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Anthers very numerous, their apices convex. Ovaries hairy, 2-ovuled : 

 style long, slender, much curved ; stigma 2-lobed. Ripe carpels oblong, 

 apiculate, tapering much to the stalk, minutely granular and with 

 obscure vertical ridges when dry, 1"25 to 1*5 in. long and "6 in. in diam. : 

 stalks "75 in., stout. Seeds 1 or 2, oblong, slightly compressed, the testa 

 brown. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 75 : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 28. 

 JJvaria gigantea, Wall. Cat. 6469 A. B. (in part). Anonacea Griff. Icon. 

 Plant, t. 652 ? 



Singapore ; Wallich, Ridley, Hullett. Penang ; Curtis. Perak ; 

 King's Collector. 



6. GtONIOTHAlamus malayanus, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind 107. 

 A small glabrous tree, 15 to 20 feet high ; bark of branches very pale. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, shortly and abruptly acu- 

 minate, the base slightly cuneate, rarely rounded, the edges recurved ; 

 upper surface shining, the lower dull, darker (when dry) ; main 

 nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sub-horizontal, faint ; length 5"5 to 9 in., 

 breadth 1*5 to 2 75 in. ; petiole "25 in., deeply channelled. Flowers 

 slightly supra-axillary, solitary, greenish ; pedicels "35 to "5 in., 

 pubescent, bracteolate at the base. Sepals ovate-triangular, acuminate, 

 pubescent, connate at the base, persistent, *25 in. long. Petals co- 

 riaceous, the outer broadly ovate, acuminate to ovate-lanceolate, minutely 

 tomentoso on both surfaces, with a triangular glabrous basal spot, 

 keeled outside, 1 to 1'25 in. long; the inner about a third as long, 

 ovate, acuminate, sericeous or tomentose. Anthers numerous. Pistils 

 about 15, the ovary hairy, ovules 3 to 4; style long, slender, much bent 

 outwards ; stigma sub-capitate, unequally 2-lobed. Pipe carpels narrowly 

 oblong apiculate, tapering to each end, glabrous, 1-5 in. long, and 5 

 in. in diam ; stalks "1 in., thick. Seeds 2 or 3, flattened-ovoid, nearly 

 black. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 75 ; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 28. 

 Goniotlialamus Slingerlandtii, Scheff. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXI, 341. 

 TJvaria sp. Griff. Notul. IV, 710. 



Malacca; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 63. Perak; com- 

 mon. Distrib. Bangka. 



7. Goxiothalamus fulvus, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind I 

 75. A shrub : young branches slender, dark-coloured, at first rufous- 

 pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Leaves membranous, pellucid-dotted 

 oblong-oblanccolate, obtuse or with a short broad point; upper surface 

 glabrous, the lower puberulous ; main nerves 14 to 16 pairs, slightly 

 prominent beneath, spreading ; length 7 to 10 in., breadth 25 to 325 

 in. ; petiole 3 in., pubescent. Flowers solitary, axillary, pedicels '25 in. 

 puberulous. Stpals broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent, connate at the 

 base, 25 iu. long. Petals coriaceous, densely sei'icemis, the outer oblong- 



