148 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
in 2 ; involucral bracts 5, glabrous or only minutely pubescent, thin, 
orbicular, concave, reflexed ; flowers in each umbellule 5—7, pedicels 
stout, pubescent ; perianth-tube short, lobes 6, linear-oblong, membra.- 
nous, ciliate and laxly villous,3 mm. long. Stamens in 3 flowers 9, 
those of the outer 2 rows 5—7 mm. long with oblong anthers and 
filiform villous filaments, those of the inner row rather shorter with 
smaller anthers and a pair of small reniform stipitate glands at the 
base ; rudimentary ovary very small with long villous style and 
capitate stigma. Staminodes in 2 flowers normally 9, those of the 2 
outer rows subulate clavate 2—2°5 mm. long with hispid filaments, 
those of the 3rd row short clavate glabrous with a pair of large 
reniform shortly stipitate glands. Ovary globose, glabrous; style 
thick, 3 mm. long; stigma. large, discoid. Fruit nearly globose, 
6—7 mm. in diameter, seated on the very slightly enlarged flattened 
perianth-tube, about 3 mm. in diam., the margins sinuate somewhat 
reflexed ; pedicel stout, clavate, 5—7 mm. long; pericarp smooth, 
rugose when dry. 
PERAK: in open jungle on low hills up to 250 m. alt., King’s 
Collector 480!, 4460!, 7759!, 7761!; Scortechint!. SELANGOR: at 
Kwala Lumpur, Ridley’s Collector 4699!. Matacca: Maingay K.D. 
1265! Singapore: in Garden, Garden jungle, etc., Ridley 56!, 3368!, 
6821!, 10640!, 10838!, 11337!, 11839!; at Galang, Baker 3033 !. 
Vern. ‘ Poko Parawas’. 
15. Lirszta BRacuystacuyA, Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. III. 
143 (1900). A spreading evergreen tree reaching a height of 15—18 m. 
and up to 90 cm. in diam. of stem; branchlets rather slender, 
smooth, nearly black when dry, angled, channelled decurrently from 
below the bases of the nodes, uppermost and innovations minutely 
grey-puberulous. Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, alternate, 
glabrous ; elliptic or elliptic-ovate, obtusely acuminate at apex, acute 
or rounded often unequally at base; upper surface shining, bright 
green when fresh, dark brown when dry, lower bluish green when 
fresh, brown when dry; margins slightly recurved ; 10—14 em. long, 
5—7 cm. broad; midrib slender, impressed above, prominently 
raised beneath; main nerves 7—9 pairs, rather irregular, impressed 
above, at from 50° to 60° orsometimes 70° with the midrib, curved to 
join the margin ; transverse nervules rather distant and not prom- 
inent, straight or curved, enclosing the netted and rather obscure 
reticulation ; petiole slender, 15—25 mm. long, channelled above. 
Flowers in umbellules or slender peduncles up to 6 or even 10 mm. 
