428 XXXVII. OLACiNE^. [Gomphundra . 



axillary or extra-axillary *5 in. long or less, few and short-branched, 

 slightly puberulous. Calyx 4- to 5-toothed. Corolla •! in. long, 

 4- or 5-lobed ; filaments hairy on the back. Stigma large discoid. 

 Fruit fusiform blunt "4 in. long, '2 in. through ribbed. Hab. Woods 

 in the low country. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Bukit Timah. 

 Johor, Gunong Pulai. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Dusun Tua. 

 Perak, Kal (Kunstler). 



var. fioribunda Ridl. 



Cymes with peduncle i in. long. Branches i in. long di- or tri- 

 chotomous with many shortly pedicelled tetramerous flowers 

 nearly 'i in. long. Hab. Selangor, Weld's Hill; Rawang (Ridley). 

 Distrib. Moulmein. 



(5) G. lanceolata King, I.e. 112. 



A shrub 5 to 10 ft. tall, slender. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceo- 

 late to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, 

 sparsely puberulous beneath; nerves 5 to 8 pairs, conspicuous 

 beneath 2 to 4 in. long, -5 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles '15 to -3 in. 

 long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles very short, 'i to 

 I in. long trichotomous. Cymules 3- to lo-flowered. Flowers 

 sessile •! in. long. Calyx cupular 3- or 4-toothed. Petals 4 

 oblanceolate white villous inside. Filaments fiat tapering to each 

 end with a tuft of white hairs at tip. Fruit ellipsoid narrowed at 

 the ends '4 in. long. Hab. Hill forests. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. 

 Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 

 Lebah (Robinson) ; Weld's Hill ; Kwala Lumpur ; Perak, Ulu 

 Bubong (Kunstler). Native names : Chemperai Ayam ; Chemparai 

 Hitam; Sebasah Payah. 



As King's species included more than one, I have retained the name for 

 the Perak plants which he identified with Master's Lasianthera lanceolata, 

 and for the varieties below. 



var. angustifolia King, I.e. 113. 



Leaves oblong lanceolate 2 to 4 in. long, '4 to 7 in. wide, more 

 fleshy. Flowers larger '15 in. long. King's variety as represented 

 by a plant from Scortechini. Hab. Mountain forests common. 

 Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Sempang Mines; Bukit Kutu. 

 Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude (Robinson) ; Bujong 

 Malacca. Penang, Western Hill 3000 ft. altitude. 



var. iripiinervis King, I.e. 113. 



Like the last, but with only three nerves, 2 basal nerves and 

 midrib, with very faint nerves from the midrib. Traces of this 

 form of nervation occur on some plants of the last variety. Hab. 

 Perak (Scortechini). 



var. ovalifolia Ridl. 



Leaves ovate rounded or shortly narrowed at the broad base, 

 acuminate 37 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles stout '2 in. long. 

 Flowers "2 in. long. Hab. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah at 

 5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



