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cxix. laurine^e. [ Cryptocarya . 
blunt acuminate, base cuneate shortly, bright green above, silvery 
grey beneath, 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; nerves puberulous, 8 to 10 
pairs; nervules transverse, reticulations conspicuous, small; 
petioles *2 in. long. Panicles in young fruit 2 to 3 in. long. Hob. 
Perak, Batang Padang (Kunstler), 
A dubious species near, and possibly a state of, C. Kurzii. 
2. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, usually cori¬ 
aceous penni-nerved reticulate. Flowers rather small, bisexual 
racemose or panicled axillary to sub-terminal. Perianth-tube 
short, lobes 6. Stamens 9; anthers 2-celled, rows 1 and 2 introrse, 
3 extrorse. Staminodes, 4th row stipitate, cordate or ovate, 
glands 6, stipitate between rows 2 and 3. Ovary sessile, free. 
Fruit oblong, ovoid or globose; pedicels hardly thickened; perianth 
deciduous. Species 20, tropics. 
Leaves very large, 12 in. long, very coriaceous. 
Leaves oblong; perianth lobes ovate 
Leaves obovate; perianth lobes oblong . 
Leaves coriaceous, about 6 in. long. 
Leaves alternate; flowers rather large, glabrous 
Leaves villous beneath more rounded 
Leaves sub-opposite, rusty-villous; flowers 
rather large ...... 
Leaves opposite, glabrous shining; flowers very 
small ....... 
Leaves thin coriaceous or chartaceous. 
Panicles dense, 1 in. long .... 
Panicles lax, spreading. 
Nerves regular, panicle grey-pubescent 
Nerves irregular; panicles reddish 
Cymes short, -75 in. long; flowers campanu- 
late, lobes long ..... 
Flowers in very short bracteate racemes; bracts 
silky white, buds strobiloid 
Flowers in very short glabrous bracteate racemes, 
glabrous; leaves lanceolate 
Species imperfectly known. 
Leaves membranous elliptic .... 
Leaves lanceolate willow-like chartaceous . 
Leaves coriaceous lanceolate .... 
(1) B. insignis 
(2) B. Kunstleri 
(3) B. malaccensis 
(4) B. Curtisii 
(5) B. Scortechinii 
(6) B. lumutensis 
{7) B. Maingayi 
(8) B. longipes 
{9) B. perakensis 
(10) B. tonkinensis 
(n) B. penangiana 
(12) B. brevipes 
(13) B. membranacea 
(14) B. pahangensis 
(15) B. Foxiana 
(1) B. insignis Gamble , Kew Bulletin , 1910, p. 147; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 53. 
Big tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves stiff, 
coriaceous, oblong, oblanceolate acute, base narrow, glabrous; 
midrib prominent; nerves about 12 pairs slender but prominent; 
12 in. long, 4-25 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Panicles rather 
slender glabrous, 5 in. long; branchlets rather distant, 1 in. long. 
Flowers few on terminal branchlets, green, glabrous. Perianth- 
tube cup-shaped, lobes ovate blunt. Stamens white, villous. 
