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Outstanding features in the genus are : — 



the septifragal capsule of G. pubescens. 



i. the wingless seeds of G. pubescens. 



ii. the deep crimson colour of the flowers of G. speciosa. 



v. the union of the filaments into five groups in G. Lasianthus 

 and in G. speciosa; Ilaemocharis vulcanica is said some- 

 times to exhibit this. 



v. the reduction of the number of the carpels sometimes in G. 

 axillaris and in G. Balansae : and also in G. obtusa. 



vi. the distinctness of the veins in the two American species and 

 in G. sinensis. 



vii. the obovate shape of the leaf in G. concentricicatrix and G. 

 multinervis, with a moderate distinctness of the veins. 



viii. the slenderness of the branchlets in G. penangensis and G. 

 Maingayi. 



ix. the development of a montane small leaved type in the Malay 

 Peninsula, Borneo, and apparently in Sumatra. 



K A. Soc, No 76. 1917. 



