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the outer broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 1*5 to 2'5 in. long : the inner 

 ovate, acute, '6 to "8 in long. Anthers with an acute apical process. 

 Ovaries strigose : style long, subulate ; stigma slightly bifid. Ripe 

 carpels sub-sessile, oblong, - 5 or "6 in. long, glabrescent or glabrous. 

 Hook, fil Fl. Br. Ind. I, 73 ; Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 42. 

 Burmah : Mergui, Griffith. Moulmein, Falconer. 

 10. Goniothalamus macrophtllus, H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. I, 74. 

 A glabrous shrub 5 to 15 feet high ; young branches very stout, dark- 

 coloured. Leaves coriaceous, large, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblance- 

 olate, acute or shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the sub-acute 

 or rounded base ; main nerves 16 to 20 pairs, spreading, impressed above 

 and slightly prominent beneath ; length 10 to J 8 in., breadth 2'5 to 4*5 

 in. ; petiole '6 to 1 in., very stout. Flowers slightly supra-axillary or 

 from the branches below the leaves, solitary or in pairs, green; pedicels 

 •35 in. long, sub-clavate. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, connate at the 

 base, "65 in., long, slightly puberulous, tinged with purple. Petals cori- 

 aceous, the outer oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 1 to 1*5 in. 

 long ; the inner half as long, ovate, acuminate, the edges ciliate. Sta- 

 mens numerous, linear. Ovaries 12 to 18, glabrous, 1-ovuled; style 

 slender, dilated above, stigma 2-lobed. Ripe carpels globular-obovoid, 

 slightly apiculate, glabrous, - 4in. long, Seed pale brown. Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I, Pt. 2, 28 : Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. II, 38. Polyalthia macrophylla, 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Ann. 79 t. 39. Unona macrophylla, Blume Bijdr, I, 17. 



It is possible that two species may be included here, there being 

 some difference between the specimens in the nervation of the leaves. 



Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay, (Kew Distrib.) No. 62. Perak, King's 

 Collector. Penaug; Curtis. Kedah ; Curtis. Distrib. Sumatra, Forbes, 

 1370. 



11. Goniothalamus Ridleyi, King, n. sp. A tree: young branches 

 slender, puberulous. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic, shortly and 

 abruptly acuminate, the base sub-acute, pale when dry ; both surfaces 

 reticulate; the upper dull, glabrous, except the puberulous midrib and 

 nerves , the lower shining, puberulous on the midrib, nerves and reticu- 

 lations ; main nerves about 6 pairs, curving, ascending ; length about 

 8 in. ; breadth 45 in. ; petiole "25 in., puberulous. Floieers 175 to 2 in. 

 long, in fascicles on long pedicels from warted, puberulous, woody tuber- 

 cles on the stem : pedicels 2*5 to 3'5 in. long, minutely bracteolate at 

 the base. Sepals coriaceous, broadly ovate-elliptic, obtuse, nerved, "6 in. 

 long, free, spreading, puberulous. Petals coriaceous, pale brown; the 

 outer elliptic-oblong to ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, with a broad thicken- 

 ed claw, puberulous, 1*65 to 2 in. long ; inner row a little longer than 

 the sepals, obovate, apiculate, with narrow claw. Stamens numerous, 



