Gmelina. 215 



V. 64; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. II, 2, 1153; Blanco, 

 Fl. de Fil. 492; Schauer. DC, Prodr. XI, 678; Engler 

 u. Prantl Nat. Pfl. fam. IV, 3a, 173; Hook f., FI. Br.- 

 Ind. IV, 581 ; Koorders en Valeton, Bijdr. Booms. Java 

 no. 7, 196; King and Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 

 LXXIV, 4, 823; MfqueZ, Fl. Ind. Bat. II, 865; Hasskad, 

 2e Cat. 's Lands Pl.tuin Btz. 135; Roxburgh, Fl. ind. Ill, 

 82; Hall. f. Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 37, 55. - 

 Trees or shrubs; branchlets often spinous; leaves' opposite, 

 rarely also alternate, simple, entire, usually with some 

 large glands (extrafloral nectaries) near the base; flowers 

 sometimes solitary in the axils of the leaves, usually on 

 cymose inflorescences; inflorescences composed, terminal, 

 paniculate; cymules short, decussate, few-flowered, axillary, 

 especially the lower ones, in the axils of leaves or bracts; 

 calyx persistent, truncate or 4 — 5-toothed, often somewhat 

 irregular or oblique, generally with large glands, enlarged 

 in fruit: corolla zygomorphous, tube narrow at base, 

 funnel-shaped with wide throat, limb oblique, more or less 

 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed or entire, lower lip 3-lobed, 

 midlobe largest; stamens 4, distinctly didynamous, inserted 

 in the lower part of the corolla-tube, usually included, 

 sometimes exserted; anthers with parallel fissures; style 

 slender with unequally 2-lobed or subulate stigma; ovary 

 (2 — )4-celled and -seeded often with a central cavity; 

 fruit with 1 four- or by abortion 3- or 2-seeded pyrene. 

 Distribution: Deccan Peninsula, Ceylon (Trimen), Malay 

 Peninsula! and Archipelago!, S.-China (//aZfterj. Philippines!, 

 Australia (Benth. and v. MuelL), Palau-isl.! 



1. a. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves ... 2. 

 b. Flowers in cymose or racemose inflorescences . . 3. 



2. a. Base of leaves acute; lower surface glandular, not 



pubescent; calyx 2— 2.2 cM. long 1. G. uniflora p. 217. 



b. Base of leaves cordate or rounded, lower surface pubescent ; 



calyx 0.5 cM. long . . . . 3. G. arborea p. 219. 



3. a. Leaves more or less densely pubescent beneath . 4. 



