142 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
I can only think that it is a case where the perhaps rather artificial distinction 
between the species having 4 and 2 cells respectively fails, as Sir D. Brandis 
has shown that it also fails in Lindera. 
Var. angusta, Meissn. l.c.; Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. le. Leaves 
glabrescent, often grey or silvery beneath, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
acuminate at apex, attenuate at base. Flower-clusters axillary or 
lateral, ¢ with many or 2 with few umbellules; rudimentary ovary 
in ¢ sometimes present, lanceolate, with long style and small capitate 
stigma. Tetranthera angusta, Wall. Cat. 6344; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. 
Rar. III. 30 and Syst. Laur. 641. 
Kevan: Langkawiisland, Curtis 2610!; Ridley 14965!. Penane : 
Wallich 6344!. Prrak: Upper Perak, Wray 3559!; Gunong Bubu, 
King’s Collector 6772!, 7620!. Matacoa: Griffith K. D. 4295!; 
Sungei Udang, Derry 524!; Gunong Sedang, Ridley!; Bukit Tampu, 
Goodenough 1957!. Panana: Pekan, Ridley 2266!—DistRis. 
Burma. 
Var. attenuata, King in Herb. Calc. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or 
-oblanceolate, acuminate at apex, narrowed or rounded at base, 
often nearly 20 cm. long, minutely rusty-pubescent beneath. Flower 
clusters with few or many umbellules, these with rather long 
peduncles. 
Prenane: Penang Hill, Batu Feringy, etc., Ridley 9473!, etc. 
Perak: Larut, Ulu Selangor and Ulu Bubong, King’s Collector 
4614!, 8750!, 10142!. Sztancor: at Weld’s Hill, Burn-Murdoch 41. 
Matracea: Maingay K. D. 1266!, 1278!; at Batu Tiga, Derry 990!. 
PanHane: at Kwala Luit, Ridley 2265!, at Telun, Ridley 13781!. 
10. Lirsza urrsutissima, Gamble in Kew Bull. 357 (1910). A 
shrub reaching 2°5m. in height ; branchlets rather stout, nearly black, 
the younger ones clothed with long golden hairs as are the innova- 
tions, the margins and nerves of the leaves and the inflorescence. 
Leaves soft, membranous, alternate; elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acumi- 
nate and ‘often with a long (10—15 mm.) filiform acumen at apex, 
more or less rounded at base; upper surface dark green when fresh, 
chestnut-brown and shining when dry, the younger with prominent 
scattered golden stiff hairs the older glabrescent, under surface paler 
similarly hirsute especially on the nerves; 15—20 cm. long, 7—12 
em. broad; midrib rather slender, channelled above; main nerves 
12—15 pairs, impressed above, regular and regularly curved to the 
margin; transverse nervules many, subparallel, conspicuous; reticu- 
