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nunquam caudato-acuminata acuta, supra glabra subius in venis 

 tenuibus etsi manifeslis praisertim central i densiuscule pilis flavis 

 oaustis, lateralibusque primariis crebriusculis (utrinque circa decern); 

 petiolus pro rata validiusculus brevis densiuscule pubescens basin 

 versus plus minus in flatus; stipiilce longiuscule vaginantes insuper 

 2 in lobis vaginam subaequantibus di visas lanceolatis submembran- 

 aceas dorso carina prominente centrali onustse. Flores in cymulis 

 dispositi trichotomis subterininalibus foliis multo brevioribus, ramulis 

 dense flavo-puberulis, bracteis parvis setaceis pedunculis brevibus* 

 Flore* inter minimos, albi. Calyx companulatus cum ovario extus 

 densissime adpresse flavo-pubescens, lobis late triangularibus 

 obtusis ; corolla' tubus brevis necnon latus, lobi patentes anguste 

 deltoideo-lanciolati apice inflexo. Antherce exsertse. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. " White. Shrub." 



Leaves 5-9 cm. x 1.3-2.5 cm., with petiole not exceeding 

 8 mm. in length. Sheath of stipules 2-3 mm. deep, the upper lobes 

 about the same in length. Cyme 3-4 cm. in width, the primary 

 peduncles about 1 cm. long. Calyx about 1.5 mm. deep, the corolla* 

 tube rather more than 2 mm. long and nearly the same in width at 

 the mouth. Anthers about 6 mm. long. 



This species is allied to P. arborea Ridley, of Java and 

 Sumatra, from which it may be readily distinguished by the leaf 

 characters — texture, indumentum, and venation — alone. 

 114. Lasiaxthus Wrayi King & Gamble. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. '■' Small tree ; flowers white." 



Distrib. Malay Peninsula. 



115. Lasiaxthus dalatexsis Wernham, sp. no v. 



Frutex vel arbor parva nisi stipulis necnon corollis glaberrima 

 polita, ramulis subteretibus rugosulis gracilibus laevissimis. Folia 

 opposita utrinque glaberrima crassiuscule pergamacea elliptico- 

 lanceolata saepius longe caudato-acuminata apice necnon basi acuta 

 breviuscule petiolata; vence primaries praesertim subtus eonspicuas 

 promineutes, laterales utrinque 7-9, reticulo inter veniente manifeste 

 transverso ; stipulae subcoriaceas coneaveas lanceolate acuminata? 

 dorso dense griseo-hirsutae. Flores minimi in cymulis alaribus con- 



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