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from above the middle to the short petiole ; both surfaces when dry 

 brown, tinged (especially on the paler lower surface) with olivaceous, 

 the midrib prominent on both ; the 10 to 12 pairs of curved ascending 

 main nerves prominent on the lower but indistinct on the upper surface ; 

 length 7 to 9 in., breadth 1-75 to 3-5 in. ; petiole -6 to 1 in long. Stipules 

 spathaceous, 1'25 in. long, opening on one side, embracing the petiole by a 

 rounded basal wing ; the upper part caducous and leaving the irregularly 

 quadrate, persistent, coriaceous, pale, margined base. Cymes panicu- 

 late, lax, with a few linear deflexed bracteoles, supra-axillary, about 

 3 in. long (longer in fruit), one-third being peduncle ; the branches few% 

 lax, the lower deflexed. Flowers in threes, rather crowded towards the 

 apices of the branches, on thick pedicels shorter than themselves, before 

 expansion only about 1 in. long. Calyx cylindric ; the mouth under 

 •1 in. in diam., very shortly 5-toothed, glabrous outside like the corolla. 

 Coro//a-tube twice as long as the calyx, constricted above the middle ; 

 the lobes triangular, thick ; the throat very hairy inside. Anthers 

 hidden amongst hairs ; their filaments short. Ovary 2-ceIled, the cells 

 1-ovuled. Fruit glabrous, obliquely obovoid or globular, but somewhat 

 contracted at the base, crowned by the minute remains of the calyx, about 

 •3 in. in length. Seed (by abortion) solitary, with much horny albumen. 



Peeak : Scortechini 203 ; Wray 1948, 2283 ; Kincfs Collector 8449. 



5. Gaeetnbea geisea. Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 92 (1883). A small 

 bush ; young branches as thick as a swan- or goose-quill, compressed, 

 pale, minutely pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, large ; oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, apex shortly acuminate, base rounded or cuneate ; edges slightly 

 recurved ; upper surface glabrous, lower softly pale-cinereous-pubescent ; 

 main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, oblique, slightly curved, bold on the lower sur- 

 face, faint on the upper ; midrib broad, prominent on the lower surface 

 (when dry), flat on the upper; length 8 to 11 in., breadth 2 to 4-5 in. ; 

 petiole '35 to "75 in. ; intra-petiolar stipules united to form an adpressed 

 cinereous-pubescent sheath, -75 in. long, with 1 or 2 apical points. Cymes 

 terminal or axillary, solitary, 2-5 to 5 in. long and 2 to 3 in. across, 

 cinereous-pubescent everywhere, on peduncles 1 to 4 in. long, tricho- 

 tomous and with small triangular bracts at the divisions. Floioers 

 •25 to '3 in. long. Calyx under -1 in. long, campanulate, with 5 broad, 

 triangular, spreading teeth. Corolla '2 to -25 in. long, thick, cylindric ; 

 limb short, with 5 deep, oblong-lanceolate, valvate lobes with inflexed 

 tips. Anthers 5, linear, inserted by short filaments below the glabrous 

 throat. Style thick ; stigma with 2 broad lobes. Ovary 2-celled ; 

 o\niles numerous. Fruit unkown. Psychotria ?, Wall. Cat. 8389. 



JoHOEE : Eidley lll^S; Murton 159, Singapoee : Wallich; Bidley 

 2697. 



