Gordonia.] xxiv. TERNSTRCEMIACE^:. (W. T. Thiselton Dyer.) 291 



1. &. excelsa, Blume, Bijd. iii. 130; leaves very shortly petioled 

 narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate more or less acuminate obscurely serrulate 

 usually coriaceous. G. singaporiaua, Wall. Gat. 1457 (in part}. Antheeis- 

 chima excelsa, Korth. Verh. Nat. G-esch. Bot. 138, t. 27. Dipterospermati sp. 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 564. 



B HOT AN HIMALAYA, (var. 1), Griffith ; EASTERN PENINSULA, Sincapore, G. Thomson; 

 Malacca, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java, Amboyna. 



Bark of young branches cracking transversely and scaling off. Leaves 4-1 by 1 -3 in., 

 tapering at both en Is ; midrib strong; veins faint; petiole \ in. Peduncles \ 4 in., 

 short, pubescent. Flowers l-2 in. diam., pinkish, fragrant. Sepals and petal? rather 

 fleshy, orbicular, silky-pubescent externally with membranous edges. Capsule 1 in. 

 long. Valves flat on the back, more or less tapering upwards. 



VAR. 1. pubescens ; buds and young shoots pubescent. 



VAR. 2. sincapuriana ; buds and young shoots glabrous. 



2. Gr. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 1459 ; leaves shortly petioled narrowly elliptic 

 tapering at both ends, obtuse or obtusely acuminate crenate papery. G. 

 obtusifolia and G. parvifolia, Wight III. i. 99. Saurauja crenulata, Wight in 

 Wall. Gat. 1459 (not of DC.}. 



MOUNTAINS of the WESTERN PENINSULA, from the Concan to the Pulney hills. CEYLON ? 



A tall tree ; young branches with grey striate persistent bark, at first compressed ; 

 buds silky. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 4 in.; midrib strong; petioles ^ in. Peduncles short, 

 pubescent. Flowers 1 in. diam., white. Sepals orbicular, silky-pubescent externally; 

 the membranous petals faintly so. Capsule 1 in. long, 5-angled, the valves deeply sul- 

 cate above. 



3. G-. Xttaing'ayi, Dyer ; leaves petioled oblanceolate tapering below 

 obtusely acuminate with obscurely serrulate and slightly revolute edges 

 subcoriaceous, margins of petals and sepals glabrous. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets numerous, slender, with grey and persistent bark ; buds silky. Leaves 

 3 by 1-lf in. ; petioles J in. Flowers 1 in. diam., subsessile. Sepals and petals orbi- 

 cular, retuse, silky-pubescent externally, with membranous edges. Capsule 1 in. long, 

 stained inside with purple ; valves nearly flat on the back. Closely allied to G. obtusa, 

 but the subsessile flower-buds and flowers are smaller and the leaves stouter. 



4. G. zeylanica, Wight III. i. 99 ; leaves shortly petioled elliptic- 

 oblanceolate tapering at both ends with a minute retuse glandular point 

 entire rather coriaceous. 



CEYLON; forests of the Central Province, alt. 4-7000 ft,, Walker, &c. 



Bark of young branches persistent, smooth. Leaves 3-4 by 1-2 in. ; midrib strong; 

 veins obsolete; petiole in. Peduncles short, glabrous. Flowers l\ in. diam., white. 

 Sepals orbicular, smooth, retuse ; margins ciliate. Petals slightly pubescent externally 

 towards the base. 



VAR. 1. lanceolata, Thwaites Enum. 40; young branches pilose, leaves narrow. 



VAR. 2. elliptica, Thw. I.e. (excl. syn. Gardner) ; young branches smooth, leaves 

 broader. 



5. G. elliptic a, Gard. in Cole. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. 448 ; leaves sessile 

 broadly elliptic rounded at both ends retuse at the apex, entire slightly 

 coriaceous. 



CEYLON ; Gardner, Newera Ellia, G. Thomson. 



A large tree. Branchlets with the leaves crowded at their extremities; bark crack- 

 ing across and lengthwise. Leaves about 3 by 1^ in, upper surface reticulate-veined; 

 midrib strongly marked below, channelled above. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., seshilo, white. 

 tiepals orbicular, emarginate, puberulous externally. Petals obcordiform, puberulous 



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