1802.] G. King — Materials for a Flora oj the Malay Peninsula, 73 



Perak : King's Collector. 



A species collected by Forbes in Eastern Sumatra (Herb. Forbes, 

 No. 3172) resembles this closely. The specimens are in fruit only, and 

 the individual carpels being a little smaller and less obovoid, it probably 

 belongs to a distinct species. Forbes' specimens have no flowers, 



4. Gonigthalamus Kunstleri, King. A shrub 4 to 10 feet high : 

 youno- branches minutely rufous-tomentose, the older pale, glabrous and 

 much striate. Leaves thinly membranous, oblanceolate to elliptic-ob- 

 lanceolate, abruptly and bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both 

 surfaces pale-brown when dry, minutely pellucid-punctate, glabrous ; 

 the midrib alone puberulous on the upper ; main nerves 11 to 13 pairs, 

 spreading, curved and inter-arching boldly a little within the mar- 

 gin, slightly prominent on the under surface : length 6 to 9 in., 

 breadth 2 to 325 in. ; petiole '35 in. puberulous. Flowers solitary, 

 slightly supra-axillary; pedicels '15 in. long. Sepals green, thinly 

 membranous, puberulous, nerved and reticulate, broadly ovate, acute, 

 spreading, very slightly cuneate at the base, '3 to '4 in. long. Petals 

 sub-coriaceous, yellow or orange-coloured ; the outer lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, slightly narrowed at the base, puberulous outside, - 8 to T25 in. 

 lono* : inner petals about one-third as long, ovate, acute, pubesceut. 

 Anthers many, short, compressed, the tops broad, flat, pubescent. Ovaries 

 about as long as the stamens, narrowly cylindric ; style long, straight, 

 thick : stigma notched. Ripe carpels crowded, broadly ovoid, slightly 

 apiculate, "4 in. long. 



Perak ; at Groping, King's Collector, Scortechini, Wray. 

 Var. marcantha, King ; leaves narrowly elliptic or oblong, bluntly 

 acuminate, puberulous beneath ; outer petals 125 to 1*5 in. long. 

 Penang and Province Wellesley : Curtis. 



5. Goniothalamus giganteus, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind., 109. 

 A tree 30 to 70 feet high ; young branches very pale, glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate, the edges 

 slightly recurved (when dry) ; upper surface shining, glabrous : the 

 lower dull, puberulous, the midrib very prominent : main nerves 10 to 

 14 pairs, very slender, spreading, more conspicuous above than below : 

 length 6 to 10 in., breadth 225 to 2 - 75 in. ; petiole - 25 in., deeply chan- 

 nelled. Flowers very large, from the axils of fallen leaves and from the 

 younger branches ; peduncles recurved, 1 in., or more, long (elongated 

 in the fruit), pubescent. Sepals ovate, acute, pubescent outside, spread- 

 ing or recurved, about 5 in long. Petals very coriaceous, yellowish 

 tinged with green ; the outer broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, with a dark 

 thick triangular spot at the base, 3 to 5 in. long, minutely pubescent ; 

 the inner only about 6 in. long, ovate-acute, densely golden sericeous. 



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