XC. OLEACEJE. 
Linociera .] 
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in short spikes -25 in. long, with persistent thickly coriaceous 
ovate bracts. Calyx campanulate, lobes 4, rounded ovate. Corolla- 
lobes tailed linear, base dilate, -25 in. long. Ovary oblong. Stigma 
sessile. Hab. Selangor, Rawang Forest Reserve (Kloss). 
(4) L. pauciflora Clarke, he. iii. 609; King, l.c. 266. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall or taller, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic-oblong, shortly blunt acuminate, base cuneate, 
minutely papillose; nerves n to 13 pairs prominent; 4 to 9 in. 
long, 2 to 4 in. wide; petioles *7 to 1-3 in. long. Flowers in com¬ 
pound axillary peduncled panicles 2 to 6 in. long, numerous, white, 
turning orange. Calyx-lobes ovate acute. Corolla-lobes 2 pairs 
oblong, -i to *15 in. long. Drupe ellipsoid, 75 in. long, *3 in. 
through, blue black. Hab. Common in wet forests. Singapore, 
Jurong; Bukit Timah; Selitar. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Good- 
enough). Perak, Ulu Temengoh. Dindings, Lumut. Penang 
(Wallich); Telok Bahang; Tanjong Bunga (Curtis). Kedah, 
Pulau Song-Song (Curtis). 
(5) L. caudifolia Ridl. L. caudata King and Gamble, l.c. 
268, not of Beddome. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall; stem 5 to 7 in. through; branches slender. 
Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate caudate-acuminate, glabrous; nerves 
very obscure 4 to 5 pairs; 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*25 in. wide; 
petioles *i to -2 in. long. Panicles few-flowered, trichotomous, 
1 in. long, glabrous. Calyx-lobes 4, blunt. Corolla-lobes oblong 
blunt, -05 in. long (-i in. long, King) cream-colour. Ovary glabrous. 
Drupe obovoid, *3 to -4 in. long. Hab. Dense forests at 3500 to 
4000 ft. altitude. Rare. Perak. No locality (Kunstler). 
(6) L. lancifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 39, p. 14. 
Olea ardisioides King and Gamble, l.c. 271. 
Small tree with slender branches. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate 
long acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous; nerves very faint; 2 to 
3 in. long, ‘6 to 1 in. wide; petioles *1 to -2 in. long. Panicles 
lax, slender, 1 to 2 in. long, with slender spreading branches *5 in. 
long. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate acute. Corolla-lobes linear, *i in. 
long. Stamens 2 from base of corolla. Ovary conic; no style. 
Hab. High mountains 4500 to 5000 ft. altitude. Pahang, K'luang 
Terbang (Barnes). Perak, Gunong Bubu (Wray). 
(7) L. parvifolia Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 94. 
A shrub ?, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate-sub-rhom¬ 
boid or oblanceolate blunt, midrib elevate beneath; nerves 6 pairs, 
very fine, hardly visible, 1 to 175 in. long, *5 to 75 in. wide; 
petioles slender, -12 in. long. Cymes panicled, lax, spreading, 
•5 in. long. Flowers in threes, pedicelled. Calyx cup-shaped, 
short, teeth small, ovate. Corolla-lobes ovate triangular, flat 
blunt, -i in. long. Ovary conic; style short. Hab. Mountains, 
rare. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah at 5 °°° ft- altitude 
(Robinson). 
