loo cxix. laurineAS. [A Iseodaphne. 
minutely reticulate, especially beneath; nerves elevate beneath, 
12 to 15 pairs, midrib stout; tip blunt, base round or slightly 
narrowed, 9 in. long, 4 to 5 i n - wide; petioles very stout, 2 in. 
long. Panicles from upper axils glabrous, 3*9 in. long; peduncles 
short, branches few. Bracts ovate acute, -i in. long. Flowers 
few, light yellow, tube short, lobes ovate. Drupes oblong, 3-25 in. 
long, 1-5 in. through, brown scurfy, woody, on very stout pedicels 
and branches, 6 in. long, -4 in. through at top. Hah. Mountain 
forests, very rare, Selangor, Semangkok Pass about the 16th mile. 
A single tree seen (Ridley). 
(8) A. pendulifolia Gamble, Iiew Bulletin, 1910, p. 222; 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 95. 
A tree 60 to 70 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, hanging down in the shape of an umbrella, obovate or 
oblanceolate, glabrous blunt; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, slender; 9 in. 
long, 3 in. wide; petioles x in. long. Flowers pale yellow, -2 in. 
across in long lax slender panicles 9 to 12 in. long; branches 
1 in. or less distant, ending in 3-flowered umbels; pedicels *2 in. 
long, slender. Perianth-tube funnel-shaped, lobes ovate, silky 
inside. Fruit globose glabrous (very young). Hah. Dense bamboo 
forest, at 500 to 800 ft. altitude, Selangor (locality uncertain) (Bum- 
Murdoch). Perak, Ulu Bubong; Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). Native 
name: Medang Payong. 
Dubious Species. 
A. crassipes Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 146; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
l.c. 95. Tree ? bark grey; shoots red-tomentose. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate long 
narrowed, glabrous drying yellow; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, very 
slender, looping within margin, secondaries and wide reticulations 
nearly as conspicuous, 4 in. long, 2 in. across; petioles slender, 
■2 in. long. Fruiting peduncles numerous, thickened upwards, 
woody. Fruit ellipsoid, -5 in. long, black shining; pedicel 
short, -25 in. thick, red. Hob. Malacca (Maingay). 
Altogether doubtful, perhaps a Beilschmiedia. 
A. costalis Nees, PI. As. Rar. ii. 72; Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 146. 
Singapore (Wallich) is probably Litsea robusta Bl. 
A. lucida Nees, l.c. Singapore (Wallich); leaves only, perhaps an 
oak. 
8 . NOTHOPHOEBE, Blume. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, not whorled. Flowers 
bisexual in axillary or sub-terminal panicles; cymules usually 
sub-umbellate. Perianth-tube very short, lobes 6, outer smaller 
than inner. Stamens 9; anthers oblong, 4-celled villous; fila¬ 
ments short, rows 1 and 2 introrse, row 3 extrorse; glands 2, 
villous, round at base (rarely 0). Staminodes very small ovate, 
