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acuminate, with a gland at the point behind, ciliate on the margins, 

 •1 in. long. Corolla-tube slender, dilated at the top then constricted, 

 •75 to 1 in. long, pubescent within below the stamens and half-way 

 down ; lobes spreading, linear-oblong, -5 to '75 in. long. Anthers 

 lanceolate-acuminate, •! in. long ; filaments short. D^'s/c-scales longer 

 than carpels, broadened below, beaked above. Carpels glabrous ; style 

 very slender ; stigma short, cylindric. Fruit not seen. 

 Perak : Scortechini 1878. 



4. KopsiA Geiffithii, King & Gamble, n. sp. A small tree (?); 

 branchlets pale brown, slender, enlarged at the nodes. Leaves coria- 

 ceous ; ovate to ovate-oblong, abruptly obtusely caudate-acuminate at 

 the apex, which is often emarginate, attenuate at the base ; shining 

 above, pale beneath ; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad ; midrib 

 slender, prominent and channelled above ; main nerves many (22 

 to 30 pairs), close, parallel, starting at an angle of about 70° with 

 the midrib, and slightly curving to meet in an intramarginal nerve 

 close to the edge, raised and prominent on the upper, less so in the 

 lower surface ; reticulations few ; petiole -25 in. long, bordered by the 

 decurrent margins of the blade, those of each pair of leaves embracing 

 the branchlet so as nearly to meet. Cymes axillary and pseudo-terminal, 

 sessile or on very short peduncles, corymbose ; primary branches few 

 and irregular in length and number of flowers (sometimes 1 flower only) ; 

 bracts ovate-acute, very small, glabrous ; pedicels slender, -4 to '6 in. 

 long, with 2 to 8 minute bracteoles near the middle ; flowers apparently 

 large, white ; buds long, clavate. Calyx-t\ihe almost none ; lobes nearly 

 orbicular, -05 in. long, ciliate on the margins, a gland on the back near 

 the top. Corolla-ivhe very slender, 1 to 1'5 in. long, inflated at the top, 

 slightly pubescent within below the stamens ; lobes ovate, ovate-oblong 

 or oblong, obtuse, -75 to 1 in. long. Anthers lanceolate-acuminate, 

 •15 in. long; filaments short. Dw^-glands subulate, slender. Carpels 

 obtuse, densely long-hairy ; style slender ; stigma oblong, bifid. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Malacca : Griffith. 



Var. paucinervia, King & Gamble. A shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, flower 

 very white. Similar to the species, but the leaves with fewer, 12 to 15 

 main nerves leaving the midrib at an angle of about 50° only, and not 

 so abruptly or caudately acuminate. The carpels show the same shaggy 

 hairs, and the disk-glands are the same. 



Perak : King's Collector 10707, in dense jungle, on limestone hills, 

 at 500 to 800 feet. 



5. KoPSiA LARUTENSis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A shrub reaching 

 10 feet in height, or a small tree up to 25 feet ; branches pale brown, 



