ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, | 
No. 10.] [1910. 
LIL—NEW LAURACEAE FROM THE MALAYAN 
REGION. IV. 
J. S. GAMBLE, 
Litsea hirsutissima, Gamble [Lauraceae-Litseeae] ; species con- 
spicue molliter aureo-fulvo-villosa, LZ. amarae, Blume, var. fusco- 
tomentosae, affinis, praesertim varictati nostrae geniculata, quae foliis 
orbiculatis bullosis et ramulis geniculatis differt. 
Frutex ad 2°5 m, altus ; ramuli crassiores nigrescentes, juniores 
cum innovationibus, marginibus nervisque foliorum, et inflorescentia 
nervi utrinque 12—15,supra impressi, regulariter ad marginem curvati; 
nervuli transversi conspicui paralleli ; recticulatio obscura ; petiolus 
marginibus fimbriatae, intus glabrae; flores in umbellulis 5-6; 
perianthii lobi oblongi, 2-3 mm, longi, glandulosi, apice dentati ; 
pedicelli brevissimi. Stamina florum ¢ 9, lamentis gracilibus ad 
basin longe villosis superne glabris, ordinum I et II antheris 
obovatis, ordinis III antheris ovatis, glandulis 2 magnis sessilibus 
paullo supra basin filamentorum; florum Q staminodia ignota, 
Mauay Peninsuna. Perak: road to Gunong Hijan, 750 m., 
Curtis, 1344; Goping and Thaiping, King’s Collector, 404, 8379. 
Var. geniculata, Gumble. Ramuli ad nodos prominenter geni- 
culati. Folia breviora, 8-12 cm. longa, 6-7 . lata, ovata vel 
orbiculata, apice obtusa vel paullo apiculata, basi subcordata, bullata, 
supra lucida, glabra. ores iis var. typicae similes sed antheris 
aliquando thecis 2 nec thecis 4 vel thecis 2 superioribus minimis, 
filamentis sparse hirsutis. 
Matay Peninsuta. Perak: Goping, King’s Collector, 878. 
(18086—6a,) Wt, 92—428, 1375 12/10, D&S. 
