G. Kurzti, Pierre. And it appears probable that, although its head- 
quartet's are Burmah and Sylhet, G. speciosa does occur on the Auihi- 
mans. M. Pierre relies, as a diagnostic mark of his G. Kurzii, on its 
Jniving solitary male flowers, whereas those of G. speciosa are fascicu- 
late. But in Calcutta Herbarium specimens of tho same set which M. 
Pierre would refer to his £?, Kurzii, the flowers are sometimes solitary 
and sometimes clustered. Another mark which M. Pierre relies on is 
that tho peduncles of the flowers of G. speciosa are described by Wal- 
lich as two or three times as long as the leaf petioles, whereas in G. 
Kurzii, the peduncles are shorter than the petioles. The female flower 
of G. njweiom is ilf*<'rihod in thfi Flora of British India ;is unknown, 
and M. Pierre says the same of the fomale flower of his G. Kurzii. 
"VVallich's specimens of G. affinis from Sylhet liave advanced female 
flowers, and it is from these that I have described the female flower 
(figured by Pierre, tab, 79, fig. G.) r for a (finis appears to me in no way 
distinct from speciosa. Wallieh was no doubt mislead by the size of the 
rudimentary stigma in the male flowers of speciosa into considering 
these as hermaphrodite, and it is probable that he never saw true female 
flowers. This view is supported by the fact that he does not describe 
either ovary or fruit. Pierre (1. c. t. 79, figs. H. and I.) gives drawings 
of what he believes to be the male and female flowers of G. speciosa. 
But in his text (fasc. VI, p. xiv), he states that tho flowers thus 
figured were, in the specimen from which he took them, unattached to 
any leaf-twig and were mixed with flowers of other species. They are 
therefore altogether doubtful even for M. Pierro. 
9. Gaucinja KuiiZir, Pierre, Flor. Forest. Coch. -Chine, fasc. VI, 
p. xiv, t. 78 B. A shrub with the branchlets and leaves of G. speciosa t 
but the leaves less acuminate and with longer petioles. Flowers as in 
speciosa, but the stamens less numerous and the rudimentary stigma 
discoid and flat. Ripe fruit unknown. 
Andaman Islands ; Kurz, King's Collector. 
This differs from G. speciosa chiefly in being a shrub, and in its 
rudimentary stigma being flat and discoid, instead of convex. Both 
this and speciosa differ but little from G. cornea, Roxb., a species indi- 
genous to Amboina. 
10. Gabcinia Houbroniana, Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochin-Chine, fasc. 
VI, p. xii, t. 79, figs. D. E. F. J. A tree, with rather stout, 4-augled 
branches, yellowish when dry. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, slight- 
ly inequilateral, sub-acute or very shortly and abruptly blunt-acuminate ; 
the base cuueate, slightly unequal : upper surface slightly glossy, tho 
under rather dull ; nerves numerous, ascending, not prominent on either 
surface \ the midrib bold on both ; length 3'5 to 5 on., breadth 2 to 2- 75 
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