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KIBARA CHARTACEA, Blume in Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. II. 89 
(1852—56). A small tree reaching 7—8 m. in height; branchlets 
rather stout, smooth, pale brown. Leaves subcoriaceous; elliptic or 
ovate or ovate oblong, shortly cuspidate-acuminate at apex, acute or 
rounded at base; both surfaces glabrous, yellowish when dry; 
margin slightly recurved, entire or minutely distantly serrate on the 
upper half; 15—30 cm. long, 8—16 cm. broad; midrib fairly stout. 
raised above; main nerves 6—8 pairs, prominent, irregular, curved, 
the upper ones meeting in loops; secondary nerves and reticulation 
irregularly netted, prominent on the lower surface; petiole stout, 
channelled, 1:-5—2 cm. long. Flowers in axillary pedunculate cymes 
reaching 10 cm. in length in fruit, branches dichotomous. Drupe 
ovate acuminate, up to 15 mm. long, 10—12 mm. in diam., slightly 
rugose ; enlarged receptacle lobed; pedicel thick, about 5 mm. long. 
Perk. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxv. 572 and Monog. 61. K. coriacea, 
Endl. ; Hook. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 166 and Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. V. 
144 in part only. 
PENANG: back of W. hill road to Batu Ferengy, Curtis 2255! ; 
rocky jungle near Thaipeng, 250—300 m., King’s Collector 8524!.— 
Distris. Sumatra. 
3. Kipara coriaczea, Tul. in Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris VII. 
404 (1855). A small tree, reaching 4:5 m. in height; branchlets 
rather stout, smooth, brown. Leaves subcoriaceous ; ovate or oblong- 
ovate or -lanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate at base; both surfaces 
glabrous, yellowish when dry ; margin entire or very distantly and 
inconspicuously toothed in the upper half; 16—22 cm. long, 7—10 
cm. broad; midrib moderately stout; main nerves 6—8 pairs, 
curved, the upper ones meeting in loops about 5 mm. within the 
margin: secondary nerves few, reticulation irregular, prominent on 
the under surface; petiole 1—1:5 cm. long, channelled. lowers in 
axillary or lateral, puberulous, panicles of cymules reaching 14 cm. 
in length; cymules subumbellate ; pedicels curved, flattened, clavate, 
6—7 mm. in length; bracteoles 2, near the base of the flower; 
perianth of @ circumsciss, the lobes deciduous. Carpels pubescent. 
Drupe ovoid, acute. Hook. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 166 and Hook. f. Fl. 
Br. Ind. V. 114 in part; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 2. 73; Perk. in Engl. 
Bot. Jahrb. xxv. 576, Monog. 63 and Nachtr. 35; Koord. Exkurs. F1. 
Jav. IL. 259. K. Blumei, Steud. Nomencl. Bot. I. 846; Bi. Mus. Bot. 
Lugd Bat. IT. 88, t. ix. 
