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1, GRIFFITHIA MAGNOLLEPETALA, Maingay uss. A tree 380 to 40 feet high; young 
branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, .obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 
the base rounded or minutely cordate; upper surface glabrous, the nerves and midrib 
minutely tomentose; under surface at first pubescent, ultimately glabrous or glabrescent; 
main nerves 15 to 20 pairs, rather straight, oblique, prominent beneath, the transverse 
veins sub-horizontal, distinct; length 8 to 12 in., breadth 2°5 to 3°5 in.; petiole *25 
in., stout, tomentose. owers large, shortly pedunculate, solitary, axillary, 2°5 to 38 
in. long; peduncle ‘3 in. long, tomentose, with a sub-amplexicaul bract. Sepals 
coriaceous, connate to the middle, short, broadly ovate, acute, spreading, tomentose. 
Petals more or less imbricate, coriaceous, white, oval or ovate-lanceolate, sub-acute, 
tomentose. Torus conical. Ovaries hirsute. Carpels 1:5 in. long, shortly stalked, oblong, 
tapering at either end; the apex mucronate, pubescent. Seed with smooth shining 
testa. Polyalthia magnolizflora, Hook. jil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 64; King in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 54. 
Malacca,—Maingay. Perak.—King’s Collector No. 10039. 
Evidently a rare species. Sir J. D. Hooker states (FP. B. Ind. 1. c.) on Maingay’s 
authority that the flowers have the colour and odour of those of a Magnolia, 
Pirate 218, Griffithia magnolizpetala, Maingay. 1, Branch with flower-bud; 2, 
flower; 3, flower-bud with the outer petals removed; 4, calyx; 5, view of concave surface 
of outer petal; 9, transverse section of flower-bud a little below the apex; 10, a similar 
section on a level with the apices of the sepals; 14, immature carpel; 15, section of 
the same showing the single seed; 16, ripe carpel—of natural size; 6, imner aspect of 
inner petal; 7, inner petal in profile; 8, the same seen in vertical section from base 
to apex—slightly enlarged; 11, stamen; 12, pistil; 13, vertical section of ovary—much 
enlurged. [No. 1 is copied from Maingay’s specimen in the Kew Herbarium (Kew Distrib. 
No. 93). Nos. 2 to 16 are copied from Maingay’s original drawing (made from fresh 
flowers) deposited in the Kew Herbarium. | 
2. GRIFFITHIA CUPULARIS, King n. sp. A shrub or tree; young branches pubescent, 
ultimately glabrous, cinereous and striate. Leaves membranous, oblong, sometimes slightly 
obovate, shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded, sometimes sub-oblique, 
base; upper surface glabrous, shining, the midrib pubescent; lower surface paler, 
glabrous, slightly shining, the midrib and 12 to 14 pairs of oblique, puberulous main 
nerves non-interarching ; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole. -25 in. Flowers 
solitary or in pairs, axillary or extra-axillary; buds sub-globose; the fully developed 
flower about 1 in. long; pedicels tomentose with several large, sub-orbicular, and sheath- 
ing bracteoles, one close to the flower. Sepals much imbricate, broadly semi-orbicular, 
very obtuse, tawny-tomentose outside, sub-glabrous inside, completely enveloping the petals 
in bud, but only about a quarter of their length when fully developed. Petals imbricate, 
concave, thick, coriaceous, tawny-tomentose on both surfaces, but especially on the outer, 
with a glabrous patch at the base of all on the inner surface; outer row broadly ovate, 
obtuse, when fully grown about 1 in. long; inner petals shorter and much thicker, 
the base excavated. Stamens very numerous, compressed; the filaments very short, the 
connective truncate and not produced above the long, linear, dorsal anthers. Ovaries 
about 12, oblong, oblique, villous, with 1, sometimes 2, basal ovules; style lateral, 
Ann. Roy. Bot. Garp. Catcutrra Vou. TY. 
