Ii8 cxix. laurinEj®. [ Litsea. 
Hill (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Larut; and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill. Native name : Medang Chenawa. 
(xo) L. cinerascens Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 12. 
Small tree with grey bark. Leaves thin lanceolate acuminate, 
base narrowed glabrous above, ashy beneath; nerves 11 pairs, 
slender, inconspicuous; 8 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -i in. 
long. Flowers, female on very short peduncles -078 in. long. 
Umbellules 3, silky, -i in. across. Sepals 6, oblong. Hab. Mountain 
forests at 2000 to 4000 ft. altitude, Pahang, Telom (Ridley). 
Selangor, Menuang Gasing (Kloss). Kedah, Gurun (Robinson). 
Near Litsea amara var. attenuata, to which it was referred by Gamble, 
but very much more glabrous, with much larger leaves and smaller flowers, 
(11) L. hirsutissima Gamble, Keiv Bulletin, 1910, p. 357; 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 142. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall; branches and under-side and edge of 
leaves very hairy. Leaves membranous elliptic-ovate acute or 
cuspidate; nerves 12 to 15 pairs and nervules depressed above and 
elevate beneath; 6 to 6-5 in. long, 4 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles thick 
golden-hairy, -25 in. long. Umbellules on slender peduncles, 
3 or 4 together; flowers 5 or 6; bracts hairy. Perianth nearly 
glabrous, glandular, lobes oblong. Stamens 9. Hab. Mountain 
forests, Perak, Goping and Thaiping (Kunstler); road to Gunong 
Hijau, to 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
var. geniculata Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. Branches 
zigzag. Leaves 3*4 to 4 in. long, ovate or orbicular sub-cordate. 
Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
This approaches L. amara var. fusco-tomentosa. 
(12) L. polyantha Jussieu, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. vi. 211; 
Gamble, l.c. 143. 
Bushy tree 12 to 60 ft. tall; stem thick; young parts pubescent. 
Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to sub-orbicular blunt or sub-acute, 
base round or sub-acute, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; 
nerves 8 to 12 pairs raised beneath and red, nervules transverse 
numerous; 5 to 6 in. long, 2-25 to 4 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. 
Umbellules generally numerous crowded, pubescent in dense clusters, 
*5 in. across. Umbellules *4 in. across when open. Fruit ovoid, 
*2 in. long; perianth cup small, flat; pedicels *24 in. long. Hab. 
Forests and open country, not rare, Pahang, Sungei Jelai (Machado); 
Kwala Tembeling. Perak, Gunong Pondok (Kunstler). Penang 
Hill and Balik Pulau (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bahru. Distrib. 
N. India, Burma, Java, China. 
The leaves, which are smallest towards the branch ends, are variable. 
The Pahang form is less pubescent than usual. 
(13) L. cordata Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 177; Gamble, Journ. /Is. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 144, 
Tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, ovate or 
oblong-ovate sub-acute cordate, brown-tomentose beneath; nerves 
