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12 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VI,
PIPERACE^.
55. Piper magnibaccum, C. DC. in Records Bot. Surv.
Ind. vi. 5 [295]
Distrib. Perak.
56. Piper caninum, Blume, in Verh. Batav.-Gen. xi.
(1826) 214. f. 26 [295].
The .pubescent form, with ovate, nearly cordate leaves.
Distrib. Common all over the Peninsula.
57. Piper muricatum, Blume, Cat. Gew. Buitenz. 33
[295]-
Distrib. Common in forest in the Peninsula.
CHLORANTHACE^.
58. Chloranthus brachystachys, Blume, Fl. Jav. Fasc.
viii. 13, 14 [295].
Distrib. Common on hills, India, China, and Malaya.
MYRISTICACE^..
59. Myristica Cantleyi, /Joo/fe. /. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. no
[296].
A large-leaved, nearly glabrous form.
Distrib. Malay Peninsula.
LAURACE^.
60. LiTSEA CINERASCENS, Ridl., n. sp. [296] .
^r6oy, cortice ramulorum pallide griseo. /'"o/m lanceolata,
acuminata, basibus attenuatis obtusis, alterna vel subopposita,
tenuiter subcoriacea, superne glabra, subtus cinerea, 21 cm.
longa, 5-6 cm. lata, costa nervisque ii-jugatis minute rufotomentosis,
petiolis crassiusculis tomentosis 5 mm. longis.
Flares feminei in pedunculis brevissimis, 2 mm. longis, bracteis
ovatis lanceolatis tomentosis minimis. Pedunculi umbellarum
tomentosi, 4-5 mm. longi. Bractece involucrales 4, ovatae,
acutae, extus sericeae. Umbellulce 3 in pedunculis crassiusculis
sericeis, 3 mm. longae. Sepala 6, oblonga, obtusa, extus sericea.
Staminodia exteriora 6, filamentis longiusculis sericeis, antheris
abortivis, interiora 3-breviora, exterioribus ad bases adnata,
spathulata, glandulis reniformibus 2 ad basin sessilibus.
Ovarium parvum, ovoideum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, stigmate
peltato-discoideo sublobato. Flores masculi et fructus
non visi.
Distrib. Also met with at Telom, Pahang {Ridley, 13781).
Litsea cinerascens seems nearest to Litsea ainara, Hlume,
but is much more glabrous than any form of this species, with
fewer flowers in the umbels and larger leaves. Gamble, in the