Flora of (he Malayan Feuinsula. 127 



.6 to 75 in.; petiole -15 in,; stipules lanceolate, much shorter than the 

 petioles, their edges ciliate. C^/mes axillary, 2- to 3-flowered, ebracteate, 

 sessile, shorter than the petioles. Flowers about '2 in. long, Rcssile. 

 Calyx adpressed pubescent on both surfaces, tubular-campanulate, with 

 6 triangular-acuminate, slightly spreading teeth. Corolla slightly longer 

 than the calyx, tubular, slightly inflated below the mouth ; lobes 5, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, sub-erect ; the tube glabrous on both surfaces and 

 the teeth adpressed-pubescent on both. Anthers small, narrowly oblong. 

 Fruit ovoid-globular, crowned by the spreading calyx-lobes, about '2 in. 

 long ; pyreues 4 or 5, rugulose. 



Pebak : on Gunong Batu Patch at 4500 feet, Wray 413. 

 31. Lasianthus oblongus. King & Gamble, n. sp. Young branches 

 slightly thicker than a crow-quill, somewhat angled, densely but very 

 minutely adpressed-pubescent. Leaves membranous, narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate, gradually tapering into the caudate-acuminate apex, the 

 base much narrowed ; both surfaces dark dull-brown when dry, minute- 

 ly scaly, puberulous on the nerves and midribs, obscurely transverse- 

 reticulate ; main-nerves about 7 pairs, curved upwards, not conspicuous; 

 length 3 to 5 in.; bi-eadth '6 to 1 in.; petiole '15 to "2 in.; adpressed- 

 paberulous. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, about "1 in. long. Cymes 

 ebracteate, axillary, sessile, 5- to 7-flowered, twice as long as the peti- 

 oles. Flowers '35 in. long, on very short pedicels, adpressed-puberu- 

 lous or glabrous. Calyx campanulate, shallow, the mouth wide, trun- 

 cate, entire. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, salver-shaped ; 

 the tube slightly widened near the mouth ; the limb densely hirsute on 

 its upper surface, the lobes 5, oblong, obtuse. Anthers 5, oblong, sub- 

 acute, on short filaments. Fruit depressed-globular, about '2 in. in 

 diam. when dry, glabrous, 7- or 8-ridged, somewhat corrugated, crown- 

 ed by the small calyx ; pyrenes 7 or 8, each with a transverse septum 

 dividing it into two cells, the outer of which is 1-seeded, the inner 

 empty. 



Perak: Scortechini 265; Bidley 4935, 9702, 9729; Wray 2590; 

 King's Collector 402, 4128, 4462, 10082; Curtis 2018. Selanqor: Rid- 

 ley 7438. 



This closely resembles a specimen in Herb. Kew (Horsfield Rub. 52) doubtful- 

 ly named Lasianthus sylvestrs Miq., bat in that the calyx has 5 distinct triangular 

 acute teeth. 



32. Lasianthus montanus. King & Gamble, n. sp. A bush 4 to 8 

 feet high; young branches slightly thicker than a crow-quill, rather 

 minutely adpressed-pilose like the stipules. Leaves thickly sub-coria- 

 ceous, ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate ; both 



201 



