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XIX. TERNSTRCEMIACE.E. 
[Gordonia. 
•25 in. long rather thick at base. Flowers 1*25 in. across cream 
white or yellow; pedicels very short silky. Sepals round silky 
outside. Petals round narrowed at base, backs silky. Stamens 
very numerous; anthers oblong. Ovary conic, silky; style stout 
pubescent 5-lobed. Capsule 5 " or 6-angled, 1*25 to 1*5 in. long, 
conic hairy or glabrous, valves acute. Hab. Open forest. Singa¬ 
pore, very rare, Selitar. Penang Hill, common. 
(6) G. Taipingensis Burkill, Journ. Roy . As. Soc. S. Br. 76, 
p. 148. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-obovate acumin¬ 
ate, base narrowed, upper edge crenate, 11*4 in. long, 2*8 in. wide; 
petioles '8 in. long. Flowers yellowish 2-4 in. wide. Sepals and 
petals densely silky. Stamens very numerous. Ovary silky. 
Hab. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Haniff). 
(7) G. Maingayi Dyer, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 291; King, l.c. 204; 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 147, pi. 179A. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous oblanceolate obscurely serrulate in the upper part, base 
gradually attenuate, glabrous except pubescent midrib and edges 
beneath; nerves 6 pairs indistinct 2'5 to 3 in. long, 1 to i‘4 in. wide; 
petioles *25 in. long. Flowers sub-sessile *75 in. across. Bracts, 
sepals and petals all silky. Sepals and petals orbicular. Stamens 
numerous shorter. Ovary ovoid-conic silky 4- or 5-celled; styles 
1. Stigmas 4 or 5. Capsule 4- or 5-angled woody, 1 to 1*25 in. 
long, 5 to 6 in. through, backs of valves flat. Seed 9 in. long. 
Hab. Hill forests. Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scortechini, Wray), 
about 1000 ft. altitude. 
(8) G. hirtella Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 5 . Br. 73, p. 142. 
A tree. Buds and shoots appressed silky. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed sub-acute; margins 
crenulate near the tip; nerves very fine much reticulate and 
secondary nerves and reticulations almost as distinct as the primaries 
or quite invisible beneath; midrib prominent, above glabrous, 
beneath appressed hairy, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Flowers rather small cream colour; peduncles silky 
•1 in. long or less. Sepals orbicular silky tomentose '2 in. long. 
Petals obovate silky on the back. Stamens apparently few. Fruit 
75 in. long appressed pubescent outside, valves sub-acute. Hab. 
Forests on mountains. Selangor, Bukit Kutu at 3000 ft. altitude. 
Perak, Gunong Batu Pahat, lower camp (Wray). 
(9) G. Scortechinii King, l.c. 204. 
Tree. Branchlets and buds puberulous. Leaves coriaceous 
narrowly elliptic blunt or sub-emarginate, slightly narrowed to 
base; nerves 8 pairs very inconspicuous, 2 to 3 in. long, ^8 to 1*4 
in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary *6 in. 
across; peduncles very short pubescent. Sepals unequal orbicular 
silky outside. Petals twice as large puberulous outside. Stamens 
