CXIX. LAURINEjE. 
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(55) L. ujongensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 366; Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 185. 
Small tree or shrub up to 20 ft, tall; branchlets rusty-tomen- 
tose. Leaves membranous to chartaceous, opposite, oblanceolate 
cuspidate acuminate, base cuneate or attenuate, base rounded, 
glabrous except midrib and nerves above, puberulous grey beneath; 
nerves 10 to 15 pairs and midrib red-tomentose; 7 to 8 in. long, 
275 to 3 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long, tomentose or none. Umbel- 
lules in very short sessile axillary fascicles. Fruit ellipsoid, -4 in. 
long, ’2 in. through; perianth-tube flat disc-shaped, '2 in. across, 
style persistent. Hub. Forests in hill districts, Malacca, Gunong 
Ledang, Mt. Ophir (Ridley). Negri Sembilan, Ayer Kuning; 
Gunong Berimbun and Bukit Sulu (Cantley). Perak, Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray). Native names : Medang Kundo; Pendarah 
Padi; Puladan; Rukam Padang. 
The Perak specimens have some of the leaves sessile and the nerves more 
prominent. These form the var. nervosa, Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 
(56) L. sessiliflora Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 160; Gamble, Joum. 
As. Soe. Beng. l.c. 185. 
Slender treelet 10 ft. tall, upper branchlets angled tomentose. 
Leaves chartaceous opposite oblong-lanceolate, shortly cuspidate, 
base narrowed, glabrous above except midrib, red hairy beneath, 
nerves 16 to 20 pairs, like the nervules sunk above, elevate beneath; 
11 to 12 in. long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles thick, red-tomentose, 
•24 ha. long. Flowers in dense sessile tawny pubescent umbellules 
•25 in. across. Fruit ovoid apiculate; perianth-tube funnel- 
shaped. Hab. Mountain woods, Johor, Gunong Janeng (Kelsall). 
Penang Hill, Moniot’s Road (Curtis, etc.). Distnb. Borneo and 
Sumatra. 
14 . NEOLITSEA, Merr. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, whorled or alternate, 
triple-nerved usually areolate more or less lanceolate and glaucous 
beneath. Flowers in sessile umbels, axillary or on terminal racemes 
with bracts at the base. Involucral bracts 4. Flowers 5 to 7. 
Perianth-lobes 4. Stamens 6, rows 1 and 2 eglandular, row 3 
glandular; staminodes in female 6, linear or linear-clavate. Ovary 
ovoid • style thick; stigma peltate. Drape globose on the slightly 
enlarged discoid perianth-tube; pedicel somewhat enlarged. 
Species about 30, Indo-Malayan. 
Leaves alternate 
Leaves opposite or whorled. 
Nerves and petioles rusty-villous, glaucous beneath. 
Leaves densely villous beneath and on nerves above 
Leaves glabrous (except young) prominently areolate 
both sides; umbellules racemed . 
(1) N. zeylanica 
(2) N. villosa 
(3) N. mollissima 
(4) N. kedahensis 
