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the midrib of which above is hairy and the much longer 

 petiole. It also possesses distinct stipule-like bracts. 



44. Lasianthus mollis, sp. nov. 



Shrub with slender branches densely covered with 

 appressed yellow hairs. Leaves membranous lanceolate 

 acuminate, base narrowed acuminate above glabrous except 

 the midrib covered with yellow hair beneath the nerves 

 6-7 pairs and nervules yellow, hairy 3*5 in. long, 1*25 in. 

 wide, petioles slender • 25 in. long, hairy. Stipules triangular 

 lanceolate acuminate. Cymes sessile few flowered, much 

 shorter than the petiole. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, hairy. 

 Flowers sessile 2-3 in. a cyme white. Calyx lobes short 

 lanceolate, hairy. Corolla much longer -15 in. long, 

 glabrous, tube cylindric dilate at top, lobes 4, recurved ovate 

 blunt, much shorter. Stamens exsert 4. 



Malacca : Tebong (in Woods), Jan. 1917. 



45. Lasianthus velutinus, sp. nov. 



Shrub 3 ft. tall, densely covered with soft yellowish 

 spreading hairs, except the upper side of the leaves. Leaves 

 obovate to elliptic, shortly acuminate, base narrowed 

 cuneate nerves elevate beneath 8 pairs, strongly hairy 4-6*5 

 in. long, 2-2*75 in. wide, petiole 15 in. long. Stipules 

 ovate. Cymes acuminate hairy sessile as long as petiole 

 densely hairy. Bracts lanceolate persistent '15 in. long. 

 Calyx short, sessile, lobes lanceolate acuminate, hairy. 

 Corolla not seen. Fruit when dry * 2 in. long obovoid hairy, 

 crowned by the hairy sepals. 



Kelantan : Chaning Woods. 



This is near L. chryseus Ridl. and L. politus Ridl. but 

 the leaves are more obovate and thin. 



COMPOSITAE. 



46. Vernonia rupicola, sp. nov. 



Herb, base of stem woody glabrous except the young 

 shoots which are mealy tomentose. Leaves membranous 

 lanceolate obscurely bluntly serrate or nearly entire mostly 

 at base of stem subacute long narrowed to the winged petiole 

 5 in. long, 2 in. wide or less. Cymes of heads axillary 2-3 

 heads together or terminal, peduncles 1*25 in. long. Heads 

 in fruit -25 in. wide *5 in. long. Bracts lanceolate 

 mucronate chaffy with numerous ones much smaller at base. 

 Pappus white -2 in. long, achenes narrow, ribbed hairy, 

 oblong. 



On rocks at Pulau Butang, Butang Ids. near Langkawi 

 Ids. (Ridley No. 15 683). Unfortunately this plant was 

 almost dried up and quite out of flower. 



Vernonia arborea. King includes 2 species neither being 

 the original south Indian species of Buchanan Hamilton ; 

 one is V. javanicoy DC, the other a taller glabrous tree is 

 the Conyza acuminata, Wallich. which I call now V. 

 Wallichii (postea). 



