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Anthers very numerous, their apices convex. Ovaries hairy, 2-ovuled : 
style long, slender, much curved ; stigma 2-lobed. Ripe carpels oblong, 
apicnlate, tapering much to the stalk, minutely granular and with 
obscure vertical ridges when dry, 125 to 1'5 in. long and b' in. in diam. : 
stalks '75 in., stout. Seeds 1 or 2, oblong, slightly compressed, the testa 
brow. Hook. fil. El Br. Ind. I, 75 : Miq. FL Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 28. 
Uvaria gigantea, Wall. Oat. 6469 A. B. (in part). Amnacea Griff. Icon. 
Plant, t. 652 ? 
Singapore; Wallich, Ridley, Hullett. Penang; Curtis. Perak; 
King's Collector. 
6. Goniotitalamus malayanus, Hook. fil. rind Thorns. Fl. Ind 107. 
A small glabrous tree, 15 to 20 feet high ; bark of branches very palo. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, shortly and abruptly acu- 
minate, the base slightly cuneate, rarely rounded, the edges recurved ; 
upper surface shining, the lower doll, darker (when dry) ; main 
nerves 12 to 15 pairs, sun-horizontal, faint ; length 5*5 to 9 in,, 
breadth 1*5 to 2 75 in.; petiole "25 in., deeply channelled. Flowers 
slightly supra-axillary, solitary, greenish ; pedicels *35 to *5 in., 
pubescent, bracteolato at the base. Sepals ovate -triangular, acuminate, 
pubescent, connate at the base, persistent, "25 in. long. Petals co- 
riaceous, the outer broadly ovate, acuminate to ovate-lanceolate, minutely 
tomentose on both surfaces, with a triangular glabrous basal spot, 
keeled outside, 1 to 125 in. long; the inner about a third as long, 
ovate, acuminate, sericeous or tomentose. Anthers numerous. Pistils 
about 15, the ovary hairy, ovules 3 to 4; style long, slender, much bent 
outwards ; stigma sub-capitate, unequally 2-lobed. Ripe carpeU narrowly 
oblong apical ate, tapering to each end, glabrous, 1*5 in. long, and "5 
in. in diam ; stalks "1 in., thick. Seetfs 2 or 3, tiattcned-ovoid. nearly 
black. Hook, fil Fl Br. Ind. I, 75; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat, I, Pt. 2, 28. 
Ouniothalamus Slimjerlatidtii, Scheif. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. XXXI, 841. 
Uvaria sp. Griff. Notnl. IV, 710. 
Malacca; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 63. Pcrak; com- 
mon. Distrib. Bangka. 
7. Gomothalamus fulvus, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind I, 
75. A shrub : young branches slender, dark-coloured, at first rufous- 
pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Leaves membranous, pellucid-dotted, 
oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or with a short broad point; upper surface 
glabrous, the lower puborulous ; mam nerves 14 to 16 pairs, slightly 
prominent beneath, spreading ; length 7 to 10 in., breadth 2 5 to 3*25 
in.; petiole '3 in., pubescent. Flowers solitary, axillary, pedicels -25 in., 
pnberulous. Sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent, connate at the 
base, *25 in. long. Petals coriaceous, densely sericeous, the outer oblong- 
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