92 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
6, anther; 7, pistil; 8, section of pistil—enlarged. (Nos. 3 and 5 to 8 are copied from 
Beddome’s Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 64.) . 
9. GonrorHaLaAMus WicutTi1, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 106. A small tree; all 
parts’ glabrous except the leaf-buds and the flowers; young branches slender, dark- 
coloured. eaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, sub-acuminate; the base acute; main 
nerves about 10 pairs, very faint, sub-horizontal, reticulations obscure ; length 2°5 to 
4 in., breadth ‘75 to 11 in.; petiole °15 in. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels °25 in. 
(lengthening in fruit), pubescent, bracteolate at the base. Sepals broadly ovate, sub- 
acute, adpressed, rufous-pubescent like the petals, °2 in. long, persistent. Petals 
coriaceous; the outer broadly ovate, sub-acute, °75 in. long; the imner broadly ovate, 
acuminate or trapezoid, one-half shorter than the outer. Ovaries pubescent; ovules 1 or 
2; style bifid. Ripe carpels sub-sessile, oblong, slightly pointed at the base and apex, 
glabrous, ‘6 to ‘75 in. long; stalk none or °15 in. long. Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 63; 
Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 76.— ? Myristiceze, Wall. Cat. 9009. 
Southern India, in Travancore,—Wight; South Tinnivelly Hills, at elevations of 
3,000 to 5,000 feet,—Beddome. — 
PuatTe 122B. Goniothalamus Wighti, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, unripe 
fruit—of natural size; 3, flower dissected; 4 & 5, anthers (front and back view); 
6, pistil; 7 & 8, sections of pistil— enlarged. 
10. Gonrornatamos THomsoni, Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 7. A glabrous shrub, only 
2 to 3 feet high; young branches stout; the bark rather pale, striate. Leaves thickly 
membranous, flavescent, obovate-oblong or. obovate-lanceolate, abruptly caudate-acuminate, 
narrowed from the middle to the acute base; the edges slightly recurved when dry ; 
main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, spreading, inter-arching rather far from the edge, slightly 
prominent beneath; both surfaces faintly reticulate, the lower very pale beneath when 
dry; length 5 to 10 in., breadth 1°75 to 3°5 in.; petiole ‘25 to °5 in. Flowers solitary 
or in pairs from small tubercles on the stem below the leaves; pedicels *4 or °d in., 
recurved near the apex, thin, with a minute bracteole near the base. Sepals ovate, acute, 
‘25 in. long, reticulate, persistent. Outer petals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, yellow, 1:5 
in, long; inner ovate, acuminate, ‘5 in. long; styles long, bifid. Ripe carpels ovoid 
or obovoid, apiculate, about 5 in. long; stalks °15 in. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 74; 
Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 59. 
Ceylon: forests between Galle and Ratnapoora,—Thwattes. 
Puate 127. Goniothalamus Thomsoni, Thwaites. 1, Leafy branch; 2, branch with 
flower; 3, branch with ripe fruit; 4 & 5, carpels from other specimens—of natural 
size; 6, anther; 7 to 9, pistils—enlarged. (Copied from a drawing made in the Peradeinya 
Herbarium and kindly lent by Dr. H. Trimen, r.z.s.) . ‘ 
11, GoytorHaLamus Wrnaapensis, Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 13, ¢. 61. An erect 
shrub ; young parts minutely pubescent, otherwise glabrous. eaves membranous, much 
reticulate, narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the 
base acute; upper surface shining, lower pale; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, very faint; 
