and some other Genera of Malayan Plants. 129 



is only met with at high elevations ; I found it on the sum- 

 mit of the Sugarloaf, and I am informed that it is almost 

 the only shrub met with towards the top of the volcanic 

 cone of Gunong Dempo in Passumah, where it is called 

 Kaijo Umur panjang, or the Tree of long Life, probably 

 from its maintaining itself at elevations where the other de- 

 nizens of the forest have ceased to exist. At Bencoolen an 

 infusion of the leaves is drunk as a substitute for tea ; and it 

 is known to the natives by the name of the Tea Plant. 



Glaphyria sericea. 

 Foliis lanceolatis acuminatis. 



Found on Pulo Penang, an island on the western coast of Su- 

 matra. 



This is a moderate-sized tree ; its leaves are lanceolate, lon<r- 

 acuminate, entire, very smooth. Flowers few, on short 

 leafy peduncles or branchlets, which spring from the axils 

 of the upper leaves. The calyx, peduncles and bracteolar 

 leaflets are sericeous, as also the young leaves and shoots. 

 Corolla from five- to six-petalled. Stamens numerous. Ovary 

 from five- to six-celled, polysporous. 



EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN TAB. IV. 



Fig. 1. Lansium domesticum. 



a. The flower. 



b. The same in front. 



c. The stamineous tube. 



d. The same laid open and expanded. 



e. The ovary. 



f. A section of the same. 



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