Nothophcebe .] cxix. laurine^. 
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clubbed, triangular. Ovary ovoid; style slender. Fruit ellipsoid 
or oblong-ovoid on the enlarged perianth-tube. Species 13, Malaya, 
Polynesia. 
Leaves obovate, base cuneate; panicles nearly or 
quite glabrous. 
Leaves chartaceous ..... 
Leaves membranous ..... 
Leaves large chartaceous oblanceolate. 
Flowers rusty-tomentose; filaments distinct 
Flowers rusty-tomentose; filaments o . . 
Leaves large chartaceous, base cordate, auricled 
sessile . ■ • • • • 
Leaves coriaceous, broad oblanceolate, base cuneate 
Leaves coriaceous, narrow lanceolate, minutely 
reticulate . 
(1) N. umbelliflora 
(2) N. fruticosa 
(3) N. Kingiana 
(4) N. condensa 
{5) N. panduriformis 
(6) N, reticulata 
(7) N. angustifolia 
(1) N. umbellifiora Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 328; 
Gamble, Journ. y 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 97. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to oblanceo¬ 
late, cuspidate-acuminate, glabrous, long-cuneate at base and 
decurrent; nerves 6 to 8 pairs, looping within the edge, secondaries 
and reticulations fine, lax; 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•4 in. long. Panicles slender puberulous thyrsoid, lax 2 in. long. 
Flowers minute, pink, lobes very small ovate. Fruit oblong- 
obovoid, dark purple, 1*5 in. long; perianth-tube and pedicel 
little enlarged. Hab. Forests, low country, Singapore, Chan Chu 
Kang; Bukit Timah. Malacca, Selandor; Brisu (Derry). Perak, 
Thaiping and Goping (Kunstler). Penang, Batu Feringhi, Pulau 
Betong (Curtis). Distrib. Tongka, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. Native- 
names: Medang Ketanahan; Medang lengadi; Medang loso; 
Medang merah. „ „ . r 
(2) N. fruticosa Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 213; Journ. 
, 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 98. , . T 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, or a tree, bark white. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 
slender inarching in loops *2 in. from edge, transverse nervules 
few; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles -2 m. long. 
Flowers minute, white, 12 in. across in very slender glabrous panicles 
from upper axils 2-5 in. long. Perianth-tube very short lobes 
ovate gland-dotted. Stamens villous. Hab. Forests, Selangor, 
Ulu Selangor (Goodenough). Perak, Tapah (Wray); Ulu Bubong 
and Larut (Kunstler). 
(3) N. Kingiana Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 224; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 99. . . . T 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, spreading, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves 
thin coriaceous, elliptic-obovate to lanceolate sub-acute or acumin¬ 
ate 'base cuneate glabrous; nerves conspicuous elevate beneath; 
6 to 7 in long 2*5 to 3 in. wide, variable; petioles short and thick. 
Flowers dark'red or reddish yellow in rusty-tomentose panicles 
4 in. long, branches *5 in. long. Cymes umbellate of 5 or 6 flowers 
