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GONIOTHALAMUS HoOKERI. (Thw.) A middling sized tree (about 30 feet) leaves ovato-oblong shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, slightly narrowed at the base, smooth 6-13 inches long, to 4J broad, petioles | to f inch long, peduncles equal¬ 
ling the petioles, axillary solitary or fascicled on the boughs or trunk, flowers pale green very sparingly rufo-hirsute, sepals persistent 
rotundate, acute, f inch long, exterior petals about 2 inches long f inch broad, rotundate at the base, slightly contracted above the 
middle, interior ones conniveufc into a mitriform cap about g inch high, tomentose within, ovaries about 25 style long subulate stigma 
small, bipartite, carpels shortly pedicellate size of small bean, seed shining testa brown. Thw. En. PL Zey, p. 6. 
Hab. Ceylon, at an elevation of 1,00(1 feet—allied to Goniothalamus Gardneri. 
PLATE No. LXVL 
7 have no specimen of G. Walken (II. f. et. T.) from Ceylon ; the other described specimens are G. Malay annus (H. f. et. T.) 
from Malacca , G. setquipedalis and Simonsii from the Khasya hills , and giyanteus and Griffith™ from the Malay Peninsula and 
Birnah. It is probable that more species will be detected in Southern India , in Birmah , and in the Malay Peninsula. 
OrOPHEA ThOMSONI. (Bedd. Linn. Trans. Yol. XXV.) A large shrub or small tree, glabrous except the in¬ 
florescence and the oosta of the leaves beneath, leaves ovate-elliptic with a long obtuse aoumination 2-4 inches long by 1-1 \ broad, 
petioles 1-2 lines, peduncles very short axillary 3 flowered strigose, pedicels very short, sepals and petals strigose on the outside, sepals 
ovate or rounded, exterior petals rounded, interior with a long claw and pubefulous at the apex on the inside, stamens 10-12 biseriate, 
ovaries strigose 5-6 biovulate, carpels size of a pea. 
Hab, Anamallays (specimen figured), Travancore, and Tinnevelly mountains and Madura District—elevation 1-4,000 feet. 
PLATE No. LXVil. 
OROPHEA ERYTHROCARPA. (Bedd. Linn. Trans. Vol. XXV.) A tree, trunk about 2 feet or so in girth, bark 
olive green, smooth, young parts aureo-pubescent, leaves elliptio acuminate 2|-5 inches long 1-2 broad, at length quite glabrous above, 
sub-pubescent beneath, petioles 1-2 lines long, peduncles axillary or above the axils very variable in length, furnished with numerous 
bracts and bearing 3-5 pedicels (1 inch long) which are villous as are the peduncles and flower buds, and are each furnished with 
one deciduons bracteole, flowers about \ an inch in diameter, stamens 12 in 2 series, outer row (always ?) sterile and very small, 
ovaries 6, two ovuled carpels oblong pointed nearly 1 inch long bright red, seed 1 scrobiculate. 
Hab. Common in the Anagoondy Shola on the AnaraaUays-2,000 feet elevation (not observed elsewhere) In flower and 
fruit all the year. 
PLATE No. LXVIII. 
OrOPHEA UNIFLORA. (H, f. et. T.) A shrub, branches slender glabrous or the young parts only slightly pu'oerulous, 
leaves glabrous sub-coriaceous elliptic or oblongo-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base 1£ to 41 inches Ion* £ 
to If broad, petioles I S lines, peduncles axillary scarcely J inch long furnished with several bracts, and bearing 1 rarely 2 Jong slender 
pedicels J to 1 inch long, which are furnished with a minute deciduous bracteole at or above the middle sepal* rotundate or ovate 
sente, dilate, exterior petals 3 line, long rotundate membranaceous, interior trapeauid obtuse or acute lol,g clawed stamens 12 in 2 
senes, ovaries 6, two ovuled, stigma oblong, carpels globose blackish glabrous about £ of an inch in diameter on pedicels 1-2 lines long. 
Hab. The Western Ghats, from Coorg down to Travancore, in moist forests up to 3,500 or 4 000 feet—not nnmmon 
(the specimen figured is from Wynaad.) 7 ' 
PLATE No. LXIX. 
coriscsons?™?^ EA (H ' 1 et T > A sbrub * OT 8ma11 ttee **""> b branched, young parts fnsco-pubescent. leaves sub- 
coriaceous oral-oblong obtusely acomroate, 2-3 j inches long 1-1} broad, young ones pnbernlous beneath, petioles} inch long, 
peduncles amllary bear.ng several pedicels very variable in length and furnished with small bracteoles at their base, and together with 
ntundlrncm US “' Pnb, 7 n ‘' f ont 4 “ tad* in **»»•«. sepals orbicular obtnae or pointed, tomentose, exterior petals 
rotmdrt. rnlmt^ interior trapsed, thickened at th. ape, dilate, stamens 6 in one row all fertile, ovaries about 15 glabrous obovate,- 
ovules 2, stigma capitate, carpels globose smooth glabrous about | an inch in diameter on pedicels 1 line long, 
Hab. In North Canara (specimen figured), and in Ceylon—2-3,000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. LXX. 
rounded C0RIACEA - < Tbw > A deed tree, branches rigid, leaves very coriaceous ovato-lanceolate sub-acuto, 
*T ,7". °“ 8, 1 - 2 i broaii - Yeins inconspicuous, petioles 1-2 lines long, peduncles } inch long X 
«owerod,f.irnUhed the baa. wit* 3-4 atngoae bracts, Bowers about 4 line, in diameter, aepala minute deltoid ciliate, exterior petal* 
I°!° ll r n ,77. m l° :\ e roall . y 3 , ' Uowi » b > tatarior petals purple joined into an obtuse mitriform cap 1} lines 
gb, stamens 9 (6 ext. 3 int.) ovaries 1-2, two-ovuled, carpels eubaeesile subglobose oblique, 1-2 seeded. Thw. En. FI. Zty p. 8 
