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long, narrow, much compressed ; the apical process of the connective 
small, sub-conic. Ovaries oblong, narrow ; style cylindric, puberulons ; 
stigma 2-lobed. Ripe carpels obvoid-globular, tapering slightly to the 
short stalk, glabrous, about 1 in. long. 
Singapore ; at Snnga Murai, Ridley. 
It is possible that in the above description the size of the leaves 
may be understated, as the only one which I have seen may not be of 
average size. 
12. GoxioTHALAMis Tatis, Miq. Fl. lud. Bat. Suppl. 371. A 
tree 15 to 40 feet high ; all parts, except the flowers, glabrous ; young 
branches pale brown. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, abruptly shortly and 
bluutly acuminate, the base i-ounded or slightly cuneate, the edges 
recurved (when dry) ; both surfaces dull, brown when dry, the lower 
paler ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, thin, spreading, very indistinct, the 
midrib prominent beneath ; length 5'5 to 9 in., breadth 2 5 to 3 25 in, ? 
petiole '3 in. Flowers solitary and supra-axillary, or in fascicles from 
tubercles on the branches; pedicels curved, '4 in. long, bracteolate at 
the base. Sepah free, ovate, acute, spreading, pubescent, persistent, 
'4 in. long. Petals coriaceous, puberulous \ the outer ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, contracted and thickened at the base, 1"75 in. long j the 
inner ovate, acute, much contracted and thickened at the base, *65 in. 
long. Anthers numerous and with conical apices. Ovaries narrow, hairy ; 
style straight; ovules solitary, titigma sub-discoid-capitate, 2- to 3- 
lobed. Ripe carpeh crowded, obovoid, smooth, sub-sessile, "4 to *5 in. 
long. Miq Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. II, 35. 
Perak ; at low elevations, very common ; Scortechini, Wray, King's 
Collector. Petiang and Pangkore ; Curtis. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo. 
13. Gonioiitalamcs Scortkchixii, King, n. sp. A shrub or small 
tree, glabrous, except the flowers ; young branches with rather pale 
striate bark. Leaves membranous, oblanccolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 
Tery shortly acuminate, narrowed from the above the middle to the 
acute or sub-acute base ; when dry the upper surface greenish, the lower 
pale brown ; main nerves 18 to 24 pairs, spreading and inter-arching near 
the edges, slender, slightly prominent beneath ; length 10 to 15 in., 
breadth 2 75 to 4 in. t petiole "3 in. Flowers solitary, rarely in pairs, from 
the branches below the leaves ; pedicels clavate, decurved, bi- bracteolate 
at the base, "5 in. long. Sepals rigidly membranous, large, orbietilar- 
ovate, obtuse or sub-acute, much nerved and reticulate, connate below, 
persistent, from "65 to 1 in. long (according to age). Petals coriaceous, 
rusty-puberulous ; the outer oblong-lanceolate, sub-oblique, not much 
longer than the full grown sepals ; the inner broadly ovate, acute, about 
5 in, long. Anthers numerous, narrow, with elongate, conical apical pro- 
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