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9. D. glabra, Eoxb. El. Ind. III. 804. Stem fairly stout. 

 Leaves rather thin textured elliptic ovate lanceolate, lanceolate or 

 almost orbicular, acuminate, base rounded broad or cordate, nerves 

 5-7 glabrous, glaucous beneath 2-4 inches long li-2 inches wide petiole 

 1 inch long. Male panicles slender a foot long or more. Spikes slender 

 whorled less than an inch long. Flowers sessile. Bracts ovate acute. 

 Sepals ovate. Petals oblong obcuneate, spathulate. Female spikes 

 about a foot long, flowers remote. Capsule large rounded retuse, 

 wings nearly equal, one inch long l£ to 2 inches wide. 



Kunth. Enum. V. 383, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 294. 



Singapore : Garden Jungle (Ridley 8059) ; Sungei Ujong : Bukit 

 Sulu ; Burunang (Herb. Bot. Gard. Singap.) ; Malacca : Ayer Kuning 

 (Cantley) ; Perak : Larut (King's Coll. 2370) ; Penang : Government 

 Hill (Curtis 62, 63, 1088) ; Province Wellesley : Tasek Gelugur (Ridley 

 6986) ; Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis 2121, 2612, 2164). Distrib. India. 



Native names " Akar Jangut Kulonak," " Akar Munujan," " Akar 

 Mawas." 



10. D. LAURIFOLIA, Wall. Cat. 5111, Hook. fil. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 

 293. Stem slender. Leaves lanceolate to oblong or elliptic obtusely 

 acuminate thinly coriaceous 3 nerved strongly reticulate beneath, 

 2-3i inches long Ik inch wide, petiole 1 inch. Male panicles slender 

 1-2 feet long, racemes deilexed in alternate pairs, 1 to 3 inches long. 

 Flowers numerous scattered minute green. Bracts lanceolate acumi- 

 nate. Sepals ovate obtuse. Petals linear oblong. Anthers lanceolate 

 subsessile. Pistillode small. Female panicles about a foot long with 

 few branches. Flowers few distant. Capsule glaucous 3 winged 

 transversely elliptic retuse 2 inches long by £ inch wide. Seeds thin 

 orbicular. 



Singapore : Tanglin ; Johor : (Ridley 9175), Batu Pahat 

 (Ridley) ; Selangor : Kwala Lumpur (Ridley 10219) ; Malacca : 

 Merlimau, Mount Ophir (Ridley); Perak: Hermitage Hill (Ridley), 

 Gunong Keledang (Ridley 9569), Larut (King's Collector 5449) ; 

 Penang : (Porter Wall. Cat. 5111), Government Hill (Curtis 2292). 



Native name, "Akar Surinting ; " " Akar Kamahang." Ascends 

 to about 4000 feet alt. 



11. D. deflexa, Hook, fil Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 293. Stem rather 

 stout. Leaves opposite or alternate strongly coriaceous, edge not 

 thickened, ovate oblong acuminate 5 -nerved base rounded or obscurely 

 cordate, 4-5 inches long li-3 inches wide glabrous. Male panicles 

 long 1 foot or more, spikes 8 or more in distant whorls or tufts abrupt- 

 ly deflexed 1 inch long. Flowers globose sessile, crowded. Bracts 

 much shorter lanceolate acuminate. Sepals broadly ovate, petals 

 oblong. Anthers and pistillode large. Female inflorescence much 



