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(10) B. laurifolia King and Gamble, l.c. 192. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall and 12 to 18 in. through; shoots densely 
yellowish tomentose. Leaves chartaceous, obovate-lanceolate (or 
lanceolate narrowed at both ends), glabrous except slightly pubes¬ 
cent midrib beneath; nerves 14 to 15 pairs; 5 to 10 in. long, 
1-5 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 1 in. long, slender, hairy, keeled 
above. Flowers in fascicles of 6, on hairy axillary tubercles; 
pedicels *4 to -5 in. long, densely pubescent. Sepals -2 in. long, 
narrow ovate, outer blunt, inner acute, densely pubescent. Corolla- 
tube -05 in. long with a ring of hair in mouth, lobes 8, oblong 
spathuiate, -i in. long, glabrous. Stamens 14 to 16. Berry black, 
oblong -6 to 7 in. long. Seed 1, ovoid. Hab. Hill forests, variable. 
var' lypica. Perak, Forest Hills and Salama (Kunstler). 
Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Bum-Murdoch). 
var. obtnsa. Leaves blunt acumen abrupt. Calyx-lobes blunt; 
anthers very hairy. Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis): 
var. parvifolia. Leaves smaller, shoots not pubescent. Sepals 
more rounded. Kedah Peak (Ridley). 
(11) B. rupicola King and Gamble, l.c. 183. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through. Leaves coriaceous 
obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate blunt, base attenuate ; nerves 
8 to 10 pairs, elevate beneath; 3-5 to 5*5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles *5 to 1 in. long. Flowers in fascicles of 5; pedicels thick, 
ferruginous, -15 in. long. Sepals 4, ovate red-pubescent, -25 in. 
long. Corolla tubular campanulate, mouth hairy, lobes oblong, 
tips ciliate, hairy outside. Stamens 6. Hab. Rare. Rocky creeks 
in open jungle at 1500 to 2000 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Batu 
(Kunstler). 
(12) B. penangiana King and Gamble, l.c. 188. 
Small tree. Leaves chartaceous oblong-lanceolate acutely 
narrowed to both ends or blunt at top; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
slender, slightly elevate beneath; 5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2-5 111. wide; 
petioles 1 to 1*2 in. long. Flowers numerous in fascicles of 5 or 6 
in leaf axils; pedicels slender, *4 to -5 in. long, pubescent. Sepals 
ovate, blunt acuminate, -2 in. long, recurved pubescent. Corolla 
•25 in long, lobes 8 (?) oblong-spathulate, golden pubescent 
without. Stamens 16 (?) hairy. Ovary glabrous. Hab. Rare. 
Penang, Waterfall (Haniff). Penara Bukit and Momot’s Road 
^ (13) B. perakensis King and Gamble, l.c. 183. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tail, 12 to 18 in. through. Leaves stiffly cori¬ 
aceous, oblong or obovate, blunt or short blunt acuminate, base 
attenuate; nerves slender, indistinct, 14 to 18 pairs; 4 to 6 in. 
long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles thick at base, 75 to 1 in. long. 
Flowers in fascicles of 10 to 12; pedicels *5 to -6 in. long, pubescent 
when young. Sepals -2 in. long, ovate acute, densely pubescent. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, lobes 8, villous. Stamens 16 Berry 
ovoid brown, pubescent, 7 to -9 in. long, crowned with short 
