482 G. Kiug — 'Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 



Tenasseiim and Andamans : Heifer, Nos. 1117 and 11 J8. 



3. Gldta coarctata, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 22. A small tree, 

 all parts except the puberulous inflorescence glabrous. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, often recurved and conduplicate, obovate-oblong, oblan- 

 ceolate-oblong or oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, narrowed in the lower 

 third to the short stout petiole, occasionally minutely cordate ; the 

 edges often undulate : both surfaces shining and reticulate ; main 

 nerves 13 to 20 pairs, spreading, faint on both surfaces ; length 5 to 

 9 in., breadth ]'75to 3 in. ; petiole '1 to '35 in., stout. Panicles axillary, 

 shorter than the leaves, pedunculate, tawny-puberulous, with a few 

 corymbose branches, each with 3 to 5 shortly pedicelled flowers nearly 

 •4 in. long when fresh. Calyx, half as long as the petals, shortly bilobed, 

 cinereous-tomentose. Petals 5, broa:lly oblanceolate, veined, puberu- 

 lous outside. Stamens 5, shorter than the petals, the gynophore much 

 shorter. Ovary obliquely sub-reuiform, orbicular, rugulose, glabrous, the 

 style lateral. Drupe sub-globose, apiculate, with an irregularly tuber- 

 culate ridge round the base, the sides also irregularly tubercle-ridged ; 

 the ej^icarp leathery ; the mesocarp white, fibrous and spongy ; the 

 endocarp coriaceous, adnate to the erect seed. Cotyledons unequally 

 sub- hemispheric, fleshy, about 1*5 iu. long when fresh. Engler in 

 DC. Mod. Phan. IV, 227, (excl. syn. G. velutina Bl.) 



Malacca : Griffith, No. 1120. Perak : Scortechiui, No. 1375. J chore : 

 King and Hullett. — Disteib. Sumatra. 



The Bornean species which Blume (Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 183) 

 names G. velutina is known only by his description which consists of 

 the following six words ''^ paniculae ramis patent ibus calycibusqne sericeo 

 velutinisy It is considered by Dr. Engler to be identical with this : 

 but Blume's description, short as it is, appears to me to negative the 



^estion. 



4. Gluta Wkati, King n. sp. A tree, all parts except the in- 

 florescence glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic, sub-acute, the 

 edges sub-undulate, narrowed from about the middle to the broadly 

 channelled petiole, both surfaces faintly reticulate when dry ; the main 

 nerves 12 to 14 pairs, spreading, quite obsolete on the upper surface, 

 faint on the lower; length 4 to 65 in., breadth 1'6 to 2*5 in. ; petiole 

 •6 or '7 in. Panicles in the upper leaf-axils only, much shorter than the 

 leaves, shortly pedunculate, densely and minutely pubescent, the branches 

 spreading ; the flowers numerous, *4 in, long, crowded towards the apices ; 

 pedicels shorter than the buds. Calyx pubescent outside, about half as 

 long as the petals. Petals 5, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, rather blunt 

 at the apex, the base clawed, puberulous outside, glabrescent inside. 

 Stamens 5, longer than the petals, anthers short, filaments thickened 



