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VI. AN ON ACE Ai. 
[Griffithia. 
Leaves glabrous or glabrescent beneath. 
Flowers 2-5 to 3 in. long . 
Flowers 1 in. long . 
Leaves softly pubescent beneath . 
(1) G. magnolieepetala 
(2) G. cupularis 
(3) G. fusca 
(1) G. magnolisepetala Maing. MSS. in King’s Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. l.c. 9, pi. 218. Polyalthia inagnoliaeflora Hook . fu. F.B.I. 1. 
64; King, Journ. ris. Soc. Beng. lxi. (2), 54. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through; branchlets tomen- 
tose Leaves thinly coriaceous obovate-oblong shortly acuminate, 
base rounded, above glabrous; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, sub-honzontal 
prominent beneath, pubescent on both sides, transverse nervules 
distinct, beneath glabrescent; 8 to 12 in. long, 2*5 to 3*5 m. wide; 
petioles -25 in. long, tomentose, stout. Sepals coriaceous connate 
to middle broad ovate acute tomentose. Petals white coriaceous, 
oval or ovate-lanceolate acute, tomentose. Ovaries hirsute. Car¬ 
pels i*5 in. long, short-stalked, oblong acuminate at each end. 
Hab. Dense rocky jungle at 1500 to 2500 ft. altitude. Malacca 
(Maingay); Perak (Kunstler). 
(2) G. cupularis King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 9, pi. 
2iq 
A shrub 10 ft. to a tree 50 ft. tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 
membranous oblong acuminate slightly narrowed to the rounded 
base, above glabrous except pubescent midrib, beneath midrib and 
12 to 14 pairs of nerves prominent puberulous; 6 to 9 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Flowers solitary or 2, silvery 
white or yellow on branches, about 1 in. long; pedicels tomentose 
with several large sheathing orbicular bracts. Sepals semi-orbicular 
quite obtuse tomentose outside greenish yellow, -25 in. long. Petals 
thick coriaceous tomentose, outers ovate broad obtuse 1 in. 
long; inners short thicker, base excavate. Ovaries 12 villous, 
ovules 1 or 2. Carpels ovoid or sub-globose, blunt, -8 in. long, 
tomentose, light brown to silvery; stalks -35 in. long. Seed. 1. 
Hab. Low hilly ground in dense jungle. Perak, Thaipmg Hills, 
dense jungle at 300 to 1500 ft. altitude, and Gunong Bubu range 
(Kunstler), 
(3) G. fusca King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 10, pi. 220. 
Small tree 10 to 20 ft. tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous oblong to oblanceolate-acute, base rounded above, 
glabrous beneath, pubescent; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, oblique pro¬ 
minent, 6 to 18 in. long, 1*75 to 275 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. 
long, stout. Flowers solitary extra-axillary. Sepals slightly im¬ 
bricate ovate sub-acute tomentose outside. Petals thick concave 
ovate-oblong cream-colour or deep yellow, outer 1 in. long, inner 
shorter and narrower, tomentose outside. Appendages flat. Ovaries 
few, villous, i-ovuled. Carpels ovoid, densely minutely tomentose, 
dark mauve, 1 in. long, 75 in. through. Hab. Dense mixed jungle 
400 to 600 ft. altitude. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
