CXIX. LAURINEB. 
Alseodaphne.] 
99 
12 pairs sunk above, elevate beneath, all glabrous, reticulations 
rather conspicuous; 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 
•1 to -5 in. long. Panicles 4 in. long, glabrous; branches few, 
short. Flowers rather small, yellow; pedicels slender, glabrous. 
Perianth-tube short, outer lobes shorter than inner, obovate blunt. 
Stamens hairy, glands white, glabrous. Fruit globose dark green 
with white spots, -4 in. through; pedicels hardly thickened, not 
coloured. Hab. Thick woods, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit 
Timah; Chan Chu Kang. Distrib. Banca and Borneo. 
(4) A. petiolaris Hook. fU. F.B.I. v. 145; Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 91. 
Big tree, branches thick. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, oblong to 
obovate-oblong, base narrow but blunt, shortly caudate-acuminate, 
glabrous and conspicuously reticulate both sides; nerves incon¬ 
spicuous above, prominent beneath, 8 to 12 pairs; 9 in. long, 5 in. 
wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Panicles stout, 7 in. long, rusty- 
puberulous red in fruit. Flowers -I in. long, rusty-pubescent, 
tube funnel-shaped. Stamens nearly glabrous. Drupe oblong- 
ellipsoid, 1*5 in. long, black, on much-thickened pedicel. Hab. 
Mountain forests, Pahang, Telom (Ridley). Distrib. Assam, Burma. 
(5) A. paludosa Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 221; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 92. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves very cori¬ 
aceous, oblanceolate round, emarginate, long narrowed to base, 
glaucous beneath, 7 to 9 in. long, 3-5 to 3*75 in. wide; petioles 
thick, flat, 1-25 in. long. Fruiting raceme in uppermost axils 
stout, 6 in. long. Fruit ellipsoid, -8 in. long, enlarged pedicel 
obconic, 1 in. long, glaucous warty, with large persistent triangular 
perianth-lobes. Hab. Dense wet jungle, Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
The specimens are very incomplete. It is very near A. insignis, and I 
suspect the same species. 
(6) A. insignis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 221; Journ. 
. 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 93. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. through; branches stout. 
Leaves stiffly coriaceous oblong to oblanceolate, glaucous beneath, 
glabrous round, base long narrowed; midrib prominent on both 
sides, nerves 12 to 15 pairs, reticulations obscure but visible 
minute; 5 to 13 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 1-25 to 2‘25 in. 
long. Panicles 4 in. long, stout puberulous. Perianth -12 in. 
long, puberulous, light green, lobes outer, 3, shorter than inner. 
Stamens bright yellow rather slender. Fruit bright green, 1*5 in. 
long, 1 in. through in a large rough pedicel cup -5 in. across; 
pedicel thick conic, 1 in. long; pedicels stout, 8 in. long. Hab. Dense 
hill forest, Perak, Thaiping, at 500 to 1000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(7) A. Ridleyi Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 222; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 94. 
A high rather slender tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves very 
coriaceous clustered on branch-ends elliptic-oblong or obovate. 
