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172 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol. VI
*I57. Dehaasia lancifolia, Ridl. A common shrub or
tree in the open woods and stream-banks of the Padang.
Endemic.
158. AcTiNODAPHNE PKUINOSA, Necs. This plant differs
from A. pruinosa of the Penang hills in having the leaves
rounded at the base.
A shrub on the Padang.
Distribution. Singapore, Penang, and Perak.
159. ACTINODAPHNE sp. A tree with grey bark ; leaves
shining above, glaucous beneath and glabrous, with seven
pairs of nerves strongly elevate and red beneath, margin
strongly thickened, transverse nerves horizontal, 11 inches
long, 6 inches wide; peiiole i inch; cluster of fruit half an
inch across; peduncle thick, J inch long, red, hairy. Drupe
subglobose, J inch long.
Dense woods on the Teku River (No. 16,125),
160. LiNDEKA STRICTA, n. Sp.
A shrub with dark purplish bark. Leaves coriaceous,
shining above, glaucescent beneath, lanceolate-acuminate,
acute, base rounded, 3-4 inches long, i inch wide, lo-nerved,
nerves fine, reticulations conspicuous on both surfaces; petiole
thick, ^ inch long, young leaves pubescent. Male flowers on
axillary peduncles, f inch long. Bud globose. Outer bracts
orbicular, imbricate, coriaceous, 4, margins ciliate, inner ones
thinner. Flowers in a head ; pedicels silky, thick, -^ inch long.
Perianth-lobes 6 as long, oblong, linear, obtuse, silky.
Stamens g; filaments short, narrowed upwards. Anthers
truncate, oblong, opening introrsely by valves, dehiscing below.
Staminodes 6, adnate, in pairs to 3 of the stamens, shorter,
apex yellow as of an abortive anther. Rudimentary pistil
cylindric, short, obtuse. Female flowers too young. Fruit
globose, ^ inch through-, black. Peduncle ^ inch, somewhat
thickened, dilated above into a short cup.
Gunong Tahan. Common on the Padang. An elegant
bush with very erect leaves.
161. LiNDERA MONTANA, n. Sp.
Shrub. Leaves lanceolate-obtuse, shortly narrowed at
base, coriaceous above, finely reticulate beneath, reticulations
obscure, glaucous, ^-^-^ inches long, i-ij inch wide; nerves
fine, 4 pairs ; petiole | inch long, rather thick. Capitula
globular, |- inch long, in pairs on extra axillary peduncles, J
inch long, on pedicels as long. Bracts 4, orbicular boat-shaped,
ciliate at the edges. Flowers 5, on stout pedicels. Perianthlobes
short-oblong, quadrate, truncate, dotted. Stamens 7,
fertile, as long; filament short, slender; anther wide-oblong,
2-celled ; connective prolonged, rounded. Staminodes several,
irregular. Fruit 2 or 3 together, pedicelled on a short
peduncle. Pedicels stout, J inch long, pubescent. Perianth
cup-shaped, | inch long and as wide, shallow, entire, margins
pubescent. Drupe oblong-ovoid, f inch long, black,