176 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
slightly impressed above, starting at from 50°—60° with the midrib 
and curving to and along the margin; transverse nervules obscure, 
distant, irregular and branched, enclosing the prominent minutely 
areolate reticulation; petiole stout, curved, 1:°5—6 cm. long, 
channelled above. Flowers in umbellules on slender puberulous 
peduncles 5—20 mm. long, in slender axillary or lateral racemes 
reaching 1O—15 cm. long in 3, and 5—10 cm. in 9, the rhachis 
angular, puberulous or glabrescent; raceme bracts minute, ovate, 
caducous; umbellules when open 10 mm. broad in 3, 5mm. in Q; 
involucral bracts 4, orbicular, concave, puberulous without, the 
inner fimbriate on the margins ; pedicels slender, silky-villous, 1—5 
mm. long; flowers in each umbellule 4—5; perianth-tube funnel- 
shaped, 1—5 mm. long, villous; lobes 6, ovate acuminate, 2 mm. 
long, sparsely villous without, those of 9 scarcely 1 mm. long. 
Stamens of 3 flowers 9—12, usually 12, glabrous except at base, 
those of the outer rows 4 mm. long with oblong anthers and slender 
filaments, those of the inner rows shorter with a pair of large 
* variously lobed sessiie or stipitate glands from just above the base 
of the filaments; rudimentary ovary 0 or very small, conical with 
capitate stizma. Staminodes of Q flowers also 12, glabrous, those of 
the outer rows clavate 1:5 mm. long, those of the inner rows 
subulate 1 mm. long or less with a pair of large lobed glands asin 3. 
Ovary ovoid; style thick, curved; stigma peltate, 2—3-lobed. 
Fruit large, globose, slightly depressed, about 2.5—3 cm. in diam., 
when very young almost enclosed in the enlarged turbinate 
perianth-tubecupule, later on about one-third enclosed in a cup-shaped 
cupule, finally scarcely 5 mm. high being at the base surrounded 
by the margins of a saucer-shaped cupule 25 mm. in diam. at the 
mouth and 7—10 mm. high, somewhat rugose without; enlarged 
pedicel thick, flattened, 15 mm. long: pericarp thick, bright red 
when fresh and often spotted, shining and yellowish when dry. 
Province WELLESLEY: at Sungie Dhanu, Curizs 25111. 
Perak: at Sungie Larut and Tupai, Wray 2337!, 2730!; Scorte- 
chint 265!, 270!, 589!; in various localities about Larut up to 900 
m. alt., King’s Collector 3697!, 6076!, 6124!, 6155!, 6237!, 6409!, 
6567!, 6613!, 6689!, 6774!, 6866!, 2704!. SELancor: at 
Dusun Tua, Ridley 7621!. SincaporeE: at Toas, Ridley 6455!. 
45. LiTsEA SEBIFERA, Blume Bijdr. 560 (1825). A small tree 
reaching a height of 20m.and with adiameter of stemof 42cm. ; bark 
ashy grey; branchlets very stout, brown, with prominent leaf-scars 
