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CXIX. LAURINE/E. 
[Litsea. 
•2 in. long, pubescent. Bracts ovate-orbicular, puberulous. 
Flowers villous. Fruit cylindric-oblong about i in. long, -2 in. 
through, dark red turning black; cup -2 in. deep; peduncle 
thick, short. Hab. Woods, usually in the lowlands, Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Krian; Nibong Tebal (Curtis). 
Dindings, Bruas (Burn-Murdoch). Penang, Batu hitam at 1500 ft. 
altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
(24) L. Wrayi Gamble, Kew Bulletin , 1910, p. 319; Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 158. 
Tree 50 to 80 ft. tall; stem 1-5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves chart- 
aceous dark glossy green, glabrous elliptic or oblong, rather 
abruptly acuminate, base attenuate; nerves slender, 10 to 13 
pairs, invisible above; 3 to 4-75 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 
•75 in. long. Umbellules on a raceme -2 in. long, puberulous with 
ovate caducous bracts; peduncles -i in. long. Involucral bracts 
4 or 5, villous or puberulous orbicular concave. Flowers 5 or 6, 
villous. Fruit globose, tip conic, white, -4 in. through (not ripe); 
cup -4 in. across, -2 in. deep, green spotted white. Hab. Forests, 
local, Perak, Larut; Thaiping Waterfall (Wray, Kunstler). 
(25) L. singaporensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 358; 
Journ. .4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 159. 
Small slender tree about 30 ft. tall; stem 3 to 4 in. through. 
Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate, long attenuate, tip blunt, 
light shining green above, pale glaucescent beneath; nerves 6 to 12 
pairs, slender elevate beneath, reticulations and nervules faint; 
6 to 9 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long, rather stout. 
Umbellules in racemes -5 in. long, puberulous; pedicels -i in. long; 
bracts pubescent, thin orbicular. Flowers villous. Fruit depressed, 
globose white then red, -5 in. through. Cup wide, -5 in. across, 
*25 in. deep. Hab. Woods in the south, Singapore, Garden Jungle, 
Bukit Timah; Toas (Ridley). Distrib. Borneo. 
(26) L. perakensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 359; Journ. 
^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 160. 
A big tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, 
glaucescent beneath; oblong to oblanceolate; nerves 10 to 12 
pairs, slender, elevate beneath, reticulations distinct; 8 to 12 in. 
long, 4 in. wide or smaller; petioles -5 to 1 in. long. Umbellules 
in axillary racemes -25 in. long, puberulous, -2 in. across. Raceme 
bracts lanceolate acuminate. Flowers 5, lobes oblong pubescent. 
Involucral bracts orbicular, 4. Fruit depressed, globose, *5 in. 
through; perianth cup -4 in. across, rather shallow. Hab. Forests, 
Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Sungei Tebrau (Ridley). Perak, 
Larut and Goping (Kunstler). 
(27) L. pustulata Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 359; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 161. 
A tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves elliptic- 
oblong or nearly obovate, coriaceous, round at the tip, shortly 
narrowed or round at the base, glaucous beneath; nerves 8 to 12 
