Lepisanthes .] xlii, sapindace^. 4^3 



Tree; panicle 9 to 12 in. long .... (i) L. Kunstleri 



Shrubs; panicles i to 3 in. long; leaves glabrous. 



Leaflets 4 to 9 in. long; fruit ovoid . . • (2) L. CUneata 



Leaflets 12 to 18 in. long; fruit tomentose only, 



3-angled (3) L. Scortechinii 



Fruit soft echinate and tomentose . . • (4) L. longifolia 



Whole plant except upper side of leaves softly hairy (5) L. hirta 



(i) L. Kunstleri King, I.e. 427. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves 30 to 40 in. long, glabrous ; leaflets 

 12 oblong or elliptic-oblong cuspidate, base rounded, reticulate; 

 nerves 9 to 13 pairs, 6 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. wide; petiolules 

 •3 to -4 in. long, stout. Panicles 9 to 12 in. long unisexual erect 

 few-branched; branchlets cymose 3- to 5-flowered tomentose. 

 Flowers '4 in. long. Sepals 5 concave tomentose. Petals 5 silky- 

 inside at base, scale glabrous bifid. Stamens 8; filaments silky. 

 Fruit sub-globose greenish yellow with 2 or 3 rounded angles, 

 tomentose 1-5 in. through. Seeds 3. Hab. Perak, near Gunong 

 Bubu at 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(2) L. cuneata Hiern, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 680; King, I.e. 428. 

 A shrub or slender tree 20 to 25 ft. tall, 2 to 3 in. through. 



Leaves 20 to 30 in. long ; leaflets 10 to 14 thinly coriaceous oblong 

 cuspidate, base narrowed, reticulate ; rachis and bases of leaves 

 beneath sHghtly puberulous; nerves 8 to 14 pairs, prominent 

 beneath, 4 to 9 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petiolules "25 to 

 •35 in. long; petioles 5 in. long. Panicles on stem below leaves 

 spike-like 3 to 5 together, i to 3 in. long, dense. Flowers "i in. 

 across greenish v/hite. Sepals round puberulous. Petals glabrous 

 with a scale at base. Fruit ovoid compressed with a vertical 

 groove, minutely tomentose '2$ in. long and as broad. Hab. 

 Dense jungle near streams in low country. Pahang, Sungei Chenei 

 (Fox). Sungei Ujong, Gunong Beremban (Cantley). Perak, Larut 

 (Kunstler) ; Jenah (Wray) ; Tambun. Bindings, Tanjong Hantu. 

 Penang, near Waterfall (Curtis). Native name : Perupoh. 



(3) L. Scortechinii King, I.e. 429. 



Tree. Leaves 2 to 3 ft. long; leaflets about 8 elliptic-oblong 

 shortly acuminate, base shortly cuneate, glabrous except midrib 

 and nerves 12 to 14 pairs elevate beneath puberulous, 12 to 18 in. 

 long, 5 to 7 in. wide ; petiolules "75 to i in. thick. Panicles narrow 

 axillary 2 in. long pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles narrow 

 •25 in. long; pedicels hairy. Flower-buds "3 in. across pink. 

 Sepals 5 concave. Petals 5 with a recurved scale on base. Disc 

 glabrous. Stamens 8; filaments hairy. Fruit sharply 3-angled, 

 densely rusty-tomentose i in. long and as broad. Hab. Very rare 

 in forests. Perak (Scortechini). Kedah, Yan. 



var. hirta Ridl. 



Leaves very hairy on the back. Flowers white. Hab. Johor, 

 Serom. Dindings, Lumut. 



This variety may be distinct specifically. 



