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24. GontorHatamus Tapis, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 371. A tree 15 to 40 feet 
high; all parts, except the flowers, glabrous; young branches pale brown. Leaves coriace- 
ous, oblong, abruptly shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; 
the edges recurved (when dry); both surfaces dull, brown when dry, the lower paler ; 
main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, thin, spreading, very indistinct, the midrib prominent 
beneath; length 5°5 to 9 in., breadth 2°5 to 3:25 in.; petiole ‘3 in. Flowers solitary and 
supra-axillary, or in fascicles from tubercles on the branches; pedicels curved, *4 in. long, 
bracteolate at the base. Sepals free, ovate, acute, spreading, pubescent, persistent, -4 in. 
long. Petals coriaceous, puberulous; the outer ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, contracted 
and thickened at the base, 1:75 in. long; the inner ovate, acute, much contracted and 
thickened at the base, ‘65 in. long. Anthers numerous and with conical apices. Ovaries 
narrow, hairy; style straight; ovules solitary; stigma sub-discoid-capitate, 2- to 3-lobed. 
Ripe carpels crowded, obovoid, smooth, sub-sessile, ‘4 to *d in. long, Mig. Ann. Mus. 
LIugd. Bat. ii. 385; King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 77. 
Perak ; at ee elevations, very common,—WScor sey Wray, King’s Collector, Penang 
and Pangkore,—Curtis. Distrib.—Sumatra, Borneo, 
Pirate 140. Goniothalamus Tapis, Mg. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels; 3, 
flower dissected; 4, inner petals separated from andro-gynecium; 5 & 6, young 
carpels—of natural size; 7, anthers; 8, pistils; 9, section of ovary—enlarged, 
25. GonroTHaLaMus ScorTecuinu, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 77. A 
shrub or small tree, glabrous except the flowers; young branches with rather pale striate 
bark. eaves membranous, oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, very shortly acuminate, 
narrowed from above the middle to the acute or sub-acute base; when dry the upper 
surface greenish, the lower pale brown; main nerves 18 to 24 pairs, spreading and 
inter-arching near the edges, slender, slightly prominent beneath; length 10 to 15 in., 
breadth 2:75 to 4 in.; petiole *3 in. Flowers solitary, rarely in pairs, from the 
branches below the leaves; pedicels clavate, decurved, bi-bracteolate at the base, 
‘5 in. long. Sepals rigidly membranous, large, orbicular-ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, much 
nerved and reticulate, connate below, persistent, from °65 to 1 in. long (according to 
age). Petals coriaceous, rusty-puberulous; the outer oblong-lanceolate, sub-oblique, not 
much longer than the full grown sepals; the inner broadly ovate, acute, about ‘5 in. | 
long. Axthers numerous, narrow, with elongate, conical apical processes. Ovaries narrow, 
puberulous, 1-ovuled; style straight; stigma 2- or 3-lobed. Ripe carpels crowded, ovoid- 
oblong, apiculate, glabrous, narrowed to the short stalks, 45 in, long; stalks °2 to 
-25 in. Seed smooth, pale. 
Perak; at low elevations,—Scortechini, Wray, King’s Colleetor. 
The leaves of this species much resemble those of Polyalthia oblonga, ine. 
Puare 141, Goniothalamus Scortechinii, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, flowers on a branch; 
3, flower opened up; 4, flower with outer petals removed; 5, outer and inner petals; 
6, flower with all the petals removed ; 7, inner petals; 8, torus; 9, carpels—of natural 
size; 10, anthers; 11, pistils—enlarged. 
26. GontoTHaLamus Wray, King in Journ, As, Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 78. A shrub 
- 3 to 12 feet high, glabrous except the flowers; young branches slender, very pale. 
Leaves membranous, oblanceolate to lanceolate or oblong, shortly and bluntly acuminate, — 
Any. Rov. Bor. Garp. Caucurra Vou. LY. 
