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XXXIX. CELASTRINE.E. 
[Lophopetalam. 
(1) L. pachyphyllum King, l.c. 348. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves very thick 
coriaceous elliptic-oblong light green, bluish beneath; nerves 7 or 8 
pairs, 4 to 5*5 in. long, i*6 to 275 in. wide; petioles *5 to 75 in. 
long. Cymes 3 to 4 in. across, 7 in. long. Flowers 75 in, across 
on *5 in. pedicels. Calyx and disc hardly lobed, round. Petals 
yellow attached to edge of the deep red disc. Hab. Forests, Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak, Larut Hills 800 to 1500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(2) L. fimbriatum Wight III. i. 1708; Lawson, in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 615; King, l.c. 349. 
A medium-sized tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic cuspi¬ 
date, base rounded or retuse; nerves 7 to 10 pairs thin, bold 
beneath, 3 to 8 in. long, 175 to 3*5 in. across. Panicles 1 to 4 in. 
long many-flowered. Flowers *5 in. across; pedicels *25 in. long. 
Sepals very short. Petals orbicular-obovate, yellow. Disc large 
purple. Stamens rather long. Hab. Woods rare. Singapore, 
Changi (Ridley). Distrib, Burma. Native names : Krabu;Medang 
Asam. 
(3) L. subobovatum King, l.c. 349. 
Medium-sized tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate obtuse shortly 
cuspidate blunt, much narrowed to base; nerves 6 pairs, 2-5 to 
4 in. long, 1*4 to 2 in. wide; petioles -35 to *45 in. long. Panicles 
axillary 4 to 5 in. long; branches 1*5 in. spreading. Flowers 
•3 in. in diameter. Calyx teeth deltoid. Petals ovate obtuse, 
keeled and wrinkled above. Disc entire. Hab. Penang, Cooly 
lines, Government Hill, 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
(4) L. Scortechinii King, l.c. 350. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic to obovate, blunt or sub-acute, base narrowed; nerves 
5 pairs, 3’5 to 4*5 in. long, 175 to 2‘25 in. wide; petioles *4 to 
•5 in. long. Panicles axillary cymose 2*5 to 4 in. long, spreading; 
branches 1*5 in. long. Flowers rather crowded at branch ends 
'25 in. across yellow. Calyx lobes ovate obtuse. Petals deltoid, 
round smooth. Disc thin. Hah. Perak, Larut Hills 500 to 1000 ft. 
altitude (Kunstler). 
(5) L. oblongum King, l.c. 350. 
Tree 50 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong, shortly cuspidate, base 
cuneate; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1*5 to i*8 in. wide. 
Panicles 3 to 3 - 5 in. long; branches lax. Flowers *3 in. across; 
pedicels *i in. long. Sepals deltoid round. Petals longer, oblong 
with a fimbriate crest above. Fruit woody, 5 in. long, 1*5 in. 
wide. Seeds 2*5 in. long. Hab. Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 
Lankawi, Kesap (Haniff). 
(6) L. fuscescens Kurz, Journ. ^ 4 s. Soc. Beng. xliv. 202. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous oblong shortly acuminate, base 
rounded; nerves 16 to 18 in pairs, 4 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; 
petioles - 8 to 1-25 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal. 
