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slender; leaf-buds linear-lanceolate. Leaves coriaceous; elliptic-oblong, 
rounded or shortly obtusely acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous 
on both surfaces, but with prominent raised glandular papillae ; 4 to 
9 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib stout, slightly impressed above, pro- 
minently raised beneath ; main-nerves 11 to 13 pairs, fairly prominent 
and regular, curving upwards to and along the margin near which they 
anastomose ; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure ; petiole '7 to 
1'3 in. long, thickened at base. Floivers pale yellow or white, in com- 
pound axillary panicles, 4 to 6 in. long ; main branches 1 to 2 in. long ; 
rachis slender, glabrous, somewhat angular; bracts leafy, ovate or 
spathulate, -5 to 1 in. or sometimes longer; bracteoles ovate-acute, very 
small ; pedicels slender, -05 to 1-5 in. long, much thickened and pale 
in fruit even when quite young. Calyx-tube short ; teeth 4, ovate-acute, 
■05 in. long. Corolla-lobes in two pairs, oblong, -1 to -15 in. long, 
slightly hairy within. Stamens '05 in. long ; filaments short, broad, 
anthers elliptic, emarginate, with a gland on the front of the connective. 
Drupe ellipsoid, -75 in. long, -3 to -4 in. broad, blueish-black when ripe ; 
■exocarp fleshy, endocarp thin, crustaceous. Seed 1, testa pergamaceous ; 
albumen none ; cotyledons fleshy, "55 in. long ; radicle very small, 
superior. Olea (?) paucijlora, Wall. Cat. 2812 ; A.DC. Prod. VIII. 288. 
Chionanthus palembanica, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 558 ; Kurz For. 
FI. II. 159, and Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 243. 
Kedah : Curtis. Penang : Wallich 2812a, b ; G. King ; Curtis 
695, 2773 ; King’s Collector 1693 ; Bidley 10178. Pebak : Ridley 7160 ; 
Scortechini 952 ; King’s Collector 4172, 4834. Singapore : Bidley 5079. 
— Distrib. Tenasserim, Andamans, Borneo (Haviland 1766). 
2. Linociera macrocarpa, King & Gamble. A small tree ; 
branchlets pale greyish-brown, stout, lenticellate ; innovations ashy- 
pubescent. Leaves coriaceous ; obovate-oblong or obovate-lanceolate, 
obtuse or very shortly and bluntly acuminate at apex, long cuneate 
at base; glabrous on both surfaces; margins entire or slightly recurved; 
6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3'5 in. broad; midrib very stout, broad and 
plane above, much raised beneath ; main-nerves 14 to 17 pairs, pro- 
minent beneath, curved only near the margin to meet in a faint looped 
intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves and reticulations obscure , 
petiole 1 to 1-5 in. long, enlarged at base. Floivers in ashy-pubescent 
panicles, 2 to 4 in. long; bracts leafy, sometimes oblong-lanceolate, 
more generally spathulate ; bracteoles linear-subulate, short ; pedicels 
variable, often 0; rachis and pedicels much enlarged in fruit. Calyx 
pubescent ; tube short ; lobes ovate-acute, -05 in. long. Corolla-tuba 
very short ; lobes oblong-linear, -1 to -15 in. long, margins much 
incurved. Stamens -075 in. long ; anthers oblong ; filaments very short, 
