula, ex- 

 tus tomentosa. Petala pubescentia ; interiora paullo majora, \-\ poll, longa. Ovaria 

 strigoso-pilosa. Torus fructus non dilatatus. Carpella 5-15, fere -| poll, longa, 

 pedicello ajquilongo strigoso. 



Apparently a very variable plant in form of leaf ; but all the specimens before us 

 certainly belong to one Species. Wight figures the fruit as globose, but in most of the 

 specimens before us it is a little ovoid. G. sempervirens, Dunal, and G. acutiflora, 

 Dunal, founded entirely on Rheede's figures (Hort. Mai. v. t. 16, 18), appear to us 

 to differ in no character of importance from t. 14 of the same volume, which is con- 

 sidered to represent G. Corinti, Dun. The shape of the petals varies from acute to 

 obtuse, and the flowers vary a good deal in size. G. semperirirens is said by Rheede 

 to be common in Malabar, and G. acutiflora to grow in mountainous places ; and it 

 is not likely that no trace of these species (if distinct) should be found in Dr. Wight's 

 extensive collections. There can at least be no doubt that G. acutiflora, which is 

 the only one of the three figured iu flower, is only the flowering state of one of the 

 other two. 



7. G. Jenkinsii (H.f. et T.); foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque 

 glaberrimis, pedicellis axillaribus pleruraque solitariis, petalis (rnagnis) 

 ovato-laneeolatis, carpellis oblongis pedicellatis. 



Hab. Assam, Jenkins! Silhet ! Malacca, Griff.! — (0. v.) 



Ardor (forsan scandens) ramosissima. Famuli stricti, graciles, glabri, cortice ni- 

 grieante vel griseo ru iloeo, juniores fusco-pubescentes. Folia acuta vel acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel acutiuscula, 4-7 poll, longa, 1^- fere 3 lata, petiolo £-polL ten ni- 

 ter coriacea, lucida, sabtus pallida, nervis obliquis remotis parallelis, venulis con- 

 spicue reticulatis. Pedicelli (rarius bini) -f-1 poll, longi, stricti, fulvo-tomentosi, 

 basi bracteolis 2-3 minutis squamreformibus stipati, medio et prope apicem bracteo- 

 lam rotundatam vel oblongam deciduam gerentes. Sepala % poll, longa, ovalia, 

 extus tomentosa. Petala basi angustata, plana, tenuiter coriacea, ext. If, int. \\ 

 poll, longa (-§- poll, lata) j juniora cinereo-incaua, demum puberula tantum. Ovaria 

 strigoso-pilosa. Torus fructus globosus, tomentosus. Carpella numerosa, oblonga, 

 apiculata, f-poliicaria, pedicello tuqui longo, glabra, minute granulosa. 



8. G. coffeoides (Thuaites, mss.) ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis utrinque glaberrimis, pedicellis axillaribus solitariis, petalis 



