Giiatteria.] rLORA indica. 141 



scentes. Flores parvi. Sepala ovata, acuta, strigoao-tomentosa. Petala crasse co- 

 riacea, atrigoso-pubescentia; e.rteriora sepalis duplo majors, rotundata, abrupte acu- 

 minata ; interiora cxt. fere duplo majora, i poll, longa, rotundata, acutinscula. 

 Ovaria dense strigosa. Torus fructus parvua. Carpella 10 vel plura, pedicello vix 

 lineara longo suffulta, pisi maguitudine, grauulata, vix puberula. 



6. G. Corinti (Duu. Anon. 134) ; foliis ovatis vel oblongis rarius 

 lanceolatis lucidis coiiaceis utrinque prseter costam pubenilam glaber- 

 rimis, pediceUis axillaribus solitariis, petalis ovali-oblongis, carpellis 

 ovoideis granulosis strigoso-pubescentibus. — BC. Syst. i. 507, Prod. i. 

 94; JF. et A. Prod. i. 10 ; WigU, III. t. 398. G. aoutiflora, Wall. 

 Cat. 6438 ! (excl. D). 



Hab. In Zeylania ! Malabar ! Tanjor ! et Courtalam ! — {p. s.) 



Frutex (scandens, ex Wight) ramosus, foliosua. Hamuli cinerei vel nigricantes, 

 cortice rugoso glabro, juniores puberoli ; gemmae atrigoao-tomentoase. Folia acu- 

 minata, basi acuta vel rotundata, 2-4 poll, longa, 1-3 lata, pet. 2 lin. longo, pellu- 

 cido-punctata, aupra atro-viridia, nervis obliquis, venulis conspicue reticulatis, aubtus 

 pallidiora ; petiolo et coata utrinque pilis adpresais sparsis puberulis, demum glabratis. 

 Pedicelli fiUformea, 1-3-pollicares, strigoao-pubescentea, basi et infra medium brac- 

 teola minuta squamroformi rariua folioaa muniti. Sepala rotundata, acutiuscula, ex- 

 tus tomentosa. Petala pubescentia ; interiora paullo majora, \-\ poll, longa. Ovaria 

 strigoso-pilosa. Torus fructus non dilatatua. Carpella 5-15, fere \ poll, longa, 

 pedicello ajquilongo strigoso. 



Apparently a very variable plant in form of leaf ; but all the specimens before us 

 certainly belong to one species. Wight figures the fruit as globose, but in most of the 

 specimens before us it is a little ovoid. G. sempervirens, Dunal, and 0. acutijlora, 

 Dunal, founded entirely on liheede's figures (Hort. Mai. v. t. 16, 18), appear to ns 

 to diifer in no character of importance from t. 14 of the same volume, which is con- 

 sidered to represent G. Corinti, Dun. The shape of the petals varies from acute to 

 obtuse, and the flowers vary a good deal in size. G. sempervirens is said by Rheede 

 to be common in Malabar, and G. acutijlora to grow in mountainous places ; and it 

 is not likely that no trace of these speciea (if distinct) ahould be found in Dr. Wight's 

 extensive collections. There can at least be no doubt that G. acutijlora, which is 

 the only one of the three figured in flower, is only the flowering state of one of the 

 other two. 



7. G. Jenkinsii (H.f. et T.); foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque 

 glahevriniis, pediceUis axillaribus plerumque solitariis, petalis (magnis) 

 ovato-lanceolatis, carpellis oblongis pedicellatis. 



Hab. Assam, Jertkins } Silhet! Malacca, Griff.! — {v. v.) 



Arior (forsan scandens) ramosissinia. Ramuli stricti, graciles, glabri, cortice ni- 

 ' gricante vel griseo raguloso, juniores fusco-pubescentes. Folia acuta vel acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel acutiuscula, 4-7 poll, longa, 1^- fere 3 lata, petiolo J-poU., tenui- 

 ter coriacea, lucida, subtus pallida, nervis obliquis remotis parallelis, venulis con- 

 spicue reticulatis. Pedicelli (rarius bini) -|-1 poll, longi, stricti, fulvo-tomentosi, 

 basi bracteolis 2-3 miuutis squamseformibus stipati, medio et prope apicem bracteo- 

 1am rotundatam vel oblongam deciduam gerentes. Sepala \ poll, longa, ovalia, 

 extus tomentosa. Petala basi angustata, plana, tenuiter coriacea, ext. If, int. \\ 

 poll, longa (^ poll, lata) ; juniora cinereo-incana, demum puberula tantum. Ovaria 

 strigoso-pilosa. Torus fructus globosus, tomeutosus. Carpella numerosa, oblonga, 

 apiculata, f-poUicaria, pedicello fequilongo, glabra, minute granulosa. 



8. G. coffeoides (Thwaites, uiss.) ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo- 

 Innceolatis utrinque glaberrirnis, pediceUis axillaribus solitariis, petalis 



