128 
CXIX. LAURINE^. 
[. Litsea. 
long, 2*5 to 5 in. wide; petioles stout, 1-5 to 1*75 in. long. 
Racemes numerous, 4 in. long. Umbellules *25 in. across on short 
•1 in. long peduncles, all puberulous. Fruit large, over 1 in. through, 
globose, yellow turning red; cupule rather flat saucer-shaped, 
•1 in. deep, soft yellow; pedicels -2 in. long, thick. Hab. Forests; 
Singapore, Toas (Ridley). Selangor, Dusun Tua; Klang Gates 
(Bum-Murdoch). Perak, Sungei Larut and Tupai (Wray); Larut; 
Goping; Gunong Malacca (Kunstler). Province Wellesley, Sungei 
Daun (Curtis). 
(46) L. sebifera Blume, Bijdr. 560; Greshoff, Nuttige, Ind. 
PL 9, t. 3; Gamble, l.c. 176. Lepidadenia Wightiana Nees, Wight, 
Ic. 1837. 
A large, handsome bushy tree with dark green leaves and silky 
buds. Leaves coriaceous lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or 
blunt glabrous (young, silvery tomentose beneath), 18 in. long, 5 in. 
wide or less; petioles -8 in. long. Racemes numerous, up to 3 in. 
long. Umbellules crowded on short peduncles under *i in. long, 
with large orbicular-ovate silky bracts. Involucral bracts ovate 
silky. Fruit depressed, globose, over 1 in. through, pink, cupule 
obconic, fleshy. Hab. Singapore town; Balestier Road (Good- 
enough). Rahman, Bukit Besar (Gwynne-Vaughan). Distrib. 
Java and Borneo. Native name : Malek. 
Occasionally planted by the Javanese. I do not think it is wild in the 
peninsula. 
(47) L. Maingayi Hook. ftl. F.B.I. v. 175; Gamble, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 178. 
Tree 80 to 120 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous 
oblong or oblanceolate, abruptly acute, base narrowed, shining 
green; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, deep sunk above and very prominent 
beneath, strongly inarching, -15 to -2 in. from the edge; transverse 
nervules few, conspicuous, often sunk above; 10 in. long, 3-25 in. 
wide; petioles 2-5 in. long. Racemes up to 7 in. long, rather 
stout puberulous. Umbellules scattered, peduncled, *25 to 3 in. 
long. Raceme bracts puberulous, boat-shaped. Involucral bracts 
4 to 5, coriaceous, grey puberulous outside. Flowers 6 in an 
umbellule ; perianth-tube hoary-villous on both sides. Stamens 12. 
Hab. Dense jungle, Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(48) L. Noronhse Blume, Bijdr. 561; Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 179. 
A shrub 9 to 15 ft. to a tree 50 ft. tall, 8 in. through. Leaves 
thin, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or obovate blunt, base narrowed 
glaucous beneath; nerves slightly sunk above, elevate beneath; 
8 to 14 in. long, 6 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Racemes axillary 
or on old branches from the axils of fallen leaves, 3 in. long, tawny- 
tomentose. Umbellules -2 in. across, tomentose on peduncles 
•15 in. long, white. Involucral bracts orbicular, concave ciliate. 
