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lata albida, membranacea, ovata, usque ad 3 cm longa et 2 cm 

 lata, acuminata, utrinque ad nervis adpresse-hirsuta ; corollae 

 tubo saltern 7 mm longo, extus parcissime adpresse hirsuto, 

 lobis cinereo-hirsutis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, saltern 4 mm longis. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure 9316, April 28, 1922, in forested ravines 

 on the south slope of the mountain. 



A species belonging in the group with Mussaenda membrana- 

 cea King, of the Malay Peninsula, but certainly distinct from that 

 imperfectly known one. 



I'y/^RANDIA CAUDATIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 10 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus, 

 tenuibus, atro-brunneis, laevis; foliis lanceolatis, membranaceis 

 ad chartaceis, in siccitate olivaceis vel castaneis, nitidis, 10 ad 

 15 cm longis, 2.5 ad 3.5 cm latis, basi cuneatis, apice longissime 

 caudato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, tenuibus, distinctis, 

 curvato-adscendentibus ; petiolis 5 ad 7 mm longis; stipulis 

 lanceolatis, tenuiter acuminatis, 3 ad 4 mm longis ; cymis axilla- 

 ribus vel oppositifoliis, 4 ad 5 cm longis, breviter pedunculatis, 

 laxis, partibus junioribus obscure pubescentibus ; calycis circiter 

 2.5 mm longis, breviter lobatis, lobis late ovatis, obtusis vel 

 rotundatis, haud 0.5 mm longis; corollae tubo circiter 1 mm 

 longo, lobis oblongis, junioribus 4 mm longis. 



Ng Chi Leng, McClure US 9 (type), 956U, May 5 and 13, 1922, 

 in forested ravines and on forested slopes on the south side of 

 the mountain. 



A species belonging in the group with and closely allied to 

 Randia racemosa (Cav.) F.-Vill., to which the Chinese form 

 currently referred to Randia densiflora Benth. is probably to be 

 reduced. It is differentiated especially by its slenderly caudate- 

 acuminate leaves, the acumen being up to 2 cm in length. 



