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(8) L. gracilis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, I 9 10 * P* *39 > Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. Lc. 139. , , . tl T 
Small tree with slender pubescent branches; buds silky. Leaves 
membranous, rather distant alternate, glabrous except midrib, 
sparse villous beneath; nervules slender, 8 to 10 pairs; 4 to 475 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles -i in. long. Flowers in very small 
umbellules on very slender short *i in. long peduncles. Bracts 
membranous straw-coloured, villous outside ovate; flowers 3; 
lobes obovate, very thin, villous outside. Fruit obovoid apiculate; 
perianth-tube enlarged. Hab. Perak, Temengoh forests (Ridley). 
(9) L. amara Bl. Bijdr. 563; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
A bush or treelet about 12 to 15 ft. tall; branches red-pubescent. 
Leaves chartaceous alternate rather distant elliptic to lanceolate 
above, glabrous beneath rusty-villous often glaucescent; nerves 
8 to 16 pairs, slightly elevate beneath, reticulations and nervules 
not elevate; 2-8 to 5-9 in. long, 1-2 to 2-8 in. wide; petioles -i to 
•4 in. long, tomentose. Flowers in short-peduncled umbellules 
about *3 in. across containing 5 t° 7 flowers. Perianth-tube short, 
villous within with long hairs, lobes thick unequal. Stamens 9 - 
Ovary ovoid; style curved thick; stigma large peltate lobed 
Fruit ovoid apiculate, -3 in. long on the only slightly enlarged 
tube Hab. Common over the whole peninsula from Singapore 
to Penang, Kedah and Lankawi and very variable. Generally 
in open country. Distrib. Burma, Malay isles, S. Siam. Native 
names : Medang Buluko; Medang Miyang. 
var. fusco-tomentosa Meissn. DC. Prod. xv. i. 19°- Leaves 
rather stiffer and densely velvety-villous with long red or yellow 
hairs usually ovate, base round. Flowers hairy too, and stamens 
occasionally 2-celled. Hab. Forests, Johor, Kota Tinggi; Gunong 
Pantai. Malacca (Maingay, Griffith); Selandor; Merlimau (Cant- 
ley). Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi; Bukit Sulu (Cantley), 
Tampin. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, Tupai 
and Simpang (Wray); Gunong Hijau (Scortechim). Tringganu, 
Bundi(Rostados). Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. S Siam. Native 
names : Jumpong; Kayu Liat; Kupong Sagah; Medang Bulut, 
Medang Krotan; Medang Sarang Tupai. 
var angusta Meissn. DC. Prod. xv. i. 19°- Leaves glabres- 
cent often grey or silvery beneath, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 
usually i*5 in. long, base narrowed. Hab. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca 
(Griffith); Sungei Hudang (Derry). Negri Sembilan Bulat 
Tampin (Goodenough). Perak, Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Penang 
(Wallich). Kedah, Alor Sta. Lankawi. Distrib. Burma. 
var. attenuata Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 142. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate acuminate, base narrow or round, 
often nearly 7 in. long, minutely rusty-pubescent beneath• 
Pahang River. Malacca, Batu Tiga (Derry); Selangor, Welds 
