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appressed hairy beneath; 3-5 to 5 (or even 7) in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. 
(or 4 in.) wide. Male spikes in hairy panicles 3 in. long; flowers 
•18 in. across. Females as long, slender. Drupe yellow, *3 in. 
long, flat, ellipsoid, beaked minutely puberulous. Hab. Common 
in woods, Singapore, Jurong; Garden Jungle; Changi. Malacca, 
Selandor (Cantley). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Thaiping Hills, 2500 ft. altitude; Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
Native names : Medang Bulanak; Medang Bulapo. 
The varieties ceylonica and birmanica, Hook.fil, in F.B.I. are distinct species. 
(3) G. parvifolia Planch. Ann. Sc. Nat. 3, x. 338; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. v. 486. 
Slender tree about 60 ft. tall with white bark; branches slender. 
Leaves slightly puberulous beneath, thin coriaceous lanceolate 
acuminate, base short, narrowed; nerves elevate, 2 to 3 in. long, 
•75 to 1 in. wide; petioles under t in. long. Male cymes very 
slender branched, about 1 in. long; flowers in clusters of 2 or 3. 
Females few-flowered. # Drupes 1 to 3 on a slender peduncle 1 to 
2 in. long, dark yellow, ovoid, flat, glabrous or slightly puberulous, 
•25 in. long. Hab. Common in forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Kranji. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Tanjong Kupang. Pahang, Tahan 
River; Kwala Lipis (Foxworthy). Malacca, Selandor and Ayer 
Panas (Cantley); Bukit Besar, Ophir; Negri Sembilan, Tampin. 
Selangor, Kampong Kerling (Goodenough); Weld’s Hill. Dind- 
ings, Lumut. Perak, Thaiping Hills; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
Penang Hill (Maingay) to 1000 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. 
Carimon isles. Native names : Kurutak hudang; Medang Kuruseh; 
Meskam. 
(4) G. hirta Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 194. 
Tree; branchlets, underside of leaves especially midrib and 
nerves and inflorescence densely covered with long yellow hair, 
buds very hairy. Leaves sub-chartaceous, broad elliptic, abruptly 
acute acuminate, base round, edge obscurely serrulate; midrib 
and nerves 10 pairs, elevate beneath; 4 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles -15 in. long, hairy. Flowers not seen. Fruit 1 to 
3 on a peduncle 1-25 in. long, hairy. Drupe ovoid, flat, -25 in. 
long, densely hairy; styles filiform hairy, 75 in. long. Hab. 
Local in south only, Johor, Simpai (Kelsall); Tebing Tinggi 
(Ridley). 
3 . CELTIS, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate ovate, triple-nerved. 
Flowers small cymose. Males usually at base of shoots; females 
in upper axils. Sepals 4 to 5, imbricate. Stamens 4 to 5, sur¬ 
rounding a woolly torus. Ovary sessile; style central, arms 
plumose. Drupe small ovoid or globose. Species 50, whole 
world, chiefly palaearctic. 
F1.M.P., 3. 
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