18 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Pliaeanthu*. 



oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed; flowers '5-'7 in, across, 



red. 



Forests of the W. Ghats, in Wynaad at about 2,000 ft., 



abundant about Tambachari Ghat (Bedd.). 



9. Goniothalamus, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves with small nerves, forming intra- 

 marginal loops. Flowers solitary or fascicled, axillary or extra- 

 axillary ; peduncles with basal scaly distichous bracts. Sepals 3, 

 valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in two whorls ; outer thick, flat or 

 nearly so ; inner smaller, shortly clawed, cohering in a vaulted 

 cap over the stamens and ovary. Stamens many, linear-oblong ; 

 anther-cells remote, dorsal, hidden by the connective, which is 

 produced into an oblong or truncate process. Ovaries many; 

 style simple or 2-fid; ovules solitary or 2 (or rarely 4), super- 

 posed, sub-basal. Fruit of many 1- seeded carpels. 



Outer petals softly brownish pubescent on both sides ; stigma 2-fid : 

 Outer petals clawed, hooded ; leaves oblong, 6-9 in. long ; small tree 



1. cardiopetalus. 

 Outer petals ovate, flat ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 3-8 in. long; small 



tree 2. Wightii. 



Outer petals subglabrous ; stigma entire or 2-lobed : 



Style subulate ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 -5-6 in. long ; veins 

 obscure ; small trees : 



Petals less than twice as long as the sepals ; anthers beaked 



3. rhynchantheru*. 

 Petals five times as long as the sepals ; anthers truncate 



4. Thwaitesii. 



Style 2-lobed ; leaves 8-11 in. long ; veins prominent beneath ; shrub 

 or tree 5. wynaadensis. 



1. GONIOTHALAMUS CABDIOPE TALUS, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; F. B. I. 

 i. 75 ; Bedd. Ic. t. 62 ; King Ann. Calc. iv. 93, t. 129. 



W. Ghats in S. Canara, Coorg, Wynaad, Anamalais ; 

 Shevaroy Hills, at 2,500 to 4,000 ft. 



2. GONIOTHALAMUS WIGHTII, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; F. B. I. i. 76 ; 

 Bedd. Ic. t. 63 ; King Ann. Calc. iv. 92, t. 122B. 



W. Ghats in the Anamalais, Travancore and Tinnevelly at 

 3,000 to 5,000 ft., in evergreen forests. 



