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Young branches, petioles and under surfaces of the leaf-midi iba cinere- 

 ous-pilose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, more or less 

 oblanceolate, tapering to each end, the apex obtusely acuminate ; upper 

 surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous, shining, the midrib distinct and 

 channelled, the nerves rather faint; under surface pale-cinereous, 

 minutely and softly pubescent, the 6 or 7 pairs of spreading ascending 

 main-nerves bold like the transverse veins ; length 5 or 6 in.; breadth 

 1'75 in ; petiole 2 in.; stipules linear, hirsute, about as long as the 

 petioles. Cymes sessile, shorter than the petioles, 4- to 6-flowered; bracts 

 2 or 3 at the base of each flower, linear-hii'sute, about as long as the 

 calyx. Flowers *4 in. long, sessile. Gnlyx 1 in. long, campanulate, the 

 tube narrow, the limb wide with 5 deep triangular acute spreading 

 teeth. Corolla funnel-shaped, "3 in. long, outside glabrous except for a 

 few hairs near the mouth, inside villous ; lobes of the mouth 5, narrow. 

 A7ithers 5, narrowly oblong. Fruit unknown. 

 Singapore: Ridley 9095. 



13. Lasianthus ellipticus Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. VI. 

 507. A tall shrub; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, 

 cinereous or sub-rusty adpressed-pilose like the petioles and under sur- 

 faces of the leaves. Leaves thinly coriaceous, olivaceous-brown when 

 dry, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, shortly acuminate, much 

 narrowed to the base; upper surface glabrous, shining, the mid- 

 rib, nerves and transverse veins rather distinct ; main-nerves 7 or 

 8 pairs, slightly curved, ascending, bold on the under surface like the 

 midrib; length 4-5 to 65 in.; breadth I "5 to 2 in.; petioles 15 to '25 

 in.; stipules broadly triangular-lanceolate, sub-acute or sometimes 

 bifid, almost glabrous, shorter than the petioles. Glomeruli shorter 

 than the petioles, few-flowered, sessile, bearing (mostly on the outside) 

 a few hirsute lanceolate bracts. Calyx '25 in. long, widely campanu- 

 late, tapering much to the base, deeply divided into 5 triangular acu- 

 minate spreading lobes, densely hirsute externally, sparsely so inter- 

 nally. CoroJla half as long as the calyx, divided almost to the base into 

 5 oblong blunt lobes, hirsute outside and glabrous inside. Anthers 5, 

 short, sessile. Fruit unknown. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. HI. 182. 



Penang : at an elevation of 2000 feet ; Curtis 1594. 



14. Lasianthus subspicatds. King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree; 

 young branches rather thinner than a goose-quill, 2-grooved like the 

 petioles, under surfaces of the leaves and the inflorescence with minute, 

 usually pale, flocculent deciduous pubescence. Leaves membranous, 

 ovate-elliptic, much acuminate, the base cuneate ; both surfaces brown 

 when dry, the upper quite glabrous, the nerves and reticulations faint ; 

 the lower glabrous, except the midril) and nerves, the reticulations 



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