Gordonia .] xix. ternstrcemiace,®. 203 
(2) G. multinervis King, l.c. 205. 
A tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous obovate rounded at tip or mucronate, faintly 
crenate-serrate narrowed to the petiole; nerves 12 to 18 pairs 
inarching -2 in. from the edge, 5*5 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3*25 
wide; petioles *2 to -25 in. long, stout. Flowers 1-25 in. across; 
peduncles *5 to -6 in. long. Bracts few small fugacious. Sepals 
round silky outside. Petals similar larger and thinner, spreading. 
Anthers short ovate one-fourth the length of the filaments. Ovary 
ovoid-conic silky, 5-celled; style 1. Stigma discoid 5-lobed. Hab. 
Woods and forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah (Ridley). Malacca, 
Brisu (Derry). Perak (Scortechini). Native name: Samak Pulut. 
(3) G, concentricicatrix Bur kill, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 
76, p. 153, figs. 10, 11; Cubitt, ibid. 78, p. 49, pi. 3. 
Tree 100 ft. tall. Leaves obovate crenulate abruptly acuminate 
or quite blunt, 4 in. long, 2*2 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Flowers 
yellowish i*6 in. wide. Sepals and petals silky outside. Anthers 
very numerous. Ovary densely silky. Capsules sub-sessile nearly 
1 '6 in. long, opening in 5 thick blunt valves. Seeds ’8 in. long. 
Hab. Forests. Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Pahang. Selangor, Rantau 
Panjang (Watson); Bangi (Cubitt). Dindings (Curtis). Use: 
Timber for house-building, bark for dyeing nets and cloth. 
(4) G. imbricata King, l.c. 204; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 
148, pi. 179B. 
A low shrub, with coriaceous oval-oblong or oblanceolate leaves, 
tip obtuse, quite entire or faintly serrulate, base narrowed roundish; 
nerves 12 pairs, thick but inconspicuous, 1*27 to 2^25 in. long, 
•9 to i*i in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary 
sub-sessile in the upper axils, buds elongate obovoid. Bracts 
numerous passing into the sepals, orbicular and pubescent outside 
with scarious edges. Petals larger orbicular minutely pubescent 
outside, with a brown coriaceous patch on the back at the tip. 
Stamens numerous; anthers ovate one-fourth of the length of the 
filaments. Ovary ovoid-conic pubescent 3-celled; style 1, 5-ridged. 
Fruit under 1 in. long, *4 in. through, 5-angled pubescent, sub¬ 
tended by the long imbricate cup formed by sepals and bracts. 
Seeds 75 in. long. Hab. Open places 011 mountains from 4000 ft. 
altitude upwards. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 5000 to 6000 ft. alti¬ 
tude; Kluang Terbang (Barnes). Perak (Scortechini); Gunong 
Kerbau at 4500 to 5500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
(5) G. penangensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 142. 
G. excelsa King, l.c. 203, not of Blume nor Korthals. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 10 to 15 jn. through. Branchlets silky 
pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous glabrous lanceolate-elliptic 
acuminate, edges serrulate or entire, base acuminate; nerves very 
faint sometimes almost invisible 5 to 7 pairs inarching doubly 
within the edge, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1 in. to 175 in. wide; petioles 
