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Leaves broad and rounded at the apex, sometimes with 

 a short broad blunt point, 225 to 4 in. long and 1"25 

 to 2'25 in. broad j fruit "5 in. in diam. ... ... 1. G» coriacea. 



Leaves acuminate at the apex, elliptic-lanceolate [often 

 narrowly so) 2*25 to 3*25 in. long and '5 to I'l in, broad • 

 fruit the size of a pea ... ... ... 2. G, siiblanceolata. 



Leaves shortly and abruptly acuminate, rarely sub- 

 acute, 3 5 to 5 in. long and 1*35 to 2*5 in. broad ; fruit 

 globose, "5 to '6 in. in diam. ... ... ... 3. G. macrophylla. 



' 1. Gynochthodes coriacea, Blume Bijdr. 993. Young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill, nearly black. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ellip- 

 tic, elliptic-rotund or elliptic-obovate, obtuse or shortly bluntly and 

 abruptly apiculate, much narrowed to the base; main-nerves 4 to 6 

 pairs, spreading, only slightly curved, faint; both surfaces alike, nearly 

 black, slightly shining; length 225 to 4 in.; breadth 1*2 to 2*25 in.; 

 petioles '4 or "5 in.; Flowers '3 in. long, few, on short axillary peduncles- 

 Gorolla-tuhe very narrow, about as long as the limb ; lobes of limb linear- 

 oblong, densely hirsute on the upper surface, spreading. Fruit globose, 

 pulpy, 4-celled; pyrenes 1-seeded. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 813; DC. 

 Prod. IV. 467. 



Singapore: (Bot. Garden Jungle), Bidley 6410, 10393, 2871.— 

 DiSTRiB. Java, Borneo, Timor. 



2. Gynochthodes suBLANCEOLATA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 548. 

 Branches thinner than a goose-quill, dark-coloured when dry. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, elliptic laticeolate, often narrowly so, acuminate, the 

 base much narrowed; both surfaces dull and blackish when dry; main- 

 nerves indistinct, 5 or 6 pairs, ascending, little curved; length 2*25 to 

 325 in.; breadth '5 to 1*1 in. ; petioles '2 to '4 in.; stipules triangular. 

 Flowers few, about '35 in. long, sub-sessile on very short axillary bran- 

 ches. Galyx-limh truncate but with 5 distant minute teeth. Gorolla- 

 tuhe short, rather wide, hairy inside ; limb with 5 broadly lanceolate 

 sub-acute lobes longer than the tube. Anthers slightly exserted. Stigma 

 with 2 elongate plano-convex lobes. Fruit pisiform, smooth, on a short 

 pedicel. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. Ill, 160. G. coriacea^ var. — , Miq. in. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. 244. Paederia tetrandra, Wall. Cat. 6249. 

 ? Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8385. Ruhiacea ? Wall. Cat. 8297. 



Singapore: G. Thomson ; Bidley; King^s Gollector S]9. Malacca: 

 Maingay (K.D.) 919; Griffith. Penang : WalUch. — Distrib. Borneo, 

 Sumatra. 



3. Gynochthodes macrophylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1872, Pt. II, 314. Young branches angled, nearly as thick as a goose- 

 quill, the bark pale. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, shortly 



