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4B. IxoRA PENDTJLA, var. 



With narrow lanceolate leaves and larger flowers than usual. 

 The species is common over the whole Peninsula from sea- 

 level to 5,000 feet. 



44. IXORA GRANDIFOLIA var. AKBOILESCENS, HooliSr fil. 



Distrib. — Johore, Malacca and Perak. 



45. Ceph^lis subcoriacea, sjj. nov. 



Stem slender, woody. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly 

 lanceolate to obovate acuminate acute, base cuneate ; nerves, 

 six to eight pairs, elevate beneath, 11 cm. long, 3.5-3.7 cm. 

 wide, drying brown above, paler beneath. Petiole 0.3 cm. 

 long, thick. Stipules, 2 cm. long, base tubular, embracing 

 the stem for one-third of their length, limb lanceolate 

 acuminate, brown, papery, upper ones more ovate, leaving a 

 prominent ring when fallen. Flowers five or six in a sessile 

 head 1.5 cm. across, pedicels short, thick, with the calyx tube, 

 0.4 cm. long. Calyx lanceolate acuminate acute 0.1 cm. long. 

 Corolla tube, 0.6 cm. long dilate at the base and above 

 and narrowed in the middle, lobes short, lanceolate obtuse 

 0.2 cm. long ; tube within white, hairy in the mouth. 

 Stamens adnate to the tube in the mouth, filaments short, 

 anthers ellipsoid, bases rounded, leather large. 



Very distinct from any of our other species in the foliage. 



46. Lasianthus nervosus, King. 



Distrib. — Mountains of Perak. 



47. Pstchotria multicapitata, King (?). 



Flowers too young to be quite certain of the identification. 



48. Pstchotria condensa, King and Gamble. 



Distrib. — Mountains of Perak and Pahang, from 3,000 to 5,000 

 feet. 



49. PSYCHOTRIA SARMENTOSA, BluTYie. 



A glabrous form. 



Distrib. — The whole Peninsula, India and the Malay Archipe- 

 lago. 



VACCINIACE^. 



50. Vaccinium DECORUM, sp. nov. 



A shrub with coriaceous leaves, obovate rounded at the tip, 

 narrowed to the petiole, edges recurv^ed when diy, dark- 

 brown above, yellowish brown, gland-dotted beneath (when 

 dry). N'erves, four pairs ascending from the midrib, not 

 from the base, midrib, thick tapering gradually to the apex, 

 4-7 cm. long, 2.3-4.5 cm. wide, petiole 1 cm. long, stout. 

 Racemes axillary, pendent, 9 cm. long, numerous. Flowers 

 secund, deflexed on slender pedicels 0.6 cm. long. Calyx 



