cxix. laurine^e. 
A dinodaphne.) 
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glaucous beneath lanceolate acuminate, base long narrowed; mid¬ 
rib and nerves 8 to 10 pairs, elevate beneath, transverse nervules 
prominent; 8 in. long, 2-25 in. wide; petioles 1 m. long. Flowers 
in umbellules in pubescent racemes about 8 in. long; young traits 
enclosed in a perianth-tube puberulous outside, villous inside, Hab. 
Forests in the mountains, Perak, Larut, at 3000 to 3500 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). 
A very little known plant. 
(5) A. obovata Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 34 ^ > Hook. 
^ Small^treet branches velvety. Leaves elliptic-oblong or 
obovate, very coriaceous, glabrous and glaucous beneath when 
adult; midrib very stout elevate both sides, nerves strongly 
elevate beneath, 5 to 6 pairs, transverse nervules parallel, very 
conspicuous (young leaves densely red-hairy on nerves beneath), 
o in. long, 6 in. wide; petioles 175 in. long. Flower-heads about 
1 in. through; involucral bracts red-silky. Males large, clustered, 
females panicled. Fruit -6 to 1 in. long, cup dilated, *5 in. across. 
Hab. Mountain forests, rare, Pahang, Teku woods, Gunong Tahan 
(Ridley). Distrib. Himalayas, Munnipore. 
(6) A. johorensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 3 I 3 ! Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 117. , , „ T 
A small tree; branchlets glabrous, tip and buds villous. Leaves 
coriaceous in whorls of 3 to 5, glabrous, narrow lanceolate blunt, 
base long cuneate, grey beneath; nerves 4 to 7 pairs, inarching 
near edge, slender slightly elevate both sides; 5 to 5-5 in. long, 
i-5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, slender. Flowers m sessile umbels 
between leaf-whorls. Drupe globose, black, -5 in. through on 
the flattened perianth-lobes, -27 in. across; pedicels thick conic, 
•3 in. long. Hab. Hill forests, rare, Johor, Gunong Pantai (Ridley). 
(7) A. malaccensis Hook. fid. F.B.I. v. 148; Gamble, Journ. 
As. Soc . Beng. l.c. 118. 
Tree tall or small; branchlets rather stout tomentose. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous whorls of 4 to 7, acuminate acute, base narrowed, 
glabrous above, red-tomentose beneath; nerves 8 to 12 pairs 
elevate, rather slender, reticulations obscure; 5*5 in. long, i*5 m. 
wide; petioles slender, -25 in. long. Flowers in numerous clusters 
•5 in across, between the whorls tomentose; peduncles -i in. long. 
Fruit globose, shining reddish, *35 in. through; perianth flat, 
cup-shaped, *1 in, across; pedicel short, thick. Hab. Forests m 
the south, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah (Ridley). 
Malacca (Maingay). Native name : Medang Kachigawei. 
(8) A. Ridleyi Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 312; journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 118. 
Small tree; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 
not glaucous in whorls of 4 to 6, lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed 
minutely areolate above, less beneath; nerves hardly visible 
