392 XXVIII. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Gremia. 



Malacca, Grifith, Maingay. 



Leaves 8 by 3 in., glabrescent or thinly stellate-hairy, nerves prominent beneath, secon- 

 dary nerves distant ; petiole 1 in., thickened at the end, tomentose. Stipules cadncons. 

 Inflorescence terminal, floccose-tomentose ; cymes half the length of the leaves, ultimate 

 pedicels with 3 ovate entire bracts supporting as many flowers. Bvda oblong. Sepols 

 linear-oblong, J in., tomentose. Petals notched, dilated at the base, shorter than the 

 sepals. Torus not much longer than the petaline glands. Drupe 1 in., furfuraceo- 

 tomentose, crustaceous, fibrous in the middle ; stone 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



31. G. calophylla, Kurz' in Andaman Report, App. B, iii. ; shrubby, 

 leaves glabrous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded, drupe 2-celled. 



Andaman isles, Kurs ; Malacca ? Maingay. 



Leaves 6-7 by 3 in., coriaceous, entire, 3-nerved, secondary nerves distant ; petiole 

 J-i in. Inflorescence terminal, pedicels articulate. ^Tower-buds eylindrio, hoary, 

 striated. Sepals linear-oblong. Petals shorter than the sepals. Drupe I by 4 in., 

 obovate, tapering at the base into a stalk, coriaceous and glabrous externally, fiVjrous 

 within ; stones 2, 1-celled.— Kurz suggests (Flora 1872, 397) that Inodaphnis lanceo- 

 lata, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Supp. i. 357, from Sumatra is this plant. 



32. Ct. latifolia, Mast. ; a tree, leaves glabrescent above stellate-hairy 

 beneath oblong acuminate inequilateral entire tapering at the base sub- 

 3-nerved, inflorescence terminal fulvo-tomentose, drupe 1-celled. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Leaves 7-8 by 3^ in. ; petiole \ in., pilose. Inflorescence cymose, peduncles half 

 the length of the leaves, pedicels divaricate. Drupe ovoid, 1 by | in., glabrous, rind 

 yellow, crustaceous, middle coat fibrous; stone I -celled, 1- or more-seeded. — I have 

 not seen flowers of this species, which, however, appears quite distinct. 



33. Ck. laurlfolla, Hook. ms. ; shrubby, leaves glabrous oblong sub- 

 acuminate mucronate entire, inflorescence pubescent terminal and ax3lary. 



Malacca and Penang, Maingay, Griffith, &c. — Disteib. Borneo. 



A shrab or tree? Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by If in., shining, base 

 3-nerved, secondary nerves very distant ; petiole 1 in. Cj/me shorter than the leaves. 

 Involucre of 3 ovate dentate bracts. Sepals 5, pubescent. Petals 5, or fewer by 

 abortion, sometimes absent. Drupe 4 in., globose, yellow, 1-lobed by abortion, tapering 

 below into a stalk of nearly equal length to itself, fibrous within ; stone 3-celled. Seed 



1 by abortion. — Fruit agreeable subacid (^Maingay). 



Sect. III. nXicrocos. Inflorescence terminal, in panicled cymes. Flowers 

 involucrate. Drupe entire, fleshy (unknown in G. sinuata). 



34. G. sinuata, WaU. Cat. 1108; shrubby, branches spreading glabres- 

 cent, leaves ovate obtuse sinuate, stipules entire as long as the very short 

 petiole. 



Maetaban and Tenasseeim, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 



Branches slender, rigid,_ widely spreading, thinly stellate-hairy when young. Leaves 



2 by 1 in., glabrous, coriaceous, base rounded, scarcely 3-nerved, secondary nerves 

 straight, apex obtusely acuminate ; petiole J-^ in. Stipules subulate, as long as the 



Eetiole. Cymes at the ends of the branches. Buds obovoid, longer than the pedicels, 

 oary. Sepals oblong. Petals oblong, entire, half the length of the sepals. Torus 

 as long as the glands. Fruit not seen. 



35. Cr. Mlcrocos, L. ; DC. Prodr. i. 510 ; shrubby, leaves glabrescent 

 ovate or obovate-lanceolate serrulate acuminate, stipules subulate-lanceolate 

 W. & A. Frod/r. i. 81 ; Wall. Cat. 1098 ; Wight III. t. 33 ; Thwaites Enum. 

 32 J Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 202 ; Bah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26. G. ulmi- 

 folia, Roxl. HoH. Beng. 42; Fl. Ind. ii. 591 ; Wall. Cat. 1098, 1, 2, 3, and 



