1896.] G. Kmg—McUermls for a Flora of ihe Malayan Peninsula. Ai?> 



Ovary obcordate, 2-lobed, pubescent, style jrlfibrons. Fruit usually with 

 only oue properly developed lobe (the other sub-aborted) oval and 

 blnnt, or sub-globose, glabrous, 1 in. long and '5 in. in diam. ; -wlien 

 globular '5 to '6 in. in diam. Irina alnifolia, Blume Kumphia III, 117. 



Peiak: King's Collector, Nos. 8790,6919, 7774, 7983, 8212; Scorte- 

 chini, No. 113; Wray, No. 1336. Singapore: Ridley, 637:^. Penang : 

 Curtis, No. 1600. 



A species with much smaller leaves leaflefs and inflorescence than 

 P. pinnala, Forst. Miquel (Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, 558) reduces it to 

 T. tomenfosa, Bl. which is in my opinion doubtfully distinct from T. 

 ylahra, Blume. But P. alnifolia appears to me a perfectly good distinct 

 species recognisable nt a glance from every form of P. pinnata, Foi st. 



Besides the preceding there are in the Herbarium Calcutta two species 

 of Fometia which, for want of complete material, I do not describe. One 

 of these is from Penang (Curtis, No. 1668). It has entire leaflets some- 

 what like those of P. alnifolia and globular fruit. Flowers are quite 

 wanting. For it I propose the name P. Curtisii. The other is from 

 Negri Sembihm, communicated by Mr. H. N. Ridley. It also has leaflets 

 somewhat like those of P alnifolia, but broader and with entiie undu- 

 late edges. The inflorescence and flowers are quite glabrous. Fruit 

 is wanting. To this I have given the MSS. name P. Ridleyi. 



11. Gdioa, Cav. 



Erect shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, exstipulate ; leaflets 1 to 6 

 (rarely 10) pairs ; more or less lanceolate, oblique, entire, often coria- 

 ceous. Flowers in simple or branched racemes, axillaiy or fj-om the axils 

 of fallen leaves, sub-globose in bud. Sepals 5, ovate-rotund, thick, con- 

 cave, imbricate in 2 rows, pubescent at the edges. Petals 5, each with 2 

 pectinate scales. Disc entire, annular, or semilunar, or crescentic. 

 Stamens 8. Ovary 3-angled, with a single curved style and 3-lobed 

 stigma. Fruit sessile or pedicelled, obliquely obcordate, boldly 3-winged, 

 glabrous, the interior of the pericarp cartilaginous. Seeds wholly or 

 partly enveloped in a thin arillus with 2 flexuose appendages. Coty- 

 ledons fleshy and oily, the inner obliquely conduplicate ; the radicle 

 inferior. — Distrib. About 33 species Malayan and Australian. 



Rachises of the leaves narrowly winged ... I. G. pleuropteris. 



Rachises of the leaves terete 



Leaflets glabrous on both surfaces ... 2. G. squamosa. 



Leaflets sparsely pubescent on the upper, 



pubescent on the lower surface... ... 3. G. fuscidula. 



Leaflets densely tomentose on the lower sur- 

 face ... ... ... ... 4. G. puhescens. 



