1892.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malay Peninsula. 71 



Leaves shining, reticulate, 

 glabrous ; ripe carpels 

 oblong, '5 to 6 in. long 9. G. Grifithii. 

 Leaves glabrous, opaque, 

 dull, not reticulate ; ripe 

 carpels globular-obo- 

 void; '4 in. long. ... 10. G. macrophyllus, 



Flowers in fascicles from tubercles near 



the base of the stem ... ... 11. G. Ridley i. 



Style cylindric ; stigma 3-toothed ; apices 

 of anthers acuminate. 



Leaves thickly coriaceous; nerves in- 

 conspicuous ... ... ... 12. G. Tapis. 



Leaves strongly and prominently nerved. 

 Sepals large, orbicular-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, "65 to 1 in. long ... 13. G. Scortechinii. 

 Sepals small, ovate acuminate, '2 



in. long ... ... ... 14. G.Wrayi. 



Ovules and seeds 4 ... ... ... 15. G. uvaiioides. 



1. Goniothalamus SUBEVENIUS, King, n. sp. A shrub or small 

 tree ; young branches slender, puberulous ; otherwise glabrous except 

 the flower. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong, tapering at each 

 end ; upper surface shining, pale-greenish when dry ; the lower paler, 

 dull ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, sub-horizontal, invisible or very faint 

 on either side ; length 3"5 to 6'5 in., breadth 1*25 to 1*75 in., petiole 

 •2 in. Flowers solitary, axillary, - 75 to '9 in. long ; pedicels "4 to *6 

 in. long, ebracteate. Sepals broadly ovate, bluntly acuminate, 3-nerved, 

 minutely pubescent on both surfaces, "3 in. long. Petals thinly coria- 

 ceous, puberulous except towards the base inside, lanceolate, sub-acute ; 

 the inner petals half as large as the outer, slightly clawed. Stamens 

 with broad orbicular sub-convex apical process. Ovaries narrowly oblono-, 

 style cylindric, curved ; stigma subulate, entire. Ripe carpels ovoid to 

 oblong, obtuse, tapering very little at the base, glabrous, '5 to '75 in. • 

 stalks "35 to '45 in. 



Perak ; at low elevations, King's Collector. 



2. Goniothalamus tenuifolius, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 8 feet 

 high ; glabrous except the petals ; young branches slender, dark-coloured 

 striate. Leaves thinly membranous, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate 

 shortly acuminate, the base acute ; main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, spreadino- 

 inter-arching within the minutely undulate margin, faint or both sur- 

 faces ; length 4'5 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 1*75 in., petiole '2 in. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, drooping ; pedicels slender, bi-bracteolate at the base 



