268 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



connective produced in a conical acumen. Ovary pubescent ; style 

 short ; stigma 2-lobed. Dr%ipe oblong-ellipsoid, 1-7 in. long, 1 to 

 1"2 in. broad ; exocarp thick, granular ; endocarp hard, -15 in. thick, 

 obscurely ridged outside. Seed 1, testa membranous, albumen fleshy. 

 L. insignis, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 610. Ghionanthus 

 macrocarpa, Blume Mus. Bot. I. 319 (1849) ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 

 VIII. 239. G. insignis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 559 (1862). G. mon- 

 tanus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 243, and For. Fl. II. 159. 

 Singapore : at Bukit Mandai, Ridley 4580. — Disteib. Tenasserim 

 {Heifer (K.D.) 3688), Martaban {Kurz), Sumatra {Teysmann, Beccari 

 826), Borneo {Beccari 725). 



3. LiNOciERA PALUDOSA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree {Wray), 

 large tree, 60 to 80 feet high, and 15 to 20 in. in diam. of stem {King's 

 Collector) ; branchlets thick, pale greyish-brown. Leaves coriaceous ; 

 oblong, bluntly acute at apex, also at base ; glabrous on both surfaces 

 except on the nerves which are minutely pubescent ; margins recurved ; 

 6 to 12 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, slightly 

 raised above, strongly so beneath main-nerves 11 to 15 pairs, im- 

 pressed above, prominently raised beneath, -75 to 1 in. apart, at first 

 straight then curving upwards to and along the margin to anastomose 

 and form a prominent looped intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves 

 few ; reticulations transverse, not prominent ; petiole stout, wrinkled, 

 •5 in. long. Flowers yellow, with a brown centre, in pubescent panicles 

 1-5 to 2 in. long from the branchlets between the leaf -nodes in the axils 

 of small tubercles ; peduncles stout, grey-pubescent, -2 in. long ; bracts 

 ovate, grey-pubescent ; bracteoles ovate-acute, recurved ; pedicels 0-5 

 in. long. Calyx-tube short, lobes ovate-acute or triangular, ciliate, 

 "025 in. long, one lobe sometimes enlarged. Corolla-lobes in 2 pairs, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, "2 in. long, -05 in. broad, glabrous. Stamens 

 •05 in. long ; filaments broad, short ; anthers rounded, connective with 

 an obscure gland. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style short ; stigmas 2. 

 Fruit not known. 



Perak : at Sungie Lanit, Wray 2424 ; on low wet ground. King's 

 Collector 6476. 



4. LiNOCiERA caudata. King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, reaching 30 

 to 40 feet in height and 5 to 7 in. in diam. of stem ; branches slender, 

 pale grey, ultimate branchlets darker. Leaves chartaceous ; lanceolate, 

 caudate-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 margins entire, recurved; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1'25 in. broad; midrib 

 slender, raised above, scarcely raised beneath ; main-nerves very 

 obscure, about 4 to 5 pairs, curving sharply upwards to meet in an 

 intramarginal looped nerve ; petiole "1 to -2 in. long, grooved above. 



