Gaertnera.] xcm. loganiaceje. 431 
the end of a horizontal branch, 9 in. long with a pair of leaves 
4 in. long, 75 in. wide, subtending it. Cyme 1 in. long of 3 short 
branches. Flowers not seen. Fruit globose or sub-globose, *25 in. 
through with one or two seeds. Hab. Dense hill forests, Negri 
Sembilan, Bukit Tangga, base of hill (Ridley). 
This is most closely allied to G. lanceolata Ridl., having the same style 
of inflorescence, small cymes borne on long side branches, bare except for 
a pair of reduced leaves below the cymes. 
(13) G. ovata Ridl. Journ. Roy, As. Soc. S. By. 86, p. 301. 
Glabrous woody shrublet. Leaves obovate cuspidate, base 
narrowed and decurrent on petiole nearly to the base; nerves 
prominent beneath, 9 pairs; 9 in. long, 4 in. wide; petioles *25 in. 
long. Peduncles below the leaves, slender, 3 in. long with 2 
branches. Stipules forming a tube with 2 long mucros of the 
elevated prolonged midribs. Cyme small, 1 in. long of 6 short 
branches, lowest under -5 in. long. Flowers sessile about 4 in a 
head at the end of each branch. Calyx short, cup-shaped with 
very short points. Corolla -i in. long, tube thick shorter than the 
oblong blunt lobes, mouth inside white hairy. Hab. Mountain 
forests. Selangor, Semangkok Pass at 2000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(14) G. obesa Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 92. 
A stout fleshy shrub about 4 ft. tall little or jaot branched. 
Leaves fleshy coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate short-acuminate, base 
narrowed to the thick petiole; nerves conspicuous beneath, 9 to 
12 pairs; 12 in. long, 3*5 in. wide; petioles 1-5 in. long, broad. 
Stipules 1-5 in. long, coriaceous, broad oblong, bifid, auricled at 
base, connate in middle. Cyme dense about 2 in. across, many- 
flowered, umbellate; peduncles 1-5 in. long. Flowers *3 in. long, 
white, sessile or shortly pedicelled. Calyx campanulate, obscurely 
toothed. Corolla *3 in. long, lobes 5 dense hairy in mouth. Fruit 
baccate, bright light blue. Hab. Forests lowland. Singapore, 
Toas; Garden Jungle; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Tanjong Bunga; 
Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Malacca (Maingay). Perak (Scortechini). 
var. angustifolia King and Gamble, l.c. 624. Leaves not exceed¬ 
ing 275 in. wide. Cymes axillary, 1*5 in. long. Perak (Scortechini) 
only a single specimen, which I have not seen. 
(15) G. grisea Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 92; King, l.c, 625. 
A bush about 4 ft. tall of few thick stems. Leaves sub-cori¬ 
aceous, oblong-oblanceolate abruptly acuminate, above glabrous, 
beneath densely pubescent, 9 to 14 in. long, 3 to 5 in. across; 
nerves 7 or 8 pairs very prominent beneath; petioles thick, -25 in. 
long. Stipules forming a velvety tube 1 in. long with 2 setaceous 
points. Cyme spreading pubescent, 3 in. long, lowest branches 
2 in. long. Cymules dense on branch-ends, 1 in. through. Flowers 
white, *25 in. long, puberulous. Hab. Lowland forests in the south, 
Singapore, Changi; Bukit Timah; Bukit Panjang. Johor, Batu 
Pahat (Ridley). 
