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GORDONIA. 



obsolete. Kurz says that it hardly differs from II. aromatica, 

 and is the same as Gordonia Maingayi, which appears dubious. It 

 was obtained in Sumatra at Kobu-lahat in the Province of Palem- 

 bang. 



Q. multinervis, King, in Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, lix, 

 1890, p. 205, ends the series to which it belongs, being peculiar in 

 the great size of its leaves. It has been collected in Perak and in 

 Singapore. As the attached figure shows the veins in the leaf -blade 

 are not inconspicuous, & feature shared with G. concentricicatrix. 

 The flowers are only a little over 2 cm. in diameter and agree with 

 those of G. concentricicatrix. Sir George King called attention to 

 the resemblance of its leaves to those of the genus Pyrenaria. 



Fig. 11. A leaf of 67. multinervis, reduced to \, from Ridley 6367 



G. singaporiana, Wallich, Cat. Lith., 1832, No. 1457, name 

 only; Eidley in Journ. Straits Branch, Eoy. Asiatic Soc, ISTo. 73, 

 1916, p. 141 : G. excelsa, var. sincapuriana, Dyer in Hooker fil., 

 Flora Brit. Ind. i. 1872, p. 291: G. grandis, King, in Journ. 

 Asiatic Soc. Bengal, lix, 1890, p. 203, non Andre. In this species 

 the petiole is almost absent, and the leaf blade very nearly entire. 

 In its subsessile leaves it is easily distinguished from all other 

 Malayan species, but in Ce}don we find allied trees with such leaves. 

 The flowers which are 3 cm. across, have been figured above (p. 

 133), and the ovary with its abbreviated style (p. 140) ; the leaf and 

 a capsule are figured below. Kurz saw that it is not Blume's plant, 

 but misidentified it with Gordonia axillaris. 



It occurs in Singapore island, in Johore, in Malacca, and in 

 Penang. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



