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cesses. Ovaries narrow, pubei'ulous, 1-ovuled ; style straight ; stigma 

 2- or 3-lobed. Ripe carpels crowded, ovoid-oblong, apiculate, glabrous, 

 narrowed to the shoi*t stalks, "45 in. long ; stalks "2 to '25 in. Seed 

 smooth, pale. 



Perak ; at low elevations ; Scortechini, Wray, King's Collector. 



The leaves of this species ranch resemble those of Poly alt hia oblonga, 

 King. 



14. Goniothalamds Wrati, King, n. sp. A shrub 3 to 12 feet 

 high, glabrous, except the flowers : young branches slender, very pale. 

 Leaves membranous, oblanceolate to lanceolate or oblong, shortly and 

 bluntly acuminate, the base cuneate : both surfaces pale (when dry), 

 obscurely reticulate : main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, spreading, straight, 

 slender and very slightly prominent even when dry : length 4*5 to 9 in., 

 breadth 1*25 to 2 in., petiole 2 to 25 in. Flowers solitary, slightly 

 supra-axillary ; pedicels slender, decurved, minutely bracteolate, - 35 in. 

 (elongated to '75 in. in fruit). Sepals membranous, slightly nerved and 

 reticulate, ovate, acuminate, spreading or recurved, puberulous outside, 

 "2 in. long, persistent. Petals sub-coriaceous, greenish-yellow, puberul- 

 ous : the outer narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, the bases thickened and 

 not narrowed to a claw, "65 to "75 in. long : inner petals about half as 

 long, ovate-acuminate. Anthers numerous, half as long as the ovaries, 

 compressed, their apices with a long thin point from a broad base. 

 Ovaries about 20, narrowly cylindric, hairy like the stout, straight style 

 1- to 2-ovuled : stigma truncate. Ripe carpels narrowly obovoid to 

 oblong, apiculate, gradually tapering to the stalk, glabrous, 6 in. long. 

 Seeds usually 1, rarely 2, oblong. 



Perak : at low elevations very common ; Wray, Scortechini, King's 

 Collector. 



15. Goniothalamus uvarioides, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 15 feet 

 high : all parts glabrous except the flower aud fruit ; young branches 

 pale. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, slightly obovate, slightly narrow- 

 ed to the minutely cordate base : both surfaces rather dull when dry, 

 the lower pale brown, the edges slightly recurved ; main nerves 22 to 25 

 pairs, spreading, rather straight, inter-aixdiing near the margin ; length 

 10 to 15 in., breadth 3 to 6 in. ; petiole - 4 in., stout, channelled. Flowers 

 on the trunk, (solitary ?) ; pedicels curved, stout, "35 in. long. Sepals 

 coriaceous, semi-orbicular, blunt, pubescent, 2 in. long. Petals very 

 coriaceous, yellow : the outer broadly lanceolate, thickened and truncate 

 at the base, rufous-pubescent, 1*5 in. long : inner petals like the outer 

 but with contracted bases and only 1 to 12 in. long. Anthers with 

 conical apices. Ovaries hairy ; st}de cylindric ; stigma small, truncate, 

 minutely bitid. Ripe carpels oblong, tapering to each end, puberulous, 



