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L. coRONATUS, King & Gamble, in Jouni. As. Soc.Beinj. Ixxiii. ii. (lUU-i) 



120. 

 Gunouy Tahau, 5,000-(5,OOU ft. Shrub; flowera white. (55U3, 



5438.) 

 Distrib. — Perak. 



GAMPANULACHyE. 



Pkntaphragma grandis, n. sp. {]). S12). 



Herba 1-2-pedalis, eaule fistviloso, \ poll, crasso. Folia alterua 

 I'emota elliptica obovata obtusa deuticulata, basi inaequilatera, 

 supenie glabra, 5 poll, louga, 2j poll, lata, subtiis prsecipue in 

 venis pilosula deiude glabresceutia, petiolo 1 poll, longo. Plores 

 ^-7 axillares, aggregati, j poll, lougi, sordide albi. Bractese 

 ovarium subsequautes, scariosse, caducae. Calyx tubulosus, lobis 

 lanceolatis oblougis obtusis, omuiuo lanugiuoso-pubesceus. Petala 

 sepalis subsequalia, apicibus recurvis pubesceutibus. Stamina 

 linearia. Stylus validus, basi pul>escens ; stigma cyliudricuiu 

 erassum caualiculatum. 



Guuoug Tahau, 4,000-5,000 ft. 1-2 feet high ; flowers dirty white ; 

 leaves bright green fleshy, pale beiieath. (5408.) 



A large plant for the genus, remarkable for its tall fistular stem and 

 large flowers. 



VACCINIACKiE. 



Vaccinium PUBICARPUM, //. .Sj>. (j>. S13). 



Frutex 4-pedalis terrestris. Folia tenuiter coriacea laneeolata 

 acuminata acuta glabra obscure serrulata, 2 poll, longa, j poll, 

 lata, nervis priniariis 6, petiolo 1 poll, longo. Racemi foliis 

 breviores 2 poll, lougi laxi. Bractese niinutae lineares. Flores 

 ])edicellati, pedicellis \ poll, longis, cum calyce pubescentibus. 

 Calyx cupulatus, lobis acutis triaugularibus. Corolla omnino 

 pubescens. Stamiuuni filamentis brevibus, antheris liueuribus 

 oblongis, processibus 2 apicalibus rectis cylindricis, antheras 

 sequantibits, omnino glabra. Stylus cylindricus crassiusculus, 

 apice piano. Bacca parva globosa pubescens sepalis coronata, 

 \ poll, longa. 



Gunoug Tahau, 5,000-6,000 ft. Shrub 4 feet high, in shady 

 ravines. (5443.) 



Resembles V. malaccensis, Wight, which is common in the lowlands 

 of the Peninsula, but differs in the long acuminate leaves and 

 pubescent fruit. 



V. LONGIBRACTEATUM, H. Cj). 



Frutex ramis fuscis hirtis, pilis albis. Folia alterua ovata sub- 

 cordata obtusa coriacea interne pubescentia superue glabra, 1-H 

 poll, louga, f-lj poll, lata, petiolis pubescentibus 4 poll, longis. 

 Racemi terminales longiusculi, rhachidibus pubescentibus, Brac- 

 tese foliacese coriacese lauceolatec acutee pubesceutes, flores multo 



