202 xix. ternstrcemiaceas. [Schima. 
var. rigida Ridl. Small tree 20 to 25 ft. tall. Leaves very 
stiffly coriaceous, 2*5 to 4*5 in. long, 175 to 2‘5 in. wide, lanceolate 
acuminate, ovate or elliptic, base slightly narrowed, margins 
usually distinctly crenulate; petioles stout 15 in. long. Peduncles 
2 in. long, stout, glabrous. Flowers and fruit rather larger, 
glabrous except the edges of the sepals, which are much smaller 
than in the typical form. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley), 5000 
to 5500 ft. altitude. A mountain form with very much stiffer, 
larger leaves. 
7 . GORDONIA, Ellis. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, entire or slightly crenate. 
Flowers rather large, white, often sub-sessile, solitary in leaf- 
axils, bibracteolate. Sepals usually 5 unequal, graduating from 
bracts to sepals, coriaceous, silky, rounded. Petals united at the 
base or free, imbricate. Stamens indefinite, 5-adelphous or mona- 
delphous, adnate to petals. Ovary 3- to 5-celled.; style 1 (rarely 3). 
Stigma round sometimes lobed. Ovules pendulous 4 to 8 in each 
cell. Capsule oblong-conic woody, loculicidal, column persistent. 
Seeds flat, winged. Species about 15, tropical Asia and N. America. 
Trees or shrubs, quite glabrous except the flowers. 
Tall tree; petiole winged to base 
Tree; petiole not winged to base; leaves rather 
thin ....... 
Tree 100 ft. tall; petiole not winged; leaves 
stiff ....... 
Shrub; petiole not winged; bracts numerous . 
Trees; branchlets and buds pubescent. 
Style 1. 
Stamens very numerous .... 
Leaves glabrous 2 to 5 in. long 
Leaves glabrous 11 in. long 
Midrib hairy, back of leaf all hairy 
Styles 3; stamens 30 ... 
(1) G. singaporeana 
(2) G. multinervis 
(3) G. concentricicatrix 
(4) G. imbricata 
(5) G. penangensis 
( 6 ) G. Taipingensis 
(7) G. Maingayi 
(8) G. hirtella 
(9) G. Scortechinii 
(1) G. singaporeana Wall. Cat. 1457. G. grandis King, l.c. 
203. 
A strict tree 60 to 100 ft. tall, quite glabrous except the flowers. 
Leaves coriaceous, serrate-crenate above, narrowed and decurrent 
to the base of the petiole; nerves 10 to 12 pairs inarching -15 in. 
from margin, 4*5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide. Flowers white, 
2 in. across, solitary axillary on pedicels *3 in. long, puberulous. 
Bracts few, small, fugacious. Sepals round coriaceous, silky out¬ 
side. Petals much larger. Stamens very numerous; anthers 
oblong; style 1. Ovary ovoid. Capsule woody, 1 to 1*5 in. 
long, hairy, bluntly 4-angled. Seeds -6 in. long, wing -5 in. long. 
Hab. Forests especially in the south. Common. Singapore, com¬ 
mon. Johor, Malacca, Perak, Thaiping; Penang, rifle range (Curtis). 
Wallich’s specimens were obtained in the small islands round Singapore. 
