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both surfaces glabrous, shining, olive-brown when dry; 10—14 cm. 
long, 4—6 cm. broad; midrib rather slender, slightly impressed 
above, raised beneath; main nerves 8—10 pairs, the lowest quite 
close to the margin, at about 65° with the midrib, curved to anas- 
tomose near the margin and joined by an irregular prominent net- 
work of reticulation, all raised on both surfaces; petiole 7—12 cm. 
long, reddish. Flowers in axillary glabrous panicles of 4—5 slender 
elongate branches from a short (about 2—3 mm. long) thick peduncle 
which sometimes bears leafy branches; the branches 4—6 cm. long, 
ending in few-flowered cymules; pedicels slender; buds globose; 
flowers very small, subglabrous. Perianth-tube campanulate, glabrous, 
gland dotted; lobes short, ovate or nearly orbicular, glabrous except 
for a narrow villous ring at the base of the stamens, tube and lobes 
together about 1-5 mm. long. Stamens of Ist and 2nd row about 
1 mm. long, connective acute; those of 3rd row similar, the 2 basal 
glands rather large; staminodes of 4th row cordate, stipitate, all 
glabrous, or the filaments slightly villous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 
tapering into a short style; stigma obtuse. Fruit not known. 
Pgrrak: at Lumut Dinding, Ridley 10323! 
7. Berscumrepia Martneayi, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. V. 123 
(1886). A tree: branchlets very stout, the pale brown corky bark 
marked by longitudinal clefts, prominent leaf scars and very large 
round lenticels ; leaf-buds ovoid with densely rusty-tomentose scales. 
Leaves chartaceous, subopposite, often folded longitudinally; obovate 
or oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate at apex, narrowly acuminate 
at base; both surfaces glabrous, reddish-brown when dry; 12—24 
em. long, 4—14 cm. broad; midrib stout, impressed above and 
keeled ; main nerves 7—9 pairs, distant, not very prominent, starting 
at 60° or less (lowest pair 30°) with the midrib and curving to the 
margin and along it and joined together by irregular branches and 
diminishing loops; reticulations irregular, prominent and slightly 
raised on both surfaces; petiole stout, curved, 1—2°5 cm. long. 
Flowers in dense axillary rusty-tomentose panicles up to 4 cm. long 
and 3—4 cm. broad; rhachis and branches stout, usually flattened ; 
bracts many, conspicuous, ovate, obtuse, densely rusty-tomentose, 
about 6—8 cm. long; bracteoles small; pedicels very short; buds 
cordate-globose. Perianth-tube very short ; lobes ovate, broad, 3 mm. 
long, villous within. Stamens of Ist and 2nd row 1°5 mm. long, 
filaments thick, flattened, puberulous, anther-cells oblong, apex of 
connective obtuse; those of 3rd row similar but rather more acute 
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