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XC. OLEACE^. 
[. Linocicra . 
3 . LINOCIERA, Swartz. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers small, white in 
axillary (rarely terminal) panicles or cymes. Calyx small, 5-lobed. 
Corolla petals nearly free or very shortly connate, valvate in bud, 
narrow. Stamens 2 (rarely 4) insert at base of petals; filaments 
short. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in a cell, pendulous from apex; 
style short. Drupe globose or ellipsoid; endocarp bony. Albumen 
fleshy or 0. About 40 species, tropics generally. 
Petals tailed, i.e . very narrow with incurved edges. 
Leaves obovate, 6 to 10 in. long; fruit 17 in. long . (1) L. insignis 
Leaves oblong, 6 to 12 in. long . . . . (2) L. paludosa 
Leaves elliptic, 4 in. long; flowers in small spikes . (3) L. spicifera 
Petals oblong, flat. ^ 
Leaves large, 4 to 9 in. long; panicles many-flowered (4) L. pauciflora 
Leaves under 4 in. long, chartaceous caudate . . (5) L. caudifolia 
Leaves under 4 in. long, coriaceous, lanceolate, 2 to 
3 in. long. 
Panicles 1 to 2 in. long.(6) L. lancilolia 
Panicles *5 in. long.(7) L. parvifolia 
(1) L. insignis Clarke in Hook . fit. F.B.I. iii. t. 10; L. macro- 
carpa King and Gamble , l.c. 267. 
Big tree. Leaves coriaceous obovate oblong or oblanceolate, 
blunt or shortly blunt acuminate, base long cuneate; nerves 14 
to 17 pairs, prominent beneath; 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; 
petioles 1 to 1*5 in. long’ Panicles pubescent, 2 to 4 in. long. 
Calyx pubescent, lobes ovate acute. Corolla-lobes oblong- 
linear, -15 in. long, narrow. Stamens with a conic point. Ovary 
pubescent. Drupe oblong, 17 in. long, 1 to 1-2 in. wide; endo¬ 
carp obscurely ridged; branches of panicle much thickened and 
elongated, woody. Hab. Rare. In forests. Singapore, Bukit 
Mandai. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Ridley). Distrib. Tenasserim, 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
(2) L. paludosa King and Gamble, l.c. 268. 
Tree, small (Wray) to 80 ft. tall, 15 to 20 in. through (King). 
Leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong, blunt acuminate and narrowed 
to base, glabrous; midrib and nerves above very minutely scurfy; 
nerves sunk above, much raised beneath, n to 15 pairs; 6 to 12 in. 
long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles stout, short, wrinkled, -5 in. long. 
Panicles pubescent, 1 to 2 in. long, axillary. Bracteoles ovate 
acute. Calyx-lobes ovate acute or triangular, ciliate. Corolla- 
lobes narrow linear, *2 in. long, yellow, centre brown. Ovary 
glabrous. Hab. Rare in low wet forests. Perak, Sungei Larut 
(Wray, Kunstler). 
(3) L. spicifera Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^5. Soc. S. By. 79, p. 94. 
Tree. Leaves coriaceous elliptic, abruptly acuminate acute, 
base cuneate; nerves 7 to 8 pairs faintly sunk above, slightly 
elevate beneath, midrib prominent on both sides; 4 to 4-5 in. long, 
i*5 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long, papillose, thick. Flowers sessile 
