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cels obconic, slightly flattened, glaucous and much warted, 2—3 cm. 
long, surmounted by the prominently persistent perianth-lobes and 
stamens. Perianth-lobes triangular, 5 mm. long and glabrous in 
fruit, the outer ones slightly the smaller. Stamens in fruit very 
slender, clavate, glabrous ; those of Ist and 2nd rows 3 mm. long; 
those of 3rd row 4 mm. long and with 2 rather large rounded glands ; 
staminodes of 4th row cordate, glabrous, stipitate. Fruit (young) 
an oblong ellipsoid berry about 2 cm. long and 1 cm. in diam., the 
top depressed ; pericarp tough, dull, black when dry. 
PeRAK: in dense jungle on low wet ground in Larut, King’s 
Collector 5378 ! 
This species is very near A. insignis and agrees with it very closely in the 
leaves, but in this the nerves are impressed while in that they are raised ; the 
midrib also differs; while insignis seems only to have the apex sometimes 
slightly emarginate. The fruit of insignis has a prominent annular ring and 
the perianth-lobes which are not very persistent are quite small, while in 
paludosa there is no ring and the lobes are large and prominent. 
6. ALSEODAPHNE INSIGNIS, Gamble in Kew Bull. 221 (1910). A 
very large tree reaching 24 to 30 m. in height and about 1 m. in 
diam. of stem; branchlets very stout, dark brown; leaf-buds conical, 
about 5 mm. long, with few lanceolate glabrous scales. Leaves very 
coriaceous, fascicled at the ends of the branchlets; oblong or obovate 
or oblanceolate, rounded or very obtusely acute at apex, cuneate or 
attenuate, often somewhat decurrent at base; both surfaces glabrous, 
the upper shining, the lower bluish-green ; margins thickened ; size 
variable from 12—15cm. by 5—7 cm. and somewhat rounded at base, 
to 15—35 cm. by 5—10 cm. and narrowed at base; midrib very stout, 
prominent, raised on both surfaces; main nerves 12—15 pairs slightly 
raised on both surfaces, starting at about 70° with the midrib and 
curved nearly to the margin where they join in loops; not prominent 
on the upper, but very evident on the lower surface, joined by rather 
inconspicuous transverse nervules and a minutely netted reticulation ; 
petiole stout, 3—6 cm. long, channelled above by the continuation of 
the margins of the blade. Flowers light green with yellow stamens, 
in subterminal, erect, stout, minutely puberulous panicles reaching 
15 cm. in length; peduncles and rhachis angular, nearly black ; 
branches short, tawny-puberulous, subumbellate ; bracts small, ovate- 
lanceolate, caducous; pedicels stout, trigonous; buds clavate ; 
fruiting panicles from the uppermost leaf-axils 10—30 cm. long; 
peduncles in fruit very stout. Perianth-lobes puberulous, the outer 
