194 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
lules, axillary or lateral on the branchlets; involucral bracts 2 to 4, 
concave, usually hemispheric ; flowers in each umbellule 1 to 6 or 
more; pedicels long or short; perianth-tube very short, lobes 6 or 
more, usually unequal. Stamens in 3 flowers normally 9 or 12, in 
three or four rows; those of the outer rows eglandular ; those of the 
inner rows biglandular; anthers all introrse, 2- (or rarely 4-) celled, 
filaments usually slender; ovary 0 or rudimentary with rudimentary 
style and usually peltate stigma. Staminodes of 2? flowers normally 
9 or 12, also in three or four rows ; those of the outer rows clavate 
eglandular; those of the inner rows clavate or subulate biglandular. 
Ovary ovoid; style usually thick; stigma peltate. Fruit globose or 
ovoid, seated on the usually slightly enlarged perianth-tube with 
usually persistent lobes ; pedicel often thickened ; pericarp succulent. 
Seed 1; testa thin, cotyledons conform to seed, usually hemispheric. 
—Distris. About 60 species in tropical and Eastern Asia to Japan 
and in North America. 
Leaves 1-ribbed, penninerved ; flowers in each umbellule 
more than 9. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate, short-acuminate, upper 
surface olive-green when dry Ss .. Ll. L. malaccensis. 
Leaves chartaceous, obovate, long-acuminate, 
upper surface blackish when dry ws se De de Wrage 
Leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate ; main 
nerves about 12 pairs a .. o. L. oxyphylla. 
Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate, Bt. main 
nerves 7— 8 pairs : .. 4. DL. polyantha. 
Leaves membranous, aulonelsncesians greyish ; 
main nerves about 8—12 pairs ae . 5. L. pipericarpa. 
Leaves 3-ribbeéd, more or less penninerved on iain 
flowers in each umbellule i—3. 
Leaves chartaceous, over 6 cm. long. 
Leaves long caudate-acuminate at apex; main 
nerves from midrib 1—3 pairs; flowers in 
each umbellule usually 1; perianth-lobes 
obtuse .. : 36 .. 6. L. bibracteata. 
Leaves rarely eandate: usually acuminate at 
apex; main nerves from midrib 2—5 pairs; 
flowers in each umbellule 3; perianth-lobes 
acuminate oe ae -. te Ly, ceava. 
Leaves coriaceous, usually under 6 cm. long; 
perianth-lobes obtuse... of .. 8. ZL. rufa. 
1. LinpeRA MmaLaccensis, Hook. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. V. 183 
(1886). A tree reaching 15 to 25 m. in height and 40 to 60 cm. in 
