Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 161 
27. Lirsza pustuLatTa, Gamble in Kew Bull. 359 (1910) A 
small or moderate-sized evergreen tree reaching 12 to 18 m. in 
height and 25—37 cm. in diam. of stem; branchlets stout with 
large pith, pale brown, smooth, striate when dry, uppermost 
slightly puberulous. Leaves subcoriaceous, alternate;  elliptic- 
oblong or slightly obovate, rounded and with a short acumen at 
apex, broadly attenuate to rounded at base; upper surface shining, 
glabrous, lower bluish-green or slate-coloured when fresh, sub- 
glaucous when dry; margins recurved; 18—35 cm. long, 8—14 cm. 
broad; midrib stout, flat above, raised beneath; main nerves 8—12 
pairs, slightly impressed above, starting at from 50°—60° with the 
midrib and curving upwards to and along the margin, the upper- 
most nearly reaching the apex; transverse nervules many, faint, 
arched, enclosing the obscure areolate reticulation; petiole stout, 
2—3 em. long. Flowers in umbellules in short axillary or lateral 
racemes about 1 cm. long; rest not known. Fruit globose, slightly 
depressed, 15 mm. in diam., seated on the shallowly obconic patelli- 
form enlarged very rugose spotted and pustulate perianth-tube, 
when young this is globose with a very small orifice and enclosing 
the fruit, later on it is hemispheric, finally patelliform 5—6 cm. long 
12cm. in diam., margin smooth; enlarged pedicel thick, also rugose 
and pustular, flattened, 8—12 mm. long; pericarp smooth, yellowish 
when dry. 
Perak: dense forests near Larut up to 250 m. alt., King’s 
Collector 2544!, 3418!, 5140!. 
28. LitsntA PATELLARIS, Gamble in Kew Bull. 360 (1910). A 
spreading evergreen tree reaching 12—18 m. in height and 20—30 cm. 
in diameter of stem; branchlets stout, smooth, brown, the upper- 
most puberulous; leaf-buds ovoid. Leaves sub-coriaceous, alternate ; 
oblong or obovate, abruptly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; 
upper surface smooth, shining, glabrous, lower bluish-green when 
fresh. grey-glaucous when dry, minutely puberulous when young 
afterwards glabrous; margins recurved ; 20—40 cm. long, 7—14 cm. 
broad; midrib stout, plane above, much raised beneath; main 
nerves 8—10 pairs, slightly impressed above, prominent beneath, 
starting at about 50° with the midrib and passing obliquely with 
only aslight curve upwards to and along the margin where they end 
in small diminishing loops; transverse nervules many, arched, some- 
times branching, enclosing the minutely netted reticulation; petiole 
stout, 2—3 cm. long. Flowers not known, but racemes axillary 
. 21 
