448 XXXIX. CELASTRiNE^. [Lophopetalum . 



(i) L. pachyphyllum King, I.e. 348. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves very thick 

 coriaceous elliptic-oblong light green, bluish beneath ; nerves 7 or 8 

 pairs, 4 to 5-5 in. long, i-6 to 275 in. wide; petioles -5 to 75 in. 

 long. Cymes 3 to 4 in. across, 7 in. long. Flowers 75 in. across 

 on -5 in. pedicels. Calyx and disc hardly lobed, round. Petals 

 3'ellow attached to edge of the deep red disc. Hah. Forests, Malacca 

 (Maingay). Perak, Larut Hills 800 to 1500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(2) L. fimbriatum Wight III. i. 1708; Lawson, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 615 ; King, I.e. 349. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic cuspi- 

 date, base rounded or retuse ; nerves 7 to 10 pairs thin, bold 

 beneath, 3 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3*5 in. across. Panicles i to 4 in. 

 long many-flowered. Flowers '5 in. across ; pedicels "25 in. long. 

 Sepals very short. Petals orbicular-obovate, yellow. Disc large 

 purple. Stamens rather long. Hab. Woods rare. Singapore, 

 Changi (Ridley) . Distrih. Burma. N alive names : Krabu;Medang 

 Asam. 



(3) L. subobovatum King, I.e. 349. 



Medium-sized tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate obtuse shortly 

 cuspidate blunt, much narrowed to base ; nerves 6 pairs, 2*5 to 



4 in. long, i"4 to 2 in. wide ; petioles -35 to -45 in. long. Panicles 

 axillary 4 to 5 in. long; branches i"5 in. spreading. Flowers 

 •3 in. in diameter. Calyx teeth deltoid. Petals ovate obtuse, 

 keeled and wrinkled above. Disc entire. Hab. Penang, Cooly 

 lines, Government Hill, 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



(4) L. Scortechinii King, I.e. 350. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic to obovate, blunt or sub-acute, base narrowed; nerves 



5 pairs, 3*5 to 4*5 in. long, 175 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles '4 to 

 •5 in. long. Panicles axillary cymose 2*5 to 4 in. long, spreading; 

 branches i'5 in. long. Flowers rather crowded at branch ends 

 •25 in. across yellow. Calyx lobes ovate obtuse. Petals deltoid, 

 round smooth. Disc thin. Hab. Perak, Larut Hills 500 to 1000 ft. 

 altitude (Kunstler). 



(5) L. oblongum King, I.e. 350. 



Tree 50 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong, shortly cuspidate, base 

 cuneate; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 3*5 to 4*5 in. long, 1-5 to i'8 in. wide. 

 Panicles 3 to 3"5 in. long; branches lax. Flowers 3 in. across; 

 pedicels "i in. long. Sepals deltoid round. Petals longer, oblong 

 with a fimbriate crest above. Fruit woody, 5 in. long, 1*5 in. 

 wide. Seeds 2*5 in. long. Hab. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 

 Lankawi, Kesap (Haniff). 



(6) L. fuscescens Kurz, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. xliv. 202. 

 Tree. Leaves coriaceous oblong shortly acuminate, ba^ 



rounded ; nerves 16 to 18 in pairs, 4 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide ; 

 petioles '8 to i'25 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal. 



