Gomphandra .] xxxvii. olacine^e. 
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Leaves elliptic 3 to 5 in., long stiff; cymes short ; 
flowers rather large ..... 
Leaves ovate-rhomboid narrowed to base 2-5 to 3 in. 
long stiff; cymes compact .... 
Leaves willow-like 3 in. long, -25 in. wide; nerves few 
and faint; cymes compact .... 
Leaves ovate acuminate 3 in. long thin; branches and 
midrib pubescent; flowers very small 
Leaves broad elliptic acuminate blunt 5 by 2 in; 
cymes lax spreading; branches slender 
Leaves narrowed lanceolate 4^5 by *5 in. . 
(5) G. Ianceolata 
(6) G. Maingayi 
(7) G. salicifolia 
(8) G. pubescens 
(9) G. gracilis 
var. graciliima 
(x) G. nyssifolia King, l.c. 114. 
Tree 15 to 50 ft. tall, 8 to 10 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic-ovate abruptly acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 6 pairs 
hardly inarching, 3*5 to 5-5 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long. Cymes axillary single or 2 together *4 in. long. Flowers 
sessile 4 to 6, white *2 in. long (male flowers not known). Females, 
petals 5, puberulous outside. Ovary as long puberulous. Stigma 
discoid large. Fruit ellipsoid, narrowed at base -8 in. long, *35 in. 
through. Hab. Mountain forests 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude, not 
common. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler); Temengoh (Ridley). 
(2) G. penangiana Wall. Cat. 7304; Masters, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 507; King, l.c. 113. 
Shrub glabrous 4 to 8 ft. tall.' Leaves membranous oblong or 
oblong-lanceolate long-acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 4 to 
6 in. long, 2 in. wide; nerves 8 to 10 pairs elevate beneath, glabrous 
except the puberulous nerves on the back; petioles 'i in. long. 
Cymes small *5 to 1 in. long, puberulous. Flowers small tetra- 
merous under *1 in. long. Hab. Penang (Wallich); Telok Bahang 
(Curtis). 
Very near a narrow-leaved form of G. affinis Masters, but there are more 
nerves on the narrower leaf, and the texture is thinner. 
(3) G. ophirensis Ridl. Lasianthera Ianceolata Masters, l.c . 
i. 585, not G. Ianceolata King. 
Branches slender. Leaves thin membranous lanceolate acumin¬ 
ate, base narrowed blunt; nerves distant 7 pairs, 4 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide; petioles *5 in. long. Cymes umbellate on a long extra- 
axillary sub-terminal peduncle 1*5 in. long; branches about 4 
whorled, -4 in. long; branchlets short sub-divided again. All 
densely pubescent. Flowers small bisexual. Calyx cup-shaped 
5-toothed. Petals 4 to 5 lanceolate. Stamens 4 to 5 pilose below 
and at back of anther. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Griffith). 
Perfectly distinct from the plants associated with this by King under 
his G. Ianceolata. 
(4) G. affinis Masters, l.c. i. 586. 
Shrub about 8 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous membranous lanceolate 
or oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base narrowed, 2*5 to 8 in. long, 
*6 to 3 in. wide; nerves 7 pairs; petioles *3 in. long. Cymes 
