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length 8 to 11 in., breadth 1°5 to 2¢5 in.; petiole about ‘5 in. Flowers solitary, axil- 
lary, or from small tubercles on the trunk, pubescent when young, but when expanded 
-nearly glabrous; pedicels ‘2 to 4 in. long, with several minute bracteoles at the base, 
Sepals orbicular, obtuse or acute, deciduous. Outer petals broadly ovate, sub-acute, 
veined, ‘5 to ‘75 in. long; the inner half as long. Anthers with blunt apical points. 
Ovaries numerous, hairy; ovule solitary; style bifid. Ripe carpels oblong, apiculate, 
‘7o im. long; stalk *15 in. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 74,.—Atrutegia (genus), Bedd. ass. 
Southern India: Wynaad, elevation 2,500 to 3,500 feet,—Beddome. 
Prate 128A. Goniothalamus Wynaadensis, Bedd. 1, Flowering branch (with small 
leaves) ; 2, carpels—of natural size; 3, flower seen from above; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, 
pistils—enlarged, (Copied from Beddome’s Ic. Pi. Ind. Or., t. 61. The specimen here Jigured 
has unusually short leaves. Specimens in the Kew Herbarium have leaves 10 inches long.) 
12. GONIOTHALAMUS CARDIOPETALUS, Hook. jil. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. 107. A shrub or 
small tree; young branches minutely pubescent. Leaves membranous, oblong to lanceolate, 
sometimes slightly obovate, abruptly shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate, 
the margin minutely waved; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 9 or 10 pairs, inter- 
arching far from the edge, very faint; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole 
*35 in. Flowers solitary, or 2 or 3 in a vertical line, axillary, or from small tubercles 
on the branches below the leaves, sericeous when young, afterwards glabrescent, °75 in. 
in diam.; peduncles ‘25 to ‘5 in., minutely bracteolate at the base. Sepals small, free, 
sub-orbicular, retuse. Outer petals coriaceous, concave, cucullate, clawed, *5 to ‘75 in. 
long; inner one-third shorter, ovate, acute. Anthers with a blunt conical apical process ; 
style elongate; stigma 2-lobed; ovule solitary. Ripe carpels oblong, apiculate, tapering 
to the base, sessile, *75 in. long. Hook. jil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 75.—Goniothalamus cymbi- 
formis, Bedd. mss. in Herb. Madras; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 62.—Uvaria obovata, 
Heyne ex Wall. Cat, 6471.—Polyalthia cardiopetala, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. 
ii, 39.—Polyalthia Wynaadensis, Bedd. uss. in Herb. Madras.—Atrutegia Thomsoni, 
Bedd. uss. 
Southern India: in Canara and North Wynaad, up to 3,000 feet. Annamally 
eee who originally described this species, says the inner petals, when fresh, 
are marked with the figure of a heart; hence the specific name. 
res Wi 129. Goniothalamus cardiopetalu. AH. f. § Th. 1, Flowering branch; 
2, young flower from another specimen; %, ripe carpels—of natural size 5 4, inner petal; 
5, calyx and andro-gynecium ; 6 & 7, anthers; 8, pistil; 9, section of pistil—enlarged. 
13. GontorHaLaAMus GicanTEus, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 109. A tree 30 to 70 
feet high; young branches very pale, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, OPIOnE) shortly acumi- 
nate, the base cuneate; the edges slightly recurved (when dry); upper ‘surface shining, 
glabrous; the lower dull, puberulous; the midrib very prominent; main nerves 10 to 
14 pairs, very ‘slender, spreading, more .conspicuous above than below ; length 6 to 
10 in., breadth 2°25 to 2°75 in.; petiole -25 in., deeply channelled. Flowers very laree; 
from the axils of fallen leaves and from the younger branches; peduncles recurved, 1 in. 
or more long (elongated in the fruit), pubescent. Sepals ovate, acute, pubescent outside, 
