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connective produced in a conical acumen. Ovary pubescent ; style 
short ; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe oblong-ellipsoid, 1'7 in. long, 1 to 
1-2 in. broad; exocarp thick, granular; endocarp hard, '15 in. thick, 
obscurely ridged outside. Seed 1, testa membranous, albumen fleshy. 
L. insignis, Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Br. Ind. III. 610. Ghionanthus 
macrocarpa, Blume Mus. Bot. I. 319 (1849) ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 
VIII. 239. C. insignis, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 559 (1862). G. mon- 
tanus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 243, and Por. PI. II. 159. 
Singapore : at Bukit Mandai, Ridley 4580. — Distrib. Tenasserim 
{Heifer (K.D.) 3688), Martaban {Kurz), Sumatra {Teysmann, Beccari 
826), Borneo {Beccari 725). 
3. Linociera paludosa, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree {Wray), 
large tree, 60 to 80 feet high, and 15 to 20 in. in diam. of stem {King’s 
Collector) ; branchlets thick, pale greyish-brown. Leaves coriaceous ; 
oblong, bluntly acute at apex, also at base ; glabrous on both surfaces 
except on the nerves which are minutely pubescent ; margins recurved ; 
6 to 12 in. long, 2 to 4 in. broad ; midrib thick, prominent, slightly 
raised above, strongly so beneath main-nerves 11 to 15 pairs, im- 
pressed above, prominently raised beneath, -75 to 1 in. apart, at first 
straight then curving upwards to and along the margin to anastomose 
and form a prominent looped intramarginal nerve ; secondary nerves 
few ; reticulations transverse, not prominent ; petiole stout, wrinkled, 
•5 in. long. Flowers yellow, with a brown centre, in pubescent panicles 
1'5 to 2 in. long from the branchlets between the leaf-nodes in the axils 
of small tubercles ; peduncles stout, grey-pubescent, -2 in. long ; bracts 
ovate, grey-pubescent ; bracteoles ovate-acute, recurved ; pedicels 05 
in. long. Calyx-tube short, lobes ovate-acute or triangular, ciliate, 
•025 in. long, one lobe sometimes enlarged. Corolla-lobes in 2 pairs, 
linear-oblong, obtuse, '2 in. long, -05 in. broad, glabrous. Stamens 
•05 in. long ; filaments broad, short ; anthers rounded, connective with 
an obscure gland. Ovary conical, glabrous ; style short ; stigmas 2. 
Fruit not known. 
Perak : at Sungie Larut, Wray 2424 ; on low wet ground, King’s 
Collector 6476. 
4. Linociera caudata, King & Gamble, n. sp. A tree, reaching 30 
to 40 feet in height and 5 to 7 in. in diam. of stem ; branches slender, 
pale grey, ultimate branchlets darker. Leaves chartaceous ; lanceolate, 
caudate-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; glabrous on both surfaces ; 
margins entire, recurved; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1'25 in. broad; midrib 
slender, raised above, scarcely raised beneath ; main-nerves very 
obscure, about 4 to 5 pairs, curving sharply upwards to meet in an 
intramarginal looped nerve ; petiole •! to '2 in. long, grooved above. 
