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Stamens 4, slightly exsert, inserted between the corolla-lobes at the top 
of the tube ; filaments slender ; anthers small, ovate, cells dehiscing on 
the margins or somewhat extrorsely. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style 
slender, subulate, -04 in. long ; cells 2, ovules in each cell apparently 2. 
Drupe globose, - 2 to -3 in. in diam. ; dark greenish-blue when ripe, 
exocarp thin, fleshy, endocarp crustaceous. Seed 1, testa membranous ; 
albumen fleshy, ruminate ; cotyledons oblong, flat, narrow ; radicle 
superior. 
Perak : Scortechini 414 — at Thaipeng ; Wray 682 ; King's Collector 
5029, 6978. 
The structure of the wood, so far as the examination of a very small branch goes, 
confirms the placing of this plant in the genus Osmanthus. 
To this species seems also to belong King’s Collector 3663, which has a bright red 
drupe reaching -5 in. in length, slightly ribbed and with a spathulate embryo having 
the radicle nearly as long as the cotyledons, each -1 in. It may be called Vak. ohlonga. 
3. Linociera, Swartz. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, entire. Flowers small, in axillary 
or extra-axillary, rarely terminal, panicles or cymes ; bracts generally 
small, sometimes rather enlarged and leafy ; bracteoles very small. 
Calyx small, 4-fid or -toothed. Corolla of 4 petals, long or short, nearly 
free or cohering by pairs or very shortly connate, induplicate- valvate in 
bud. Stamens 2, rarely 4, inserted at the base of the petals and usually 
between the two cohering ones ; filaments short ; anthers elliptic or 
oblong, dehiscing on the margin or slightly extrorse ; connective broad, 
often apiculate. Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from 
its apex ; style short ; stigma bifid or entire. Drupe globose or ellip- 
soid; exocarp fleshy, thin, endocarp bony or crustaceous. Seed usually 
solitary, pendulous ; testa thin ; albumen fleshy or 0, if fleshy the coty- 
ledons flattened, radicle superior. — Distrib. Tropics of both hemi- 
spheres, species about 40. 
Leaves over 4 in. long, main-nerves prominent beneath : — 
Panicles 4 to 6 in. long, drupe -75 in. long . . . . 1. L. pauciflora. 
Panicles 2 to 4 in. long, drupe 1-7 in. long . . . . 2. L. macrocarpa. 
Panicles 1'5 to 2 in. long, drupe not known . . . . 3. L. paludosa. 
Leaves under 4 in. long, main-nerves obscure beneath, cymes 
scarcely 1 in. long . . .. .. .. .. 4 . L. caudata. 
1. Linociera pauciflora, Clarke in Hook. f. PL Br. Ind. III. 609 
(1882). A small tree, reaching 30 to 40 feet in height and L5 to 2 feet in 
diam. of stem; branches moderately stout, pale grey, smooth, swollen 
at the nodes, internodes slightly angular; branchlets darker coloured, 
