CXIX. LAURINEjE, 
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Cryptocarya.] 
oblong, acute or acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, with 
the nerves depressed, beneath greyish, nerves 4 pairs and reticula¬ 
tions elevate, red-tomentose; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; 
petioles glabrous, *2 in. long. Panicles 2 to 3 in. long. Flowers 
very small, pale yellow crowded on the tips of the branchlets, 
all pubescent. Branches -25 in. long. Bracts small, oblong. 
Perianth-tube cylindric, *075 in. long; lobes as long. Fruit ovoid; 
flask-shaped, acute, 1 in. long, black. Hab. Forests, Malacca 
(Maingay, Derry). Bindings, Bruas, Lumut. Perak, Larut (Kunst- 
ler). Penang, Muka Head (Curtis). Native name : Medang Leang. 
(7) C. tomentosa Blame, Ann. Mas. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I. i. 335; 
Gamble, l.c. 44. 
Big tree 30 to 50 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through; branchlets 
tawny-puberulous. Leaves chartaceous elliptic or oblong-lan¬ 
ceolate, shortly acuminate, base narrowed or rounded, glabrous 
above except midrib, grey beneath; nerves and reticulations 
tawny villous; 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles glabrous, -2 in. long. 
Panicles lax, 4 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, grey puberulous, axillary 
and terminal; cymes corymbose; pedicels *04 in. long. Perianth- 
tube funnel-shaped, -4 in. long; lobes as long, grey puberulous. 
Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, 1 in. long, rather strongly ribbed when 
dry. Hab. River banks, Perak, Kinta River; Chanderiang; 
Batang Padang; Bernam River (Kunstler). 
var. rugosa Gamble. Panicles with conspicuously rugose 
branches; leaves glabrous, and petioles very thick. Malacca, 
Sungei Hudang (Derry). 
(8) C. ferrea Blame, Bijdr. 557; Gamble, l.c. 45. 
A big tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 8 to 12 in. through. Leaves chart¬ 
aceous, oblong or oblong-obovate to lanceolate acuminate blunt, 
base cuneate, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, or glabrous 
except nerves, 4 pairs elevate, reticulations very small; 4 to 5 in. 
long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Panicles axillary 
and terminal, 3 in. long, grey-pubescent, lower branches 2 in. long; 
flowers yellow, crowded at tips. Pedicels -04 in. long. Perianth- 
tube funnel-shaped, -4 in. long, lobes shorter. Fruit ovoid-oblong- 
cylindric, -5 in. long, -25 in. through, black. Hab. Forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Chua Chu Kang; Bukit Mandai. Johor, Pinerong (Cantley); 
Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Malacca, Sungei Hudang and Bukit 
Sadanen (Derry). Selangor, Ulu Selangor (Kunstler). Perak, 
Goping; Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). 
Kelantan, Chaning Woods. Distrib. Java. Native names : Medang 
Merah; Medang Kuning. 
(9) C. bracteolata Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 144; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 48. * 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
dark green above, bluish white beneath, ovate or elliptic-ovate 
cuspidate, base shortly cuneate; nerves 6 pairs sunk above, 
