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lobes introrse ; those of the 2nd row opposite the inner perianth- 
lobes, also introrse ; those of the 3rd row opposite those of the Ist 
row, extrorse, with 2 small villous rounded glands at the base a little 
behind the glands sometimes wanting ; staminodes of the 4th row 
opposite the stamens of the 2nd row, very small, ovate or triangular, 
villous on both sides. Ovary ovoid or globose, style slender, stigma 
peltate. Fruit an ellipsoid or oblong-obovoid berry seated on the 
enlarged perianth-tube and sometimes persistent lobes and supported 
by the slightly enlarged pedice].—Disrris. Malay Islands and Pen- 
insula, about 13 species. 
Leaves mostly obovate or oblanceolate, cuneate at base, 
under 20 em. long; glands of 3rd row stamens always 
present. 
Leaves without very prominent raised reticula- 
tion; flower panicles under 12 cm. long. 
Flower-panicles glabrous or only puberu- 
lous. 
Leaves chartaceou8s, main nerves 
6—8 pairs .. BiG .. L. N. umbellifiora. 
Leaves membranous, main nerves 
8—10 pairs 50 .. 2. WN. fruticosa. 
Flower-panicles rusty-tomentose (exe. var. 
giabrescens); leaves chartaceo-coriaceous 3. N. Kingiana. 
Leaves with very prominent ra sed reticulation ; 
flower-panicles over 15 cm. long . 4. N. reticulata. 
Leaves panduriform-obovate. cordate-auriculate at Rec, 
over 20 cm. long ; glands of 3rd row stamens absent 
or exceedingly minute 5c ie -- 5. N. panduriformis. 
1. NOTHAPH@BE UMBELLIFLORA, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.- 
Bat. I. 328 (1850). An evergreen tree reaching 15 to 25 m. in 
height and a considerable girth; branchlets glabrous, slender, white, 
the uppermost black when dry, innovations rusty-tomentose; leaf- 
buds lanceolate, very small, rusty-tomentose, with few or no scales. 
Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, cuspidate- 
acuminate at apex, long-cuneate at base rarely almost rounded but 
always somewhat decurrent ; glabrous on both surfaces, the upper 
dark olive brown, the eee reddish; 8 to 20 cm. long, 3—6 cm. 
broad ; midrib slender, prominent beneath; main nerves 6—8 pairs, 
sometimes rather more, rather oblique, curved to the margin 
where they are joined in loops, cross nervules few, irregular, promi- 
nent, raised; reticulation obscure; petiole 8—12 mm. long, often 
curved. Flowers minute, in axillary thyrsiform slender puberulous 
panicles shorter than the leaves and up to 10 cm. long; branches 
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