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PIPERACEyE. 



86. PiPBE PENANGENSIS, A.D.C. 



Dlstrih. — Peuaiig. 



LAURINE^]. 



87. Machilus Scoktechinii, Gamble (?). 



Flowers too young to make certain of the identification but it 



resembles this species otherwise. 

 Dlstrih. — Perak mountains. 



88. Phcebe declinata, Nees. 



Distrib. — Singapore, North to Penang, from sea-level to 5,000 

 feet. Also in Sumatra and Java. 



89. Actinodaphne concinna, sp. nov. 



Leaves in distant whorls of 4 to 5 at the end of the branches, 

 thinly coriaceous, glabrous, lanceolate acuminate ; nerves 

 eight pairs slender, elevate, nervules subparallel, conspicuous 

 beneath, above depressed and less conspicuous, leaf when 

 dry grey above, paler beneath, 14 cm. long, 4 cm. wide, 

 petiole 1 cm. long. Inflorescence capitate, subsessile, termi- 

 nal or axillary below the leaves, 1 to 3 capitula together, 

 1 cm. long. In bud covered by ovate coppery pubescent 

 obtuse bi-acts, 0.4 cm. or less long. Male flowers 0.5 cm. 

 long, 0.7 cm. across, pedicel and tube shoi't hairy. Perianth 

 lobes, six, oblong obtuse, the outer three hooded, the inner 

 three flat, all hairy outside. Stamens, nine, filaments slender, 

 hairy. Anthers glabrous, oblong, 4-celled, inner three shorter 

 than the perianth, each with a pair of glabrous, shortly 

 stalked ovoid obtuse glands at the base. Pistillode ovary 

 hairy, style glabrous. Stigma conoid, pustular. Female 

 flowers and fruit not seen. 



Allied to A. pridriosa, Nees, a lowland tree difl^ering in its 

 hardly glaucous leaves, oblong not ovate perianth lobes 

 conoid stigma and other points. 



90. LiNDBRA RUFA, Gamble. 



Distrib. — Mountains of Selangor, Perak, Borneo and Sumatra, 

 from 4,000 to 7,000 feet. 



91. LiNDERA C^SIA, Bieii. 



Distrib. — Perak and Selangor mountains and Java. 



92. LiNDERA, 8p. 



Distrib. — Gunong Tahan, Pahang. 



93. LiNDERA SELANGORENSIS, Sp. nOV. 



Ti-ee about 30 feet tall, branches pale when dry. Leaves 

 alternate, distant, thin-textured, glabrous (except when 

 young when they are silky pubescent) dark green above, 

 glaucescent beneath, ovate acum.inate, acutecuspidate ; 



