GORDONIA. 



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Fig. 1". A branch of G. con- Fig. 11. A capsule of G. con- 



centricicatrix, reduced to |, from centricicatrix, nat. size from Abdul 

 Abdul Rawi, C. F. 878. Rawi, C. F. 898. 



Gordonia concentricicatrix. Arbor alta 100-pedalis, cortice 

 inaequali lineis concentricibus notata. Ramuli ultimi 2 mm. dia- 

 metro, siccitate badii. Folia obovata, margine crenulata, apice ab- 

 rupte subacuminata vel obtusissima, basi longe gradatim attenuata, 

 glaberrima, crasse pergamentacea nervis secondariis visibilibus, ad 

 11 cm. longa, ad 5.5 cm. lata : petiolus ad 1 cm. longus. Flores 

 lutescentes, ad 4 cm. diametro. Sepala dorso dense sericea, ad 1 

 cm. longa. Fetala dorso dense sericea, fere ad 2 cm. longa. An- 

 theme numerosissimae, versatiles, 2 mm. longae : filamenta glabra, 

 omnia discreta ad insertionem cum petalis in tubo brevi. Ovarium 

 dense sericeum, subglobosum, sub-abrupte in stylo 3 mm. longo ex- 

 currens. Capsula subsessilis, fere ad 4 cm. longa, in partes quinque 

 loculicide dehiscens, partibus (inter species affines) crassis, dorso 

 dimidio superiori impressis, vix mucronulatis. Semina 2 ad 2.5 

 cm. longa. 



Peninsula Malayana, in silvis submontosis versus Fretum 

 Malaccae, ex Dindings, collegit C. C. Curtis cum fructu mense 

 Julio : ex Selangor ad Eantau Panjang collegerunt J. G. Watson, 

 C. F. 878, etiamque Abd 7 ul Rawi sub numero C. F. 878 mense 

 Aprilo et mense Maio cum floribus et cum fructibus : ex Malacca 

 ad Brisu collegit R. Derry cum floribus sub numero 1048. In- 

 digenae ad Rantau Panjang Kelat merali vocant, sed ad Brisu 

 Samak pulut. 



It is to be enquired if- Haemocharis marginata (Korth.) 

 0. Kuntze, is not of this affinity. Its leaves are described as oblong- 

 oval or oblong-obovate and though put into Closascliima by the 

 author the style is described by him as " 5-angled, 5-grooved, silky 

 and short " which fits such an admitted Gordonia as 67. singa- 

 poriana excellently. It was obtained from Mt. Tirin and from 

 Matapura in Borneo. 



Haemocharis subintegerrima, has leaves lanceolate ob- 

 long to obovate oblong. As in the case of the above the mention 

 of obovateness suggests a place near to Gordonia concentri- 

 cicatrix but its veins are obscured, and the marginal teeth nearly 



R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



