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[Neolitsea. 
(1) N. zeylanica Merrill , Philipp. Journ. Sc. i. Suppl. 57. 
Tetradenia zeylanica Nees, Wall. PL As. Rar. ii. 64. Litsea 
zeylanica Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 178. L. oblonga Nees, Wight, Ic. t. 1845. 
Shrub or treelet. Leaves coriaceous alternate, elliptic to elliptic- 
ovate or lanceolate-acuminate, often glaucous beneath; nerves 
2 to 5 pairs, the lowest pair prominent from near the base, reticu¬ 
lations minutely areolate; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 2*25 in. wide; 
petioles slender, -5 in. long (young leaves golden coppery-silky). 
Umbellules sessile tawny-puberulous in small axillary clusters. 
Fruit globose, green, -2 to nearly 1 in. through, cupule fiat, *15 in. 
across; pedicel clubbed, *25 in. long. Hah. Common in open 
sandy country, occasionally on mountains as on Mt. Ophir. The 
whole peninsula to Penang and Setul and Kelantan. Distrib. 
India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, Philippines and Queensland. 
The fruit is usually quite small, but a plant apparently otherwise identical 
in the Singapore Gardens had fruit nearly 1 in. through. 
(2) N. villosa Gamble, Journ. . 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 191. Litsea 
villosa Bl. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 349. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through; branchlets tawny 
puberulous. Leaves opposite or sub-whorled, coriaceous, glaucous 
beneath, whorls of 5, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, long-acumin¬ 
ate, base shortly narrowed; nerves pubescent, 6 pairs sunk above, 
raised beneath; 4 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles slender, *2 in. 
long, pubescent. Umbellules sessile, 2 to 4 in a cluster, -15 in. 
through, silky-pubescent. Fruit globose red, -5 to 75 in. through. 
Perianth-tube flat and small; pedicel sub-quadrangular, Hab. 
High mountains, rare, at 4000 to 4200 ft. altitude, Perak, Larut 
Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. Amboina, Philippines. 
(3) N. mollissima Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 316; Journ. 
^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 192. 
Small tree; branchlets red-woolly. Leaves coriaceous in pairs 
and whorled, lanceolate acuminate cuspidate, base acute, shining 
above, beneath brown hairy especially on the midrib and 4 pairs 
raised nerves; 3-25 to 5-25 in. long, 1*25 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long, tomentose. Umbellules sessile in heads -15 to *2 in. 
through, dense red-tomentose. Flowers 5. Hab. Mountains at 
3400 ft. altitude, rare. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(4) N. kedaliensis Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 367; Journ. 
^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 193. 
Tree; branchlets whorled rusty-villous. Leaves coriaceous 
whorled, lanceolate cuspidate acuminate, base shortly narrowed, 
glabrous above, strigosely villous beneath on the nerves 5 pairs, 
slender, finely areolate on both sides, 3 to 3-25 in. long, 1-25 in. 
wide; petioles -x in. long. Umbellules in tufts on a hairy raceme 
terminal, 2 in. long, nearly *2 in. through. Bracts 4, tomentose 
outside. Hab. On high mountains, local at 3000 ft. altitude, 
Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
