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Vi. anonaceJS. [Goniothalamns 
distichous bracts. Sepals 3, valvate, outer thick flat; inner 
smaller shortly clawed, cohering in a vaulted cap over the stamens 
and ovaries. Stamens many, linear-oblong; anther-cells dorsal; 
appendages oblong or truncate. Ovaries many; style cylindric; 
stigma simple or bifid. Ovules x or 2 superposed (rarely 4). Carpels 
i-seeded. Species about 50, East Asia. 
Slender shrubs; flowers axillary, small, green; 
leaves membranous; ovules 1 or 2. 
Leaves oblong narrow, base short narrowed; 
nerves inconspicuous; style slender 
Leaves long-caudate, base narrow; style very 
short ....... 
Leaves elliptic, abruptly caudate 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate narrowed both 
ends ....... 
Tall, erect shrubs ; flowers large; leaves coriaceous. 
Flowers very large yellow; petals 2-5 in. long 
Flowers about 1 in. long. 
Leaves oblanceolate, 12 in. long, strong-nerved 
Leaves elliptic, very coriaceous, 6 to 8 in. long; 
nerves very inconspicuous 
Leaves oblong cuspidate, very coriaceous, 6 to 
8 in. long; nerves very inconspicuous 
. Leaves rather oblong-oblanceolate; conspicu¬ 
ously nerved. 
Flowers -5 in. long ..... 
Flowers 15 in. long; sepals large 
Flowers 1*5 in. long; sepals small; petals 
acuminate ...... 
Tree. Leaves over 12 in. long, pubescent beneath; 
flowers large ..... 
Big tree. Flowers Targe, fleshy in masses at base 
of trunk ...... 
Shrub. Ovules and seeds 4. 
(1) G. subevenius 
(2) G. tenuifolius 
(3) G. caudifolius 
(4) G. Wrayi 
(5) G. giganteus 
(6) G. macropkyllus 
(7) G. malayanus 
(8) G. Tapis 
(9) G. Kunstleri 
(10) G. Scortechinii 
(n) G. fulvus 
(12) G. Curtisii 
(13) G. Ridleyi 
(14) G. uvarioides 
(1) G. subevenius King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 71; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 89, pi. 121B. 
Shrub or treelet, to 30 ft. tall, branchlets puberulous. Leaves 
membranous, narrow, oblong, acuminate at each end; nerves 10 
to 12 pairs, invisible or very faint; 3 # 5 to 6'5 in. long, 1-25 to 175 
in. wide; petioles '2 in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 75 to *9 in. 
long, pale green; pedicels -4 to -6 in. long. Bracts o. Sepals 
broadly ovate-acuminate pubescent, *3 in. long. Petals thinly 
coriaceous puberulous, lanceolate acute, inner ones half as large 
as outer ones, shortly clawed. Stamen-appendages broad orbi¬ 
cular. Ovaries narrow oblong; stigma entire. Carpels ovoid to 
oblong glabrous, ’5 to 75 in. long; stalks -35 to *45 in. long. Hab. 
Thick forest, Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Kedah Peak (Haniff). 
Kelantan, Chaning Woods. 
(2) G. tenuifolius King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 71; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 89, pi. 122A. 
A bush or treelet 6 to 8 ft. tall glabrous. Leaves membranous 
