ANONACE OF BRITISH INDTA. 95 
horizontal, short, forming wide loops; length 4 to 5 in, breadth ‘7 to 1 in.; petiole 
"25 in. Flowers solitary, slightly supra-axillary ; pedicel curved, ‘2 in. long, 
bracteolate in the lower half, rusty-pubescent, as are the sepals and outer petals, 
Sepals broadly ovate, acute, ‘2 in. long, deciduous. Petals coriaceous, yellowish out- 
side and pink inside; the outer lanceolate, bluntly acyminate, ‘75 in long; the inner 
half as long, broadly ovate, sub-acute. Ovaries pubescent, with stout, clavate, bifid 
styles. Ripe carpels ovoid or oblong, apiculate, adpressed-pubescent, *3 to *d in. long, 
1- or 2-seeded; stalks ‘1 in., pubescent. Thwattes’ Enum, 7; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
16; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., #. 65, 
Ceylon: on Adam’s Peak at elevations of 2,000 to 3,000 feet, 
Prats 131A. Goniothalamus salicinus, H. f. §& Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, carpels— 
of natural size; 3, flower with a petal removed; 4, inner petal; 5, sepals and andro- 
gyneecium ; 6, anthers; 7, 8 & 9, ovaries—enlarged. 
16, GowntotHaLaMos Hooxert, Thwaites’ Enum. Pi. Ceyl. 6. A small glabrous tree ; 
young branches rather stout. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, sub-acuminate, 
the base acute; the edges slightly recurved when dry; both surfaces reticulate; the 
upper shining, the lower dull, minutely granular when dry ; main nerves slightly 
prominent beneath, 14 to 16 pairs, spreading, straight, inter-arching +2 in. from the 
edge; length 7 to 12 in., breadth 2:5 to 4:5 in.; petiole 3 to ‘d in., thick. Flowers 
solitary, axillary, or in fascicles from tubercles on the stem, pale green; pedicels +25 
to ‘75 in. Sepals ovate, acute, persistent, reticulate when dry, ‘75 in. long. Petals 
coriaceous; the outer lanceolate, slightly concave at the base, about 2 in. long; inner 
ovate, acute, pubescent inside, ‘75 in. long. Apex of anthers orbicular, convex. Ovaries 
about 25; styles subulate ; stigma minutely bifid. Ripe carpels ovoid, ‘‘the size of a 
small bean, short-stalked.” Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 73; Beddome Jc. Pl. Ind. 
OF 1.760; 
Ceylon: elevation 1,000 feet. 
Pirate 133. Goniothalamus Hookeri, Thwaites. 1, Flowering branch—of natural 
size (copied from a drawing made in the eee of the Hoyal Botanic Garden, Pera- 
deniya, and kindly lent by Dr. H. Trimen, rx”); 2, a flower dissected, the outer petals 
being removed; 3, anthers; 4, pistils—enlarged. 
17. GontorHaLamus FuLvus, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 75. A shrub; 
young branches slender, dark-coloured, at first rufous-pubescent, afterwards glabrous. 
Leaves membranous, pellucid-dotted, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or with a short broad 
point; upper surface glabrous, the lower puberulous; main nerves — to 16 pairs, 
slightly prominent beneath, spreading ; length 7 to 10 in., breadth 2°5 to 3°25 in. ; 
petiole -3 in., pubescent. lowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 25 in., puberulous. Sepals 
: broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent, connate at the base, -25 in. long. Petals coriaceous, 
densely sericeous ; the outer oblong-lanceolate, attenuate to the apex, slightly keeled 
outside, 1 to 1:25 in. long; inner about ‘3 in. long, ovate, acute. Stamens numerous ; 
apices of anthers very convex, puberulous. Ovaries oblong, pubescent; style cylindric, 
glabrous; stigma bifid. Fruit unknown. King ix Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 74, 
Malacca,—Grifith (Kew Distrib.) No. 400. 
