98 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
of sepals and andro-gyneecium; 6, inner petals; 7, andro-gyneecium—%f natural size ; 
8, anthers; 9, pistils—enlarged. | | 
22. Gonrornatamus Ripuey1, King im Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 76. A 
tree; young branches slender, puberulous. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic, shortly 
and abruptly acuminate; the base sub-acute, pale when dry; both surfaces reticulate; the 
upper dull, glabrous except the puberulous midrib and nerves; the lower shining, pube- 
rulous on the midrib nerves and reticulations; main nerves about 6 pairs, curving, 
ascending; length about 8 in., breadth 4°5 in.; petiole ‘25 in., puberulous. Flowers 1'75 
to 2 in. long, in fascicles on long pedicels from warted, puberulous, woody tubercles 
on the stem; pedicels 25 to 3:5 in. long, minutely bracteolate at the base. Sepals 
coriaceous, broadly ovate-elliptic, obtuse, nerved, °6 in. long, free, spreading, puberulous. 
Petals coriaceous, pale brown; the outer elliptic-oblong to ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, 
with a broad thickened claw, puberulous, 1°65 to 2 in. long; inner row a little longer 
than the sepals, obovate, apiculate, with narrow claw. Stamens numerous, long, narrow, 
much compressed; the apical process of the connective small, sub-conic. Ovaries oblong, 
narrow; style cylindric, puberulous; stigma 2-lobed. Ripe carpels obovoid-globular, taper- 
ing slightly to the short stalk, glabrous, about 1 in. long. 
Singapore; at Sunga Murai,—Ridley. Borneo,—Beccari No. 3610. 
It is possible that in the above description the size of the leaves may be under- 
stated, as the only one which I have seen may not be of average size. 
Prats 138. Goniothalamus Ridleyi, Aimy. 1, Leaf; 2, fascicle of flowers; 3, carpel; 
4, flower dissected—of natural size; 5 & 6 anthers; 7, pistil-—enlarged. 
23. GONIOTHALAMUS SESQUIPEDALIS, Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. 108. A glabrous 
erect shrub 2 to 5 feet high; young branches stout, rather dark or cinereous. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, the base cuneate 
or rounded; the edges recurved; both surfaces shining, the lower paler; main nerves 
16 to 20 pairs, spreading, inter-arching boldly far from the edges, prominent beneath, 
transverse veins oblique, distinct; length 7 to 15 in. breadth 2°5 to 3:5 in.; petiole 
"9 to ‘75 in., stout. lowers axillary or supra-axillary, solitary, rarely in pairs, greenish- 
yellow; pedicels ‘1 to -2 in,, stout, with a few scale-like bracteoles at the base; sepals 
broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, membranous, persistent, reticulate, 25 in. long. Petals 
coriaceous; the outer linear-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 1 in. long, glabrous, with a 
pubescent spot inside; the inner about °6 in.. long, ovate-acuminate, pubescent inside. 
Ovaries narrowly ovoid, not so long as the cylindric styles, strigose; stigma minutely 
2- or 3-toothed. pe carpels few, ovoid, apiculate; the base blunt, glabrous, °75 to 
1 im. long, orange-red when ripe. Hook. fil. Fi. Br. Ind. i. 73; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. 
1, 41.—Gnuatteria sesquipedalis, Wall. Pi. As. Rar. iii. t. 266; Cat. 6446.—G. 
macrophylla, A. DC, Mem. 42 (not of. Biume); Wall. Cat. 6461.. | 
Along the base of the Himalayas in tropical forests; from Sikkim to Assam; ¢the 
Assam range; Burmah: at low elevations. 
PLatE 139. Goniothalamus sesquipedalis, Hook. fil. & Thoms. 1, Flowering branch ; 
*, ripe carpels—of natural size ; 3, flower dissected; 4, anthers; 5, ovaries—endarged. 
