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GRIFFITHIANTHUS nomen novum 
Griffithia Maingay non Wight & Arnott. 
The generic name Griffithia of Maingay was not published 
until 1893, and then by King 2 from Griffith’s manuscript, al- 
though characterized by Maingay many years earlier. The type 
of the genus is Polyalthia magnoliae flora Maingay ex Hook. f. 
& Th., 3 published with the comment: “referred to a new ge- 
nus in Maingay’s MSS.” The specific name was altered from 
Maingay’s magnoliaepetala to magnoliae flora. 
The generic designation Griffithia was used in 1834 by Wight 
and Arnott for a group of rubiaceous plants, and about 14 specific 
names have been published under Griffithia of Wight & Arnott 
by various authors. Although Griffithia W. & A. is now consid- 
ered to be a synonym of Randia, I maintain that the earlier 
use of the name by Wight & Arnott invalidates Griffithia of 
Maingay, and accordingly here propose a slight modification 
of Maingay’s generic name. 
The genus has three species in the Malay Peninsula and at 
least one in the Philippines. 
GRIFFITHIANTHUS M AGNGL I A E FLGR US (Maingay) comb. nov. 
Polyalthia magnoliae flora Maingay ex Hook. f. & Th. in Hook. f. 
FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 64. 
Griffithia magnoliaepetala Maingay ex King in Ann. Bob. Gard. 
Calcutta 4 (1893) 9, t. 218. 
Malacca and Perak. 
GRIFFITHIANTHUS CUPULARIS (King) comb. nov. 
Griffithia cupularis King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 9, 
t. 219. 
Perak. 
GRIFFITHIANTHUS FUSCUS (King) comb. nov. 
Griffithia fusca King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 10, t. 220. 
Perak. 
GRIFFITHIANTHUS MERRILLII (C. B. Rob.) W. H. Brown comb. nov. 
Mitrephora ferruginea Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 17 (1904) 
16, excl. descr. ft., Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 54, non Bogrl. 
Mitrephora merrillii C. B. Rob. in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 35 (1908) 67. 
Mitrephora viridifolia Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1716. 
Luzon, Province of Iloeos Norte, For. Bur. 13918 Merritt & Darling: 
Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 22S57 Alvarez: Province of Zambales, 
Hallier, For. Bur. 382 Maule: Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 983 Ramos: 
5 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 8. 
"Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 64, 
