Litsea.\ cxix. laurine/E. 121 
(20) L. penangiana Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 171; Gamble, Journ. 
/ 4 s. 5 oc. Beng. l.c. 154. 
Small tree; branchlets red-tomentose. Leaves stiffly coriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong, shortly acute, base long or shortly narrowed, 
glabrous shining above, bluish grey beneath and soft-tomentose 
when young; midrib stout; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, elevate beneath ; 
nervules and reticulations very faint; 6 to 6-5 in. long, 2-5 to 275 in. 
across; petioles 1 in. long. Racemes axillary very short, -i in. 
long. Umbellules ’25 in. across; peduncles -12 in. long. Bracts 
4, ovate tomentose. Flowers 4 to 6, tube stout, villous inside, lobes 
oblong blunt villous outside. Fruit ellipsoid apiculate, *45 in. long 
in a thick perianth-cup rugose with crenulate edge. Hab. Hill forests, 
at 2000 to 2400 ft. altitude. Pahang, Fraser Hill (Burkill). Perak, 
GunongBatu Putih (Wray). Penang, Moniot’s Road (Curtis, Philipps). 
(21) L. castanea Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 171; Gamble, Journ. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 155. 
Tree 60 to 100 ft. tall; branchlets puberulous. Leaves stiffly 
chartaceous elliptic-ovate or obovate blunt or emarginate, base 
round, dark green, glabrous except the nerves beneath, 8 to 16 
pairs, strongly elevate, sometimes puberulous; 4*5 to 7 in. long, 
3 to 4 in. wide; petioles stout, *5 in. long. Racemes *15 in. long 
of 6 to 8 umbellules, -15 in. across on peduncles as long or longer. 
Bracts ovate-orbicular, quite tomentose. Flowers in umbellule 
4 to 6, villous outside; lobes spathulate. Fruit ovoid to cylindric 
ovoid, -45 to 8 in. long; perianth-tube cup-shaped, *27 in. tall, 
rough puberulous. Hab. Lowland woods, Malacca (Maingay), 
BukitBruang; Brisu (Derry). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, 
Sungei Larut and Kota (Wray); Ulu Bubong and Larut (Kunstler). 
Native names : Medang Kunyit; Medang Bobokur. 
(22) L. quercina Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 318; Journ. 
Hs. Soc. Beng. l.c. 156. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous areolate elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 
blunt or emarginate, base round glabrous or minutely puberulous 
beneath; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, sunk above, raised beneath; 2-5 in. 
long, 125 in. wide; petioles ’5 in. long. Umbellules on short racemes. 
Fruit ellipsoid-oblong, -5 in. long, -20 in. through. Cup *2 in. long, 
•25 in. wide, enlarged pedicel very short and thick. Hab. Perak, 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
Something like L. castanea, but the leaves are much smaller. 
(23) L. cylindrocarpa Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 318; 
Journ. / 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 157. 
Tree 40 to 130 ft. tall; stem x to 4 ft. through. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, dark green, glaucescent beneath, elliptic or oblong, minutely 
apiculate, base shortly cuneate; nerves 6 to 12 pairs, sunk above, 
strongly elevate beneath, nervules and reticulations nearly in¬ 
visible; 4-5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long. 
Umbels -25 in. across in short racemes -5 in. long. Peduncles 
