Goniothalamus.] iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 73 



sistent. outer petals broadly clawed, style subulate, carpels ovoid shortly 

 stalked. Thwaites Enum. 7 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 58. 



TRAVANCOR, Wight ; CEYLON, alt. 2-4000 ft. 



A small tree ; brandies glaucous, leafy ; buds brown-pubescent. Leaves 3|-6 by 

 14-24 in., coriaceous, dark-green above, paler beneath, margins subrecurved, nerves 

 subdistant ; petiole |-^ in. Flowers green ; peduncles |-i in., subclavate. Sepals \ in., 

 glabrous, reticulate when dry. Outer petals lJ-14 in., glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering to a rather obtuse tip ; inner subsericeous ; cone of tips acute, g in. Carpels 

 ^-f in., obtuse at both ends. 



2. G. Gardner!, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 107 ; leaves narrow lanceolate 

 glabrous, peduncles 1-2 axillary, sepals ovate acute persistent, outer petals 

 hardly clawed, style subulate, carpels oblong subglabrous short-stalked. 

 Thwaites Enum. 7 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 60. 



CEYLON ; in forests, alt. 2-4000 ft., Walker, &c. 



A shrub, 8-10 ft. ; branches leafy, glabrous; buds brown-pubescent. Leaves 5-10 

 by 1-2 in., coriaceous, dark-green and shining above, pale, beneath, nerves close set ; 

 petiole |-4 in. Flowers yellow-green ; peduncles \-^ in. Sepals glabrous, reticulate 

 when dry. Outer petals glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, longer and narrower than in O. 

 Thwaitesii. Carpels 1 in. ; style subulate. 



3. G. Griffith!!, H. f. & T. FL Ind. 110 ; leaves oblong obtusely acu- 

 minate glabrous, peduncles axillary recurved, sepals large obtuse or subacute 

 persistent?, outer petals long-acuminate scarcely clawed, style subulate, 

 carpels subglobose glabrescent short-stalked. 



MERGUI, Griffith. 



A tree ; brandies glabrous, black or grey. Leaves 6-12 by 2^-3 in., coriaceous, 

 base acute, shining above, paler beneath; petiole in. Peduncles \ in., axillary or 

 from the old wood. Sepals 4-f in., thin, reticulate when dry, connate below. Outer 

 petals 2-2^ in., glabrous, lanceolate from a broad base ; inner 4~ m - > cone sharp, tri- 

 quetrous. Anthers with an acute process. Ovaries strigose ; style long, subulate. 

 Carpels g in. diam. 



4. G. Hooker!, Thwaites Enum 6; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong 

 shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles axillary or cauline, sepals 

 broad acute persistent, outer petals not clawed, style subulate, carpels ovoid 

 short-stalked. Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 66. 



CEYLON ; Hinidoon and Reigam Corles, alt. 1000 ft., Thwaites. 



A small tree; branches glabrous. Leaves 6-13 by 2|-5 in., thick, coriaceous, base 

 acute or rounded, paler beneatli ; petiole -f in. Flowers pale green, solitary or 

 fascicled ; peduncles $-| in. Sepals f in., connate below, reticulate when dry. Outer 

 petals 2 in., glabrous, broad-lanceolate, base rounded, slightly contracted above the 

 middle ; inner tomentose within, cone f in. high. Carpels size of a small bean. 



ft Leaves oblong or lanceolate ; outer petals 1 in. or less. 



5. G. sesquipedalis, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 108 ; leaves linear-oblong or 

 lanceolate abruptly obtusely acuminate glabrous margin recurved when dry, 

 sepals ovate acute persistent, outer petals lanceolate, cone of inner long, 

 carpels ovoid glabrous very short-stalked. Guatteria sesquipedalis, Wall. 

 PL As. Ear. iii. t. 266 ; Cat. 6446. O. macrophylla, A. DC. Mem. 42 (not 

 qfBlume] Wall. Cat. 6451. 



From SIKKIM 1to ASSAM, and the KHASIA HILLS to TENASSERIM. 



A glabrous shrub, 2-4 ft. Leaves 9-13 by 2-3 in., coriaceous, minutely pellucid- 

 punctate, shining above, paler beneath ; petiole 4 i- Flowers greenish-yellow ; pe- 

 duncles -^-^ in., axillary or supra -axillary. Sepals % in., glabrous. Outer petals 1 ill., 



