1916.] H. X. Ridley: Botany of Kcdah Peak. 45 



57. Lasianthui Wrayi, King. Small shrub, fruits pur- 

 plish. Kedah Peak 6065. 



Distrib. Perak. 



58. Cliasalia curviflora, Thw. Gurun. 6158, 6159. 

 Common all over the Malay Peninsula, var angustifolia. 

 Kedah Peak at 3,000 feet. No. 6051. 



59. Saprosma pubescens, Ridl. Gurun. Shrub 7 feet tall. 

 Also on Mt. Ophir. 



60. Cephaclis Griffithi, Hook. fil. No ticket. 



61. Cephaelis Ridley i, King. Kedah Peak 2,500 to 3,000 

 feet. Shrub, flowers waxy-white. 



Composit.e. 



62. Gynura sarmentosa, DeC. Kedah Peak at 3,996 feet. 

 No. 6044. 



Distrib. Whole Peninsula. 



63. Erechthites valerianifolia, DeC. Gynura rosea Ridl. 

 Gynura bicolor King, not DeC. 



Kedah Peak beneath the Trig, station, no doubt brought 

 by coolies. Flowers pink. No. 6038. 



A South American weed spreading all over the old-world 

 tropics. 



Vacciniace.e. 



64. Vaccinium ebur.meum sp. nov. 



Tree up to 20 feet tall, much branched. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, elliptic ovate, narrowed equally to both ends, apex 

 acute, base cuneate, nerves ascending 3-4 pairs slender, 1-5 to 

 2 inches long, -5 to 8 inches wide. Petiole "i inch long. 

 Raceme 1-5 inch long, flowers waxy white, pendulous on one 

 side '25 inche long; pedicels '15 inche long. Calyx lobes ovate, 

 subacute or rounded edges ciliate. Corolla cylindric, lobes 

 short, ovate, recurved, glabrous. Stamens short, about half 

 the length of the corolla, filaments hairy; anthers oblong, 

 connective, prolonged oblong crenulate, cell-spurs subulate. 

 Style stout pubescent, longer than the corolla, ovary half 

 inferior. Kedah Peak at 3,000 feet. No. 5986. 



Allied to V. Kunstlcri, King & Gamble. 



65. Vaccinium malaccense, Wight. Kedah Peak. Also 

 collected here by Lobb. 



All over the Peninsula, but local. 



Ericaceae. 



66. Rhododendron jasminiflorum Hook. Kedah Peak at 

 3,000 feet. Flowers white, flushed pink. No. 6057. Flowers 

 white, Shrub. No. 6030. 



Mt. Ophir and Perak Hills. 



