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CXIX. LAURINEjE. 
[Lindera. 
elliptic-ovate, acuminate and cuspidate; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 
raised beneath; 3-25 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Umbellules numerous on a very short raceme; peduncles 
•2 in. long, sparsely puberulous or glabrous; umbellules *2 in. 
across. Flowers 9 or more. Fruit globose or ovoid, fleshy, *25 in. 
long; perianth hardly enlarged. Hab. Common in the low country, 
in woods, Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Timah. Johor, Batu Pahat. 
Malacca (Griffith); Sungei Hudang; Brisu (Holmberg). Perak, 
Relau Tujor (Wray); Goping and Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. Native names: Medang Paya; Serapu putih. 
Griffith collected a form with umbellules on peduncles *3 in. long. It 
also occurred at Selitar in Singapore. 
(2) L. selangorensis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 44. 
Tree about 30 ft. tall. Leaves alternate, thin, glabrous (young 
ones silky) dark green, glaucescent beneath, ovate acuminate 
acute, cuspidate; nerves 6 pairs raised beneath; 5 to 6 in. long, 
2-25 to 3 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. Racemes *i in. long, 
axillary. Umbellules few on peduncles *3 in. long. Flowers 
6 to 11 in umbel, glabrous except a few hairs outside, oblong-obovate, 
tip round. Hab. Mountain forests. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 
Lebah (Robinson); Sempang Mines, Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
Near L. malaccensis, but the leaves thinner, glaucous beneath; perianth- 
lobes oblong rounded. 
(3) L. Wrayi Gamble, Kew Bulletin, 1910, p. 367; Journ. /Is. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 196. 
Small tree. Leaves chartaceous to membranous, alternate 
obovate to oblanceolate, round or acuminate, base narrowed, 
glabrous; nerves sunk above, elevate beneath, 8 to 14 pairs; 
3 to 5 in. long, 175 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Racemes very 
short; peduncles -2 in. long. Umbellules *2 in. across; flowers 
about 8. Fruit (young) ovoid, -27 to -4 in. long, on a much thickened 
pedicel. Hab. Mountain woods at 4000 to 7000 ft. altitude, Perak, 
Gunong Brumber Pahang at 7000 ft. altitude and Gunong Inas 
and Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Bujong Malacca (Ridley); Pahang, 
Fraser Hill (Burkill). 
(4) L, oxyphylla Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 183; Gamble, Journ. 
/Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 197. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous lanceolate 
acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, pale beneath; nerves 12 pairs 
very fine, not elevate; 5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles *3 in. 
long. Racemes *18 in. long, red-pubescent. Umbellules -4 in. 
across on peduncles rather thick, *2 in. long, puberulous. Flowers 
silky. Fruit globose-ovoid, -2 in. long (unripe) on small, flat 
perianth limb, pedicel -15 in. long. Hab. Penang Hill (Wallich 
and Curtis). 
A very fioriferous tree. Apparently confined to this spot. 
