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3. GONIOTHALAMUS SUBEVENIUSs, King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 71. A 
shrub or small tree; young branches slender, puberulous; otherwise glabrous, except the 
flower. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong, tapering at each end ; upper surface 
shining, pale-greenish when dry; the lower paler, dull; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
sub-horizontal, invisible or very faint on either side; length 3°5 to 6-5 in., breadth 1:25 
to 175 in.; petiole +2 in. Flowers solitary, axillary, *75 to ‘9 in. long; pedicels “4 to 
‘6 in. long, ebracteate. Sepals broadly ovate, bluntly acuminate, 3-nerved, minutely 
pubescent on both surfaces, *3 in. long. Petals thinly coriaceous, puberulous except 
towards the base inside, lanceolate, sub-acute; the inner petals half as large as the 
outer, slightly clawed. Stamens with broad, orbicular, sub-convex, apical processes, 
Ovaries narrowly oblong; style cylindric, curved; stigma subulate, entire. Ripe carpels 
ovoid to oblong, obtuse, tapering very little at the base, glabrous, *5 to ‘75 in.; stalks 
35 to ‘45 in. 
Perak, at low elevations,—King’s Collector, 
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flowers, dissected; 4, inner petals; 5, ripe carpels—of natural size; 6, stamens; 
pistils—enlurged, 
Prare 121B. Goniothalamus subevenius, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2 & $ 
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4, GoNIOTHALAMUS TENOIFoLIUs, King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 71. A 
shrub 6 to 8 feet high, glabrous except the petals; young branches slender, dark- 
coloured, striate. Leaves thinly membranous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, shortly 
acuminate, the base acute; main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, spreading, inter-arching within 
the minutely undulate margin, faint on both surfaces; length 4°5 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 
1:75 in.; petiole ‘2 in. Flowers axillary, solitary, drooping; pedicels slender, bi-brac- 
teolate at the base, °35 to 45 in. long. Sepals free, large, membranous, green, many- 
nerved and reticulate, broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrous, ‘75 to 11 in. long, 
Petals whitish, thinly coriaceous, faintly nerved, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, much 
contracted at the base, pubescent, 1 to 1°2 in. long (smaller in var. aborescens) ; inner 
petals less than half as long, ovate, acuminate; the base contracted, pubescent. Anthers 
numerous, compressed; the apices broad, flat, pubescent. Ovaries few, narrow, short, 
1- rarely 2- ovuled; the style long, straight, thickened upwards; stigma hollowed like a 
funnel, the edges toothed. Ripe carpels partly enveloped by the persistent calyx, ovoid, 
very slightly apiculate, puberulous or glabrescent, ‘4 to ‘5 in. long; stalks °2 in. long. 
Seeds usually 1, rarely 2. , re 
Perak, at low elevatioris,—King’s Collector No. 3019, Wray Nos. 3379, 3558. 
Var. aborescens, King. A small tree 15 to 25 feet high. Leaves 4 to 4°) in. 
long; petals coriaceous, adpressed-pubescent, about half as long as in the 
typical form; sepals only °*3 in. long. 
Perak, at elevations from 2,000 to 3,000 feet,—King’s Collector. 
This. possibly ought to be considered a distinct species; but as its anthers and 
ovaries are exactly the same as in the typical shrubby G. ¢enuifolius, I prefer to consider 
it a mountain form of that species. Both the typical form and the variety haye remark- 
able stigmas, shaped lke funnels and with toothed edges. 
“Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catcurra Vou. LY. 
