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*74. IXORA ROBINSONII, n. sp. 



Shrub, with dark brown bark. Leaves coriaceous, oblan- 

 ceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, apex blunt, narrowed 

 at the base, nerves slender, about ten pairs, midrib prominent 

 beneath, grooved abcn^e, petiole winged to base, 4 to 7 inches 

 Jong, 2 inches wnde. Stipules connate, cylindric, truncate, 

 mucronate, persistent. Cyme large, lax, with several branch- 

 es, many-flowered, 3 inches long, 4 inches wide. Flowers red, 

 on pedicels ^ inch long ; lobes ovate-subobtuse, shorter. 

 Corolla 2^ inches long; tube slender, 2 inches long; lobes 5, 

 half an inch long, lanceolate-acute, acuminate, narrowed at 

 the base, red. Style shortly protruded, grooved. 



Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Robinson, 5304). It occurs from 

 a little above Wray's Camp, 4,000 feet alt., to the Gully, about 

 5,500 feet alt. Accidentally omitted from the original public- 

 ation of the Gunong Tahan collections. A very distinct 

 species in its coriaceous leaves, and large flowers an inch across, 

 with acute lobes narrowed at the base. Nearest perhaps to 

 I. stricta, Roxb. A most beautiful, perhaps the most beautiful 

 of the Ixoras ; the flowers of a salmon-red in a fine spreading 

 cyme. 



75. Lasianthus flavinervius, n. sp. 



Shrub, stem, and young parts covered with appressed 

 yellow hairs. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, base slightly narrow- 

 ed, above glabrous, smooth, shining, beneath nerves and 

 secondary nerves strongly elevated and covered with yellow^ 

 hairs, nerves 7 pairs, nervules transverse, parallel, almost 

 horizontal, reticulations distinct, 6 inches long, 2 inches wide; 

 petiole yellow silky, J inch long. Stipules very short, with 

 two or three short teeth, all yellow hairy. Cymes shorter than 

 the petioles, few-flowered. Flowers small, verj' shortly 

 peduncled. Calyx ^ inch long, campanulate, with 5 short 

 teeth, hairy, tipped with blue. Corolla silky. Fruit ^ inch 

 long, campanulate, narrowed at the base, with five large, 

 linear, lanceolate teeth, ^^ inch long, all hairy and blue. 

 Pyrenes 4, backs rounded, front angled. 



Gunong Tahan woods. Endemic. 



Perhaps nearest to L. pilosus, Wight. The fruit is rather 

 peculiar in its size, long sepals, and hairiness. 



76. Lasianthus Robinsonii, Ridley. In the Gully and 

 Teku woods. In fruit. Also occurs on the ridges at Telom. 



77. Lasianthus montanus. King & Gamble. Woods 

 round the Padang. 



Distribntion. Perak. 



*78. Lasianthus chinensis, Benth.; Ridl. op. cit. p. 312. 

 In the Gully. 



Distribution. Perak, China. 



*7g. Lasianthus coronatus, King & Gamble. Common 

 in the Padang woods and at Wray's Camp. A low shrub. 

 Distribution. Perak. 



