Illtcium.] 



IV. WINTERACE^. 



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across. Sepals 3 small ones at the base, 3 to 4 upper much larger, 

 edges ciliate. Hab. Shady spots. Pahang, Telom cascade ; Gunong 

 Tahan; Selangor, Menuang Gasmg (Kloss). Perak, Thaipmg Hills 

 (Kunstler). Kedah Peak (Bell and Haniff), form with white flowers 

 in fascicles on trunk. 



var. crassifolia Ridl. Leaves lanceolate to obovate, thick, 

 coriaceous. Pedicels short, fleshy, thick. Flowers larger up to 

 I in. wide. Lowest sepals broad, as big as the upper ones, often 

 glabrous. Hah. On more exposed spots. Malacca, Mt. Ophir; 

 Pahang, K'luang Terbang (Barnes) ; Gunong Berembun, near Telom ; 

 Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Bukit Kutu (flowers fascicled on stem) ; 



Fig. 4. — Illicium cambodianum. 



Gunong Menkuang (Robinson) ; Sempang mines, Semangkok Pass. 

 Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Haniff); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 



This is the typical form from Cambodia. 



(2) I. evenium King, I.e. 374. 



A small glabrous tree. Leaves very coriaceous smooth ; nerves 

 invisible opposite in whorls of three, oblanceolate to obovate-oblong, 

 tip shortly acuminate, base elongate cuneate to a short thick 

 petiole ; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -3 in. long. 

 Flowers unisexual globular, 2 in. across on pedicels i m. long, 

 solitary or in few-flowered racemes. Sepals 8 or 9, round fleshy 

 similar. Stamens 30 to 50 in several rows ; filaments shorter than 

 anthers. Hah. Perak (Scortechini). Very rare, only once collected, 

 in male flower only. 



