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CXIX. LAURINEjE. 
[Lit sea. 
ellipsoid, *3 in. long, *27 in. through; perianth-tube little enlarged 
obconic. Hab. Perak, Relau Tujor and Matang Jambu (Wray) ; 
Larut (Kunstler). Dislrib. Java. 
(17) L. angulata Bl. Bijdr . 563; Gamble , Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 149. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall; stem 2 to 3 ft. through; branchlets 
angular minutely puberulous. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-obovate 
blunt or sub-acute, base attenuate, dark green, glabrous; nerves 
7 to 12 pairs, sunk above, raised beneath, nervules and reticula¬ 
tions very obscure; 3 to 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long, 
slender. Umbellules of 6 flowers on grey peduncles *2 in. long on 
a raceme -4 in. long. Bracts 5, outer orbicular, glabrous, inner 
membranous puberulous fimbriate. Flowers 6. Fruit ovate- 
oblong, dark red speckled white, tip green, -75 in. long, *5 in. 
through; perianth-tube flat, -18 in. across. Hab. Lowland forest, 
not common, Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Java. 
(18) L. spathacea Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 358. 
Shrub or small tree 20 ft. tall; young parts puberulous. Leaves 
sub-membranous, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate to obovate round 
to acute or cuspidate, base narrowed, glaucous beneath; nerves 
rather prominent, 9 to 12 pairs; 3 to 9 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; 
petioles -2 to -8 in. long. Umbellules 1 to 3 in very short racemes 
with subulate bracts -i to -2 in, long. Umbel bracts ovate-orbicular, 
densely tomentose outside; flowers 6. Fruit ovoid apiculate, 
•47 to -6 in. long; perianth-cup short; lobes 2 to 5. Hab. Forests, 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tuma- 
yiang and Bukit Klana (Cantley). Perak, Relau Tujor, andSungei 
Larut (Wray); Maxwell's Hill (Wray, Scort echini). Penang 
(Curtis). 
var. tomentosa Gamble, Journ. Soc. Beng. l.c. Thickly soft 
hairy all over except the upper side of the leaves. Hab. Perak, 
Ulu Selama (Scortechini). Native names: Kayu Tunkoi; Tunkoi 
Betina. 
(19) L. Ridleyi Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 317; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng, l.c. 153. 
Small tree; young parts rusty-puberulous. Leaves chart- 
aceous elliptic-oblong lanceolate-acute or acuminate, base long 
attenuate, glabrous above except midrib, minute areolate, be¬ 
neath paler; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, elevate pubescent; 7 in. long, 
2*5 to 3 in. wide, nervules not transverse; petioles *15 in. long. 
Umbellules few, *15 in. long or less in short axillary racemes of 
6 to 12 rusty-villous umbellules -4 in. across or less. Bracts 4, 
ovate-oblong. Flowers 4 to 6, lobes villous. Fruit globose, -6 in. 
through; perianth-tube obconic wrinkled, -25 in. long, -4 in. across. 
Hab. Local in lowland woods, Singapore, Changi; Garden Jungle; 
Bukit Mandai (Ridley). 
