1896.] G-. King — Materials for a Flora of tlie Malayan Peninsula, 383 



triquetrous but not winged, rusty- tomentose, "4 to "5 in. long and "25 to 

 '35 in. in diam., the withered calyx very prominent at its apex. 



Middle Andaman Island : common. 



The nearest ally of this species is undoubtedly O. Brandisii, Hassk. 

 from which however, this is easily distinguished by its more glabrous 

 flowers, and oblong wingless fruit. This also (in its entire leaves) resem- 

 bles G. microcarpa DC. and the S. American species G. discolor, Spruce. 



2. Gouania leptostachta, DC. Prod. II, 4. Young branches glab- 

 rous. Leaves broadly ovate, acute or shortly and bluntly caudate- 

 acuminate, serrate or crenate in the upper three-fourths, the base 

 rounded sub-truncate or slightly cordate ; upper surface glaberulous, 

 minutely sub-scaberulous when dry ; tlie lower minutely areolate when 

 dry, glabrous except the nerves which are sometimes puberulous ; 

 length 1*75 to 3 in. 'Racemes 6 to 12 in. long, slender, pubescent. 

 Flowers in distant 3-4-flowered cymes, shortly pedicelled, almost glab- 

 rous. Disc glabrous, with 5 oblong truncate-emarginate lobes. Styles 

 united for half their length. Fruit broader than long, emarginate at 

 base and apex, glabrous ; length '25'to - 3 in., breadth *4 to "5 in. Roxb. 

 -Corom. PL I, 67, t. 98 (not Lamk.) ; Wall Cat. 4270: W. and A. Prod. 

 166: Dalz. and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 50 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 643; 

 Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 269; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 1, 650 

 (in part.) G. Nepalensis, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ecL Carey, II, 417; 

 Wall. Cat. 4272. 



Perak and Andamans :— Distrib. Brit. India. 



3. Gouania Javanica, Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. 1, p. 649. Young 

 branches and racemes rufous-tomentose. Leaves ovate, acute, crenate 

 in the upper three-fourths, the base rounded or slightly cordate ; upper 

 surface shortly pubescent especially on the nerves; under surface areolate, 

 .sparsely pubescent, the nerves rufous-tomentose ; main nerves 6 or 7 

 .pairs, very little curved, ascending; length 1*5 to 25 in., breadth l'J to 

 2 in., petiole '5 in. Spikes "3 to 6 in. long, sometimes cirrhiferous near 

 the base. Flowers in -very short 2-4-flowered cymes, subsessile, each 

 cyme with several sub-persistent ultimately reflexed lanceolate brac- 

 fceoles. Calyx woolly, more or less rufescent. Disc glabrous, with 5 

 subulate marginal lobes. Styles united nearly to the apex. Fruit as 

 in G. leptostachya, but one-third smaller. M. Javanica, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. Vol. I, Pt. 2, p. 649. 



Malacca : Griffith ; Sungei Ujong, Cantley 1855. Perak ; King's 

 Collector, rTos. 1009, 1046 ; Ridley, No. 3014 ; Wray, Nos. 3324, 4260. 

 Distrib. Sumatra,. Forbes, 1263, 2593, 2933a. Java. 



This species has been often confounded with G. microcarpa DC, 

 which it certainly resembles in some respects- I have examined a 



