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submembranacea, pein aot aL e canes apice 
d 
attenuata et subcuneata, utrinsecus glabra, infra glaucina ; 15-2 
longa, 6-11 em. lata; costa crassa, immersa ; nervi utrinque 13- 15, 
supra paullo impressi, primo recti deinde curvati et prope marginem 
gradatim arcuati; nervuli transversi distantes, Soin sicut reticu- 
latio ;_petiolus crassus, nigrescens, rectus, 2-2°5 em. longus. Flores 
in umbellulis pedunculatis distantibus in racemis axillaribus co 
lateralibus vel etiam subterminalibus 10-25 em. longis (¢) vel 
10 cm. longis (Q); pedunculi 6 mm. longi ; umbellulae apertae 1 cm.. 
latae in dG, m angustiores, flores in umbellulis 5- 6; bracteae 
involucrales 4, glabrae vel ne puberulae, concavae, patulae ; 
perianthii tubus 2°5 mm, longus, intus_ villosus, ee bi 6-9, mem- 
branacei, obovati, acuti, 3°35 mm. longi in d, in Q Lica arse. 
Stamina floruam ¢ 9-14, vulgo 9, glabra, ae 1 et Il 4 mm 
longa, antheris ovatis apiculatis et filamentis eracilibus, ordinum IIT 
et IV glandulis 2 reniformibus, Papa prope basin filament- 
orum ; staminodia florum Q 12-16, ordinum I et II spathulata, 
glandulosa, ordinum III et IV subulata, glandulis 2 magnis sessili- 
bus ad dimidiam paren filamentorum. Ovarium in ¢_ rudi- 
mentarium, minimum, in tubo perianthii inclusum, stylo minuto ; 
in Q emp visbvons stylo crasso curvato, stigmate peltato. 
mee non vis 
LAY ERI es Penang : Government Hill, 360 m., Curtis, 
2449. Perak: near Larut, 90- 150 m. , King’s Collector, 6161 ; Scor- 
techini, 162. 
Litsea megacarpa, — [ Lauraceae-Litseeae] ; 3 species insignis, 
I. Noronhae, Blume, nis, racemis brevioribus puberulis nec 
tomentosis, - = sorancia, et drupa maxima cupula patelliformi 
suffulta di 
Arbor une patula, ad 18-30 m. alta; ramuli crassi, ultimi 
angulati, nigrescentes, glabri. Folia coriacea, alterna, glabra, 
elliptico-oblon ga ve el -obovata, apice obtusa, apiculata, raro cuspidata, 
basi sticanate, supra lucida, brunnea, infra cinerea, marginibus 
paullo recurvis; 15-45 em. longa, 7- 20 em. lata ; costa crassa, supra 
immersa ; nervi utrinque 10-15, distantes, irregulares, marginem 
versus curvati; nervuli transversi ssa iregulares, ramosi ; 
reticulatio areolata ; petio us crassus, curvatus, 1*5-6 cm. longus, 
supra sulcatus. lores in umbe ulis Paice Aeaeraige in 
racemis Sraci 08, axillaribus vel lateralibus 10-15 em. (¢ 
5-10 em. (Q) longis ; pedunculi 0°5-2 cm. longi; ache ke 
puberula vel pep ee ata ~—— eS caducae ; bracteae 
involucrales ss orbiculares, cone puberulae ; flores aperti 
rat mm. (Q) lati, in ental is 4-5; perianthii tubus 
1°5 mm, Bie lobi 6, ovati, acuminati, 2 mm. (d ) vel 1 mm. (Q) 
longi. Stamina florum G 9-12, vulgo 12, glabra, ordinum I et II 
4 mm. longa, antheris oblongis et filamentis gracilibus, ordinum 
IIf et IV breviora, glandulis 2 sessilibus vel stipitatis prope basin 
filamentorum ; ovarii rudimentum 0 vel parvum, conoideum. 
Staminodia florum Q 12, glabra, ordinum I et II clavata, 1-5 mm. 
longa, ordinum IIT et IV subulata, 1 mm. longa, glandulis 2 magnis. 
