CXIX. LAURINE^E. 
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Nothophcebe.] 
outers smaller, -078 in. long^ Stamens oblong 
Staminodes lanceolate villous. Drupe ellipsoid or ovoid light green 
with rusty warts 1-5 in. long, 1*4 m. through; pedicels and peduncle 
woody thickened, 6 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests, Perak 
Thaiping Hills, the Cottage, to 5000 ft. altitude (Kunstler and other 
collectors); Gunong Bubu (Wray). Selangor, Gunong Meng 
kuang Lebah (Robinson); leaves rather narrower and panicles 
^ ^ (7) N. angustifolia Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 5 °- 
Shrub 4 ft. tall. Leaves alternate coriaceous lanceolate 
acuminate, base narrowed; nerves very faint, 10 pairs minutely 
inconspicuously areolate beneath; 3*5 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 
2-S in. long. Panicles sub-terminal, i*5 in. long, *5 m - across, 
pubescent. Flowers -i in. long, yellowish green lobe ^ 
oblong, sub-equal. Stamens rows 1 and 2 slender filaments 
hairy, row 3 with flat, glabrous oblong glands. Hab. Mountains, 
to 4000 ft. altitude. Rare. Kedah Peak (Robinson). 
9 . MACHILUS, Nees. 
Trees; buds with imbricate scales. Leaves alternate minutely 
reticulate. Flowers small or medium bisexual in panicles from 
upper leaf axils. Perianth-tube short; lobes 6, sub-equal or ou er 
smaller. Stamens 9; anthers 4-celled, rows 1 and 2 with long 
filaments introrse, row 3, extrorse; anthers oblong narrowe , 
filaments slender, glands stipitate. Staminodes 4th row cordate 
stipitate. Ovary sessile. Fruit globose or oblong; perianth 
hardly enlarged; pedicel not enlarged. Species 25, India, Burma, 
(1) M. Scortechinii Gamble , Kew Bulletin, 19 10 ' P- 22b • 
Journ. . 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 102. . 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 18 to 20 in. through; branchlets tawny 
puberulous. Leaves chartaceous, obovate to oblanceolate, short 
cuspidate, glabrous; nerves elevate, 8 to 10 pairs, nervules 
parallel transverse minutely areolate; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles slender, *5 in. long. Panicles 6 to 10 in. long 
(peduncles 3 to 7 in. long), branches at end only, -2 m. long, 
dichotomous. Cymules sub-umbellate; pedicels -15 m. long, all 
softlv grey-pubescent. Flowers dark yellow, *13 in - long, o es 
ovate acute. Stamens slender; filaments silky-pubescent, lows 
1 and 2, anthers ovate blunt, row 3, anthers oblong, glands glabrous 
stipitate reniform. Hab. Mountain forests, Perak, Thaiping 1 s 
at 3500 to 4000 ft. altitude (Kunstler and Scortechini). 
Fruit being unknown, this plant is doubtful as to genus. 
10 . PHCEBE, Nees. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers bisexual in pedun- 
cled panicles from upper axils. Perianth-tube shoit, lobes , 
