122 Fi^ora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



lanceolate, closely adpressed to the stem, as long as the fl:ower-braet» 

 and hirsute like them. FZower-fcmc^s lanceolate or oblanceolate, tamper- 

 ing, to each end, '25 to '3 iu. long. Flowers 1 to S, sessile. Galyx '2 in, 

 long^cleft to the base into 4 lanceolate acumtnate hirsute lobes. Corolla 

 shorter than the calyx, narrowly campanulate^ witb 4 short lobes, dense- 

 ly hirsute outside^ but glabrous within. Anthers 4, oblong, sessile. 

 J^rm'i! (fide /acfe) " ovoid, hairy, dark-bine, pyrenes 4." Wight iti Calc. 

 Journ. Nat. Hist. VI. 504; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 181. Mephitidia 

 attenuata, DC. Prod. IV. 452. 



Malacca: Griffith (K.D.) 2926. Perak ; King's Collector 237, 

 Singapore : Ridley 6517, 6830, 9^224, 



Alh'ed to X. apj)re«stts, Hook, fil., but with different pubescenee and braete .and 

 rather more nerves in the leaves. 



21. Lasiakthus densifolihs, Miq, PI. Ind. Bat. II. 321. A sbrub ;: 

 all parts more or less clothed with coarse flexuose pale-olivaceous hairs' 

 witb bulbous bases. Young branches slightly thicker than a crow- 

 quill. Leaves membraiwus, nearly sessile, narrowly oblong-lanceolater 

 somewhat oblique and emarginate, but not naiTOwed at the base, the 

 apex shortly acuminate j bo-tb surfaces olivaceous-brown when dryj 

 main-nerves 8 to 10 pairs, ascending, sliglitly carved,^ thin but promin- 

 ent on the lower surface, faint on the upper ;^ length 1'75 to 2'75 in. j 

 breadth '6 to "8 in.; petioles under '1 in.; stipules lanceolate, densely 

 hirsute, '25 to '3 in. long. Cymes axillary, sessile, few-flowered, rathei' 

 more than twice as long as the petioles ; bracts linear, hispid. Flowers 

 few, sessile. Calyx "2 in. long, with 4 or 5 deep very unequal, lanceolate 

 hispid lobes. Corolla much smaller than the calyx with oblong and less 

 liairy lobes. Anthers 5, sessile, oblong, opposite the lobes. Fruit blue, 

 sub-globular, sparsely hispid, surmounted by the calyx-lobes, '2 or "25 

 in. in diam. ; pyrenes 4. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 182. Lasianthus? 

 Wall. Cat. 8441 in part. 



This is very closely allied to the Indian species L. Wallichii, Wight. 



Malacca: Maingay (K.D.) 868. Johoke : King. Singapore: Wal- 

 lich ; Anderso7i 88 ; Morton 142 ; Ridley 4898, 5679. Selangok : Ridley 

 7421. 



VAR. latifolia, King. Leaves broadly oblong with a short bioad ab- 

 rupt acumen, the base bi'oad, oblique, sub-cordii te, and more tlian 1 in. 

 broad; young branches and inflorescence densely covered with coarse 

 liair, 225 in. long. 



Jouoke: i?irf/ej/ 10948. Selangor : TJidZZet/ 7423. 



VAR. cahjcina, King. Leaves glabrous on the upper surface except 



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