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rather smaller than a goose-quill, corky-barked and somewhat scurfy 

 when dry. Leaves coriaceous ; oblong-lanceolate, obtusely long caudate- 

 acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; margins recurved ; upper sur- 

 face shining, lower pale, both reddish when dry ; 4 to 10 in. 

 long, 1-5 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib stout, ending in a gland at the 

 extreme apex ; main nerves parallel, 15 to 22 pairs, impressed on the 

 upper, raised on the lower surface, starting at an angle of about 70° to 

 the midrib and gently curving upwards to meet in a looped intra- 

 marginal nerve close to the edge ; secondary nerves and reticulations 

 few ; petiole very short or almost none, at most '2 in. long, stout, those 

 of each pair of leaves joined by a slight ridge at the nodes. Cymes 

 axillary or pseudo-terminal, sessile, few- (up to 10-) branched, very short 

 at first but lengthening gradually to "5 in. ; the branches covered with 

 very small ovate-triangular densely imbricate bracts ; flow^ers small, 

 cream-coloured ; buds clavate. Calyx-iVihe short ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 

 with a gland on the back near the top, ciliate on the margins. Corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, slender, -3 to 4 in. long, slightly dilated at the top 

 opposite the stamens, pubescent within ; lobes spreading, much twisted, 

 •3 in. long, oblong-spathulate. Anthers lanceolate, apiculate, the bases 

 rounded ; filaments very short. i)wA;-glands subulate. Carpels 2, 

 glabrous. Fruit of 2 (often only 1) urn-shaped capsules, triangular 

 in shape, inflated on the dorsal, grooved on the ventral margin 

 where they dehisce, -7 in. long on the ventral margin, -6 in. broad, 

 •25 in. thick, striate, beak sharp. Seeds 1, ovoid, 4 in. long ; testa 

 membranous ; albumen none ; cotyledons fleshy, thick ; radicle very 

 small. 



Perak : in low-lying woods near Larut, Wray 2736, 3956 ; Scorte- 

 chini 57, 59, 1704 ; King's Collector 462, 2082, 4269, 6165. 



6. KopsiA EiDLEYANA, King & Gamble, n. sp. A low shrub, reaching 

 a foot or so in height ; branchlets smooth, the size of a crow^-quill. 

 Leaves chartaceous when dry ; lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at apex, 

 cuneately attenuate at base ; shining above, pale below ; 4 to 4-5 in. 

 long, 1 to 1-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, ending in a gland at the apex ; 

 main nerves 12 to 14 pairs at an angle of about 60° with the midrib, 

 curving upwards to meet in a slender looped intramarginal nerve, raised 

 above as are the few secondary nerves and oblique reticulations ; petiole 

 •15 in. long, somewhat stem-clasping and slightly fimbriate-scaly at the 

 base. Cyme terminal or apparently so, sessile, branches very few 

 (2 to 3), about ^3 to -5 in. long, furnished with many ovate-acute broadly 

 sheathing glabrous bracts ; flowers on very short pedicels, pure white ; 

 buds clavate. Calyx-tuhe very short ; lobes ovate, obtuse or almost 

 emarginate, with a gland on the back, glabrous, -1 to -15 in. long. 



