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placing of a true Asiatic Gordonia correctly. But it was not long 

 before Wallich also recognised the genus; and species were added 

 to species in the following order : — 



1826. G. excelsa, Blume, a plant which occurs sparsely in the 

 mountain forests of both east and west Java, between 

 1,500 and 7,000 feet. 



1832. G. obtusa, Wallich 1 , South-western India from the Konkan 

 southwards in mountains between 2,000 and 7,000 feet, 

 plentiful in the jSTilgiri Hills. 



1832. G. singaporiana, Wallich 1 , in Singapore at low levels and 

 also in Malacca ; in Penang about the hill tops. It is the 

 G. grandis, of King, but not of Andre. 



1840. G. zeylanica, Wight, Ceylon in the forests from 4,000 to 

 7,000 feet. 



1846. G. elliptica, Gardner, Ceylon in the forests of the Central 

 Pro vi nee, but doubtfully distinct from the last. 



1855. G. speciosa, Choisy, Ceylon, very local in the higher moun- 

 tains. 



1860. G. brevifolia, Hooker fil., Borneo on the Mountain of Kina- 

 balu at 8,000 feet. 



1860. G. Lobbii, Hooker fil., Borneo in Sarawak. 



1874. G. Maingayi, Dyer, Perak and Malacca, on the lower slopes 

 of mountains. 



1876. G. dipterosperma, Ivurz, Sikkim Himalaya and Khasia hills. 

 It has been reduced to G. excelsa, Blume, in several works, 

 1880. G. grandis, Andre, a garden plant, imperfectly known. 



1886. G. luzonica, Vidal, Luzon, common in the higher mountains. 



It was redescribed in 1906 as G. fragrans, Merrill. 2 

 1890. G. Scortechinii, King, Perak. 



1890. G. imbricata, King, Perak and Pahang, in the mountains. 

 1890. G. multinervis, King, Perak and Singapore. 



1906. G. sinensis, Hemsley and E. H. Wilson, S.-W. China on 

 Mount Omi. 



1908. G. Welborni, Elmer, Southern Philippine islands in moun- 

 tains. 



1910. G. Balansae, Pitard, Tonkin on the Mountain of Eavi near 

 Sougi. 



1910. G. tonlcinensis, Pitard, Tonkin, in the neighbourhood of 

 Xinh-binh. 



1 Wallich's lithographed catalogue of the plants in the East India Com- 

 pany's herbarium has been ruled to be no publication: but these names, are 

 valid nevertheless, though not from 1832. 



2 Mr. Merrill himself reduces this. 



67. acuminata, Vidal ( 67. Vidalii, Szyszylowicz ) described from Lnzon in 

 1886 is shown by Mr. E. D. Merrill not to be a Gordonia at all. 



• R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



