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CXIX. LAURINEjE. 
[ Litsea. 
oblong, acuminate, base short narrowed glaucous and pubescent 
beneath; nerves sunk above, prominent beneath, pubescent, 12 to 
16 pairs; 5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles *6 in. long, pubescent. 
Umbellules -3 in. across; peduncles -i in. long, puberulous in 
racemes, several together, *2 in. long. Bracts orbicular 4. Flowers 
5 or 6, lobes oblong villous. Stamens 3 to 10 in male. Hab. 
Penang, Moniot’s Road (Curtis). 
(32) L. monticola Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 361; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 164. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall, 18 to 24 in. through; branches angled. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic acute, base narrow, obscurely glaucous 
and pubescent beneath or quite glabrous; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, 
sunk above, elevate beneath, transverse nervules faint; 5 to 7 in. 
long, 2-5 in. wide. Umbellules -4 in. across; peduncles glabrous; 
racemes short puberulous. Involucral bracts 4, orbicular glabrous, 
except the 2 inner ones ciliate on the edge. Flowers 5, densely 
golden tawny villous; lobes 6. Stamens of males 8 to 13. Hab. 
Mountain forests at 4600 to 5500 ft. altitude, Perak, Thaiping 
Hills, Gunong Hijau (Kunsfler). • 
This is very near L. Foxiana, but the leaves are not so long acuminate 
and hardly glaucous or pubescent, the racemes short, umbellules glabrous 
and flowers densely tawny villous. 
(33) L. Scortechinii Gamble, Kew Bulletin , 1910, p. 362; 
Journ. As. Soe. Beng., l.c. 164. 
Probably a tree; branchlets red-puberulous. Leaves chart- 
aceous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base long 
narrowed, glabrous above except the puberulous sunk midrib 
and nerves, 6 to 10 pairs, beneath minutely areolate; nerves and 
midrib elevate puberulous; 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles slender, 
■3 in. long. Umbellules small; peduncles *1 in. long on racemes 
little longer. Bracts 5, membranous, edges fimbriate. Flowers 5, 
golden villous outside. Hab. Perak, Haram Parah (Arang Payah) 
(Scortechini). 
(34) L. ochracea Boerl. Handl. FI. Ned. Ind. 144; Gamble, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 165. 
Spreading tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves 
chartaceous oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate short-acuminate, 
base long narrowed, bright green above, ashy beneath; nerves 
7 to 10 pairs, slender, slightly raised beneath and slightly puberulous; 
reticulations visible beneath; 10 in. long, 3 in. wide or less. 
Racemes -15 in. thick; peduncles slender, *2 in. long, sub-corym¬ 
bose, 10 to 12 together. Umbellules *2 in. across. Bracts 4, 
puberulous. Flowers yellowish white slightly puberulous. Drupe 
globose half enclosed in the cup-shaped tubercled grooved perianth- 
tube *4 in. across, *2 in. high. Hab. Forests, Pahang, Kwala 
Tekam (Evans). Perak, Chanderiang and Goping (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
