100 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
clavate, about 5 mm. long. Perianth-lobes densely rusty-tomentose 
without, thick, the 3 outer much shorter than the 3 inner, pubescent 
within. Stamens very small, those of the lst and 2nd rows villous, 
scarcely 5 mm. long, filaments short, broad, connective obtuse ; 
those of the 3rd row villous, about ‘75 mm. long, with 2 minute vil- 
lous glands at the base; staminodes ovate, villous, very small and 
inconspicuous. Ovary oblong, attenuated into a slender style; stigma 
large, peltate. Fruit an obovoid oblong, often curved, berry 5—7 
em. long by 2 cm. broad, seated on the persistent perianth tube and 
lobes and somewhat enlarged rugose pedicel ; pericarp dark red, 
spotted, smooth, rather thin, the apex wrinkled. 
Perak: .at Waterfall, Thaipeng, etc. Wray 2268!, 2701!, 
3452!; on low ground near Larut and up to about 800 m. alt., 
King’s Collector 1928!, 3182!, 4938!, 6647!, 7295!. 
Var. glabrescens, Gamble. Panicles very short, few-flowered, 
glabrous, the cymules not prominently subumbellate ; glands at the 
base of the 3rd row stamens often absent. Leaves obovate or ellip- 
tic-oblong, acuminate at apex. 
Dinpines : at Lumut, Curtis 3445! (Herb. Singap. and Penang). 
4, NOTHAPHGBE RETICULATA, Gamble in Kew Bull. 224 (1910). 
Asmall tree reaching 12—15 m. in height and 15—25 cm. in diam. ; 
branchlets moderately stout, pale brown; leaf-buds very small, 
rounded, pubescent. Leaves chartaceous; elliptic-obovate or cblan- 
ceolate, obtusely often cuspidately acuminate at apex, cuneate at 
base ; both surfaces glabrous, prominently reticulate and pale olive- 
brown when dry ; 12—-22 em. long, 4—8 cm. broad ; midrib slender, 
slightly raised above, more so beneath; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, 
starting at about 60° with the midrib and curving to and along the 
margin where they are connected, the lower by a series of small loops, 
the upper by larger ones, joined by a prominently reticulated net- 
work of nervules which are raised on both surfaces ; petiole rather 
slender, 1°5—3 cm. long, the upper part bordered by the decurrent 
margins of the blade. Flowers in spreading glabrous axillary or 
subterminal many-flowered panicles reaching 15—20 cm. in length ; 
rhachis somewhat flattened; branches distant, often decurved, 
often 6 cm. long; cymules subumbellate ; pedicels slender, clavate ; 
flowers secund. Perianth-tube short; lobes ovate, acute, the outer 3 
rather the smaller, 15—2 mm. long. Stamens small, those of 1st and 
2nd rows clavate, 1:5mm.long, the anthers elongate, filaments slen- 
