. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Fig. 4. Foliage and flower of G. pen- Fig. 5. Capsule of G. penangensis■angensis, reduced to ^, from Curtis nat. size, from Curtis the genus longish. A little hair persists at maturity on the hacksof the blades near to the midrib. Its flowers are 3 cm. in diameterand are described by Curtis as yellow and by Ridley as pinkishyellow. The ovary narrows into a long style. Curtis got it as amedium sized tree at 1,500 and 2,-100 feet in Penang as a tall tree at about sea level at Seletar and at Chanchu-kang in Singa

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. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Fig. 4. Foliage and flower of G. pen- Fig. 5. Capsule of G. penangensis■angensis, reduced to ^, from Curtis nat. size, from Curtis the genus longish. A little hair persists at maturity on the hacksof the blades near to the midrib. Its flowers are 3 cm. in diameterand are described by Curtis as yellow and by Ridley as pinkishyellow. The ovary narrows into a long style. Curtis got it as amedium sized tree at 1,500 and 2,-100 feet in Penang as a tall tree at about sea level at Seletar and at Chanchu-kang in Singapore island. It is to be noted that Pitards characterof blunt capsules for Nabiasodendron is not upheld by this species. G. Maingayi, King, in Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, lix, 1890,p. 204, is extremely near to G. penangensis: and the ovary narrowsin the same way into the style. It was obtained first by Maingay who collected in Malacca,and then by Scortechini and Wray who collected largely in the hillsnear Taiping but did not record their localities. I hav

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