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raceme -i8 in. long. Bracts tomentose. Fruit ovoid, -i in. long, 
•5 in. through; perianthwarted, cup-shaped, -6 in. wide, -25 in. deep. 
Hab. Woods in the low country, not rare, Singapore, Reservoir 
woods; Garden Jungle. Johor, Jaffaria (King). Malacca 
(Griffith). Selangor, Weld’s Hill (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Chang- 
kat Jerin (Wray); Ulu Bubong; Thaiping; Goping (Kunstler). 
Disirib. Sumatra. 
(52) L. sarawacensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin , 1910, p. 355; 
Journ. ^ 4 s. Soe. Beng. l.c. 182. 
Small tree with slender branches, gldbrous. Leaves chart- 
aceous, opposite and sub-opposite, elliptic-lanceolate cuspidate, 
base narrowed acute; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, slender, sunk above, 
slightly elevate beneath; 4 to 4-5 in. long, 1*5 to 175 in. wide; 
petioles *2 in. long. Racemes very short, -i in. long with a few 
umbellules -05 in. across on slender peduncles -05 in. long. Bracts 
orbicular, 4. Flowers 3 to 5 in an umbellule. Fruit ovoid apicu- 
late on the obconic, glabrous cup. Hab. Rare in woods, Singapore, 
by the reservoir (Ridley). Disirib. Borneo. 
(53) L. lancifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 159; Gamble , Journ. 
^ 4 $. Soc. Beng. l.c. 182. 
Bush or small tree about 20 ft. tall; branchlets slender. Leaves 
chartaceous, opposite, oblong to lanceolate, rather long acuminate, 
base cuneate, grey beneath (tomentose when young); nerves 
8 to 12 pairs, sunk above, raised beneath; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 
175 in. wide; petioles -i in. long, tomentose. Umbellules *15 in. 
across, fascicled on a very short raceme; pedicels -15 in. long. 
Fruit ellipsoid apiculate, -4 in. long, -2 in. through. Hab. Lowland 
woods and forests, Singapore, Selitar; Bukit Panjang; Garden 
Jungle, Johor, Jaffaria (King). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Tapa and Relau Tujor (Wray); 
Pondok Tanjong (Cubit). 
var. rufa. Leaves more tomentose and smaller. Hab. Perak, 
Ulu Bubong and Batang Padang (Kunstler). Disirib. India, 
Burma, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(54) L. gracilipes Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 159; Gamble, Journ. 
,ds. 5 oc. Beng. l.c. 184. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through, nearly glabrous. 
Leaves stiff chartaceous opposite or sub-opposite elliptic to oblan- 
ceolate acute or shortly acuminate, base cuneate or round, glabrous; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs, very faint above, visible beneath; 3 to 5 in. 
long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Racemes *05 in. 
long or less; peduncles slender, -35 in. long. Umbellules -2 in. 
across. Bracts 4, puberulous outside. Flowers 3 to 4, villous 
silky. Fruit cylindric-oblong, *5 in. long, green spotted white, 
on the obconic enlarged perianth. Hab. Woods, Johor, Tanjong 
Kupang (Ridley). Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Thaiping (Wray, 
Kunstler). Disirib. Borneo. 
