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Flowers in umbellule 5 or 6. Perianth-tube very short or none 
in males, distinct in females; lobes oblong, 5 to 7. Stamens 9 to 12. 
Fruit broader than long, red, seated on an obconic or cup-shaped 
tube *6 in. across. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, 
Kwala Dipang (Curtis); Goping and Chanderiang (Kunstler); 
Ulu Tupai (Wray). 
var. hexandra Gamble, Journ . - 4 s, Soc, Beng. l.c. 180, Leaves 
more coriaceous, rounded at both ends, red-tomentose on nerves 
beneath; nerves 20 pairs. Stamens 6. Hab. Selangor, Ginting 
Bidai (Ridley). 
(49) L. robusta Blume, Bijdr. 560; Gamble, Journ. /Is. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 181. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves chartaceous 
dark green, glabrous above, minutely puberulous beneath, elliptic- 
oblanceolate acute, base narrowed and round at base or cuneate; 
midrib broad and flat; nerves sunk above, elevate beneath, 18 to 
21 pairs, reticulations and nervules raised beneath; 12 to 18 in. 
long, 5-5 to 8 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1-75 in. long, stout. Racemes 
6 in. long; peduncles *i in. long. Umbellules *25 in. across, 
velvety puberulous all over. Flowers 7, villous; perianth-tube 
villous; lobes 6. Stamens 12. Fruit globose, 75 in. through, 
rose pink, cup at length flat, *i in. deep, -8 in. across, brown; 
pedicels very thick, -5 in. long. Hab. Forests, Singapore (Wallich). 
Selangor, Sungei Bifluh; Batu Caves. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Dislrib. Burma, Java. 
(50) L. ferruginea Blume, Bijdr. 561; Gamble , Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 186. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft, through, upper branchlets red- 
tomentose. Leaves coriaceous alternate obovate or oblong acute, 
base blunt, glabrous above except the midrib red-tomentose 
beneath, especially on the raised 10 to 13 pairs of nerves; 5 to 7 in. 
long, 2 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long, rather thick tomentose. 
Racemes very short, -i in. long lateral. Umbellules *2 in. across; 
peduncles red-tomentose, *15 in. long. Flowers yellowish densely 
dark tawny-tomentose; perianth-tube short, lobes ovate oblong 
ciliate. Stamens in males 12. Fruit globose, -4 in. through, 
cup saucer-shaped, *4 in. across, •! in. deep. Hab. Forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Arang; Selitar (Ridley). Perak, Goping and Thaiping 
(Kunstler). Dislrib. Java. 
(51) L. Griflithii Gamble, l.c. 187. L. Blumei Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
v. 160 (not oj Nees). 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall,. 10 to 15 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 
opposite, occasionally alternate, oblong blunt or shortly acute, 
cuneate or rounded at base, glabrous except midrib above, red- 
tomentose beneath; nerves raised beneath, 8 to 15 pairs; 6 to 
10 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles stout, *25 in. long. Umbellules 
•25 in. across on red-tomentose peduncles -3 in. long on a tomentose 
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