108 FLOEA INDICA. [Ationacea. 



vioribus, floribus -l-pollicaribus, petalis ext. ovalibua obtusis. — Polyal- 

 thia cardiopetala, DaU. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bat. ii. 39. TJvaria obo- 

 vata, Heyne ex Wall. Gat. 6471 ! 



Hab. In montibus Canara, Rottler (in Hb. Koyle) ! Heyne ! Bah. 

 Gibson I — (Tl. Apr.) {p. s.) 



Arior parva. Hamuli glabri, cortice fnsco rugnloao. Qemma adpresse fulvo- 

 pubescentes. Tolia 6-9 poll, longa, 2-3 lata, petlolo -|-poIl. Pedunculi basi pluri- 

 bracteati. Sepala reniformi-rotundata, brevissima, apicnlata, velntiuo-pnbenda. Fe- 

 tala exteriora crasse coriacea, utrinque adpresse tomentosa ; interiora \ breviora, ia 

 mitram ovalem obtasiusculum coalita. Ovaria lineari-oblonga, stylo Eequilongo. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Our description is taken from Heyne'a spedmens in Wallieh's collection in the 

 museum of the Linnean Society, and from a specimen just received from Dr. Gibson. 

 Dalzell's description quite corresponds, 90 that we have no doubt of the identity of 

 the two. 



7. G. sesquipedalis (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lanceolatis vel lineari-ob- 

 longis obtusis abrupte et obtuse acuminatis, pedunculis supra-axillari- 

 bus petiolo brevioribus, floribus vix |-polI)caribus, petalis exterioribus 

 oblongis longe acuminatis. — Guatteria sesquipedalis. Wall. Plant. As. 

 Rar. iii. t. 266 ! Cat. 6446 ! G. macrophylla, A. DC. Mem. 42, non 

 Blume; Wall. Cat. 6451! 



Hab. In montibus Khasia a basi ad alt. 40-00 ped. ! in prov. Silhet! 

 et Tenasserim, Wall. ! — (Fl. Apr. Mai.) (u. v.) 



Frutex 2-4-pedalis, subsimplex, erectns, cortice griseo vel nigricaute rngoso gla- 

 bro. Folia 9-13 poll, longa, 2-3^ lata, petiolo f-poH., coriacea, glaberrima, supra 

 nitida, subtus pallida, marginibus in sicco recni'vis, minutissime pellncido-punc- 

 tata. Fedunculi -|— ^-poUicares, basi bracteis pluribns minutis squamseformibus di- 

 sticliis muniti. Sepala ovata, glabriuscula, -J-poll., in fructu persistentia. Petala 

 exteriora vix pnberula, iutus obscure carinata, basi macula oblonga tomentosa no- 

 tata ; interiora subfequilonga, in mitram elongatam apice attennatam coalita, extus 

 pubescentia, intus dense fulvo-sericea. Torus truncatus. Ovaria linearia, dense 

 aureo-strigosa, intus sulcata, stylo eylindrico recurvo ajquilongo. Carpella 8-10 vel 

 abortu plerumque pauciora (3-4), pediceUo vix lineam longo suffulta, |-poll., ovalia, 

 apice mucronata, glabra, minute granulata. 



8. G. Simonsii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lineari-oblongis vel anguste 

 obovato-oblongis basi aoutis apice longe acuminatis subtus puberulis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus petiolo brevioribus, floribus ultrapollicaribus, pe- 

 talis exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis. 



Hab. In montibus Khasia, alt. 2-3000 ped., Simons! — (Fl. Jun.) 

 {v. V.) 



Ardor parva, vix 20-pedali3, erecta, parum ramosa. lUimi elongati, rugosi, cortice 

 cinereo ; ramuli Ifevigati, cum omnibus partibus novellis dense ferrugineo-tomen- 

 tosi. Folia 9-15 poU. longa, 2|— 4J lata, petiolo i-poUicari, apice iu acumen an- 

 gustum fere lineare -J-l poll, longum, apice ohtusum, subito angustata, tenuiter co- 

 riacea, minute peUucido-punctata, supra glabra, nitida, subtus pallidiora, secus petio- 

 lum et nervos fen-ugineo-tomentosa. Venulee arcuatje, in nervum submarginalem 

 conspicunm coalitse. Pedunculi plerumque ad axillas foliorum delapsorum secus 

 ramos nudos dispositi, vix \ poll, longi, basi bracteolis oblongis vel ovatis squamaj- 

 formibus distichis muniti. Se-pala late ovata, acuta, nervosa, pubescentia, \ poll, 

 longa, iu fructu persistentia. Petala exteriora apice obtusiuscula, crasse coriacea. 



