Beilschmiedia .] cxix. laurine^;. 83 * 
Fruit globose, reddish brown to black, 1*5 in. through. Hab. 
Low wet ground. Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). 
(2) B. Kunstleri Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 147; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 54. 
Big tree up to 100 ft. tall; stem 2 to 3 ft. tall; branchlets 
thick corky. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate or obovate-oblong, 
round or acute at tip, narrowed gradually to base, glabrous; 
nerves prominent about 10, reticulations conspicuous on both 
sides; 12 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. Panicles 6 in. 
long, angled slightly puberulous; branches few, distant. Flowers 
Fig. 143.—Beilschmiedia Curtisii. 
1-5 in. long, velvety dark red. Perianth-tube very short, lobes 
oblong glandular glabrous. Fruit young obovoid. Hab. Low wet 
jungle. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
(3) B. malaccensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 123; Gamble, Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 54. 
Tree; young parts pubescent. Leaves coriaceous alternate 
glabrous elliptic blunt or acute shortly narrowed often unequally 
at base; nerves 8 to 12 pairs prominent, reticulations lax wide, 
6 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Panicles axillary lax, 
2 in. long; branches stout purple pubescent. Perianth *25 in, 
long; tube very short, lobes oblong-linear purple, hairy, inside 
white. Fruit oblong. Hab. Forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah at 
the top; Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith and Maingay). 
