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(13) G. goniocarpum Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 309. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong, acuminate or acute, base unequal; nerves 6 or 7 
pairs, slender; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -x in. 
long. Flowers clustered in axils, all shortly pedicelled. Males; 
outer sepals hairy, inner glabrous. Anthers 5. Females; pedicel 
stout. Sepals broad ovate blunt hairy. Style stout columnar 
3- to 6-cleft pubescent. Ovary 5- to 6-celled. Capsule sub-globose 
pubescent brown, obscurely 5-lobed flattened at both ends, *4 in. 
through, with enlarged rounded sepals at base. Hob. Singapore 
(Kunstler); Botanic Gardens, a shrub 6 ft. tall (Ridley). 
(14) G. arborescens Bl. Bijdr. 584. G. sclerophyllum Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 314. 
Shrub; branchlets rather thick pubescent. Leaves stiffly 
coriaceous broad ovate or oblong acute, base round or sub-cordate 
usually insequilateral, glabrous above except base of midrib, 
pubescent beneath; nerves 12 pairs prominent beneath; 4 to 6 in. 
long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers very small. 
Males on slender pedicels -i in. long from a short thick raceme. 
Sepals oblong. Anthers 5. Females densely hairy. Style sub- 
cylindric hairy. Ovary hairy or glabrous. Capsule small globose 
depressed 4- to 5-lobed. Style short conical. Hab. Malacca, 
Bukit Bruang (Griffith). Lankawi, Terutau at Telok Wau (Robin¬ 
son). Distrib. Java. 
(15) G. tetrapteron Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 223. 
Tree or shrub, branches 4-winged minutely pubescent. Leaves 
lanceolate acuminate apiculate, base unequally rounded or broadly 
cuneate membranous, above sparsely pubescent or muriculate with 
hair-bases and midrib only pubescent, beneath midrib and 12 pairs 
of nerves pubescent; 3*1 to 475 in. long, 75 to 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles short pubescent. Flowers in small axillary heads. Bracts 
triangular minute. Male flowers on pedicels 'i in. long. Sepals 
and petals oblong-ovate or obovate sub-equal sparsely pubescent 
outside. Anthers 3, connectives forming a narrow cone. Female 
flowers sub-sessile, perianth 6-toothed pubescent outside. Ovary 
sub-orbicular 3-celled tomentose; style long columnar clubbed 
more or less pubescent trifid. Capsule pedicelled orbicular 6-lobed, 
more or less pubescent, *12 in. long, *2 in. wide, 3-celled, top 
depressed; style persistent. Seeds smooth oblique triquetrous. 
Hab. Mountain forests, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(16) G. villicaule Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 326. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branchlets hairy with short rough hairs. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate elliptic or oblong acuminate acute 
or blunt, base round, midrib above hairy; nerves 6 pairs and 
nervules hairy; 1 to 2 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles very 
short. Male flowers few, shortly hairy pedicelled. Sepals lanceo¬ 
late hairy. Anthers 3 to 5, large, with large free connectives. 
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