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, 2\ to 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 connivent into a mitriform cap about f 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. FI. Zey. p. 6. 
Ilab. Ceylon, at an elevation of 1,000 feet — allied to Goniothalamus Gardneri. 
PLATE No. LXVI. 
I have no specimen of G. Walkeri (II. f. et. T.) from Ceylon • the other described specimens are G. M alay annus (H. f et. T.) 
from Malacca , G. sesquipedalis and Simonsii from the Khasya hills, and giyanteus and Griffithii from the Malay Peninsula and 
Birmah. It is probable that more species will be detected in Southern India, in Birmuh, and in the Malax/ Peninsula. 
OrOPHEA ThOMSONI. (Bedd. Linn. Trans. Vol. XXY.) A large shrub or small tree, glabrous except the in¬ 
florescence and the costa of the leaves beneath, leaves ovato-elliptic with a long obtuse acumination 2-4 inches Ion" 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 puberulous 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. LXYIL 
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 elliptic 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 deciduous bracteole, flowers about i an inchin 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 Anamallays—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 puberulous 
leaves glabrous sub-coriaceous elliptic or oblongo-lanceolate obtusely acuminate, acute or rounded at the base 1£ to 4£ inches Ion" -2 
to If broad, petioles 1-3 lines, peduncles axillary scarcely \ inch long furnished with several bracts, and bearing 1 rarely 2 Jon" slender 
pedicels \ to 1 inch long, which are furnished with a minute deciduous bracteole at or above the middle, sepals rotundate or ovate 
acute, ciliate, exterior petals 3 lines long rotundate membranaceous, interior trapezoid obtuse or acute long clawed stamens 12 in ° 
series, ovaries 6, two ovuled, stigma oblong, carpels globose blackish glabrous about | of an inch in diameter on Dedicels 1-2 lines Ion" 
* O’ 
Hab. The Western Ghats, from Coorg down to Travancore, in moist forests up to 3,500 or 4,000 feet— not very common 
(the specimen*figured is from Wynaad.) 
PLATE No. LXIX. 
OrOPHEA ^EYLANICA. (II. f. et. T.) A shrub, or small tree much branched, young parts fusco-pubesceut, leaves sub- 
coriaceous oval-oblong obtusely acuminate, 2-2>\ inches long 1-1J broad, young ones puberulous beneath, petioles | inch Ion" 
peduncles axillary bearing several pedicels very variable in length and furnished with small bracteoles at their base, and together with 
the peduncles fusco-pubescent, flowers about £ an inch in diameter, sepals orbicular obtuse or pointed, tomentose, exterior petals 
rotundate ciliate, interior trapezoid, thickened at the apex ciliate, 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. 
OrOPHEA CORIACEA. (Thw.) A middling sized tree, branches rigid, leaves very coriaceous ovato-lanceolate sub-acute, 
rounded at the base intensely green 2-5 inches long, 1-2^ broad, veins inconspicuous, petioles 1-2 lines Jong, peduncles | inch Iona 1 
flowered, furnished at the base wit^ 3-4 strigose bracts, flowers about 4 lines in diameter, sepals minute deltoid ciliate, exterior petals 
rounded obscurely acuminate, externally purple internally yellowish, interior petals purple joined into an obtuse mitriform cap 14 lines 
high, stamens 9 (6 ext. 3 int.) ovaries 1-2, two-ovuled, carpels subsessile subglobose oblique, 1-2 seeded. Thw, En. PI. Zey. p. 8. 
