Jackiane. N. O. Ochnacee. 
TAB. DCCXII. 
GompPHIA SuMATRANA. Jack. 
Glaberrima, foliis obovato-lanceolatis chartaceo-membranaceis 
nitidissimis, ab apice infra medium denticulatis, venulis pro- 
elos » Sti I 
terminalibus, alabastris ovatis. 
Gomphia Sumatrana. Jack, Malay. Pl. in Hook. Bot. Misc. 
v. 2, p. 77 (non Wall. cat. n. 2803 cujus spec. in Herb. Hook. 
ad Gomph. angustifolium Vahl, referendum videtur). 
Has. In Insul. Sumatra, Jack, et in Herb. Hook. 
The elegant plant here figured approaches very closely the 
Gomphia angustifolia, Vahl., to which Messrs. Wight and 
Arnott refer, as mere synonyms, the G. Malabarica, and 
G. Zeylanica, of De Candolle, and even the Walpera of 
deciduis, paniculis 
Gertner. A careful comparison of the Malayan species with 
the G, angustifolia of Ceylon, removes however all doubt from 
my mind of their specific distinctness. The leaves of the 
former are sufficient to distinguish it ; they are broad, and both 
firm and delicate, and the transverse veinlets which mark their 
glossy surface run together on each side in a line parallel to the 
margins, and very clearly defined. The foliage in Gomphia 
angustifolia is much smaller, closer set on the branches, more 
coriaceous, and the little transverse veins are delicate, numerous, 
and with hardly perceptible 
Species, the panicle is elongated, and the buds ovoid; in the 
chon. 
Fig. 1. Flower. Ate Pot <7. $. Seean: f. 4, Pistil :— 
magnified, 
minulis utrinque in nervos 2 conspicuos margini folii paral- 
los confl til ebirvec lin tout i alawil idui 
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