500 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 
regular; petiole slender, subterete, closely transversely wrinkled, + — 
setulosely rusty-pubescent, 4 mm. long; stipules persistent, scari- 
ous , aculeate, rusty-pubescent to glabrous, 5—8 mm. long. Flower- 
clusters strung along the twigs at intervals of -5—1:5 em., of fairly 
numerous flowers, ¢ only or 2 only; bracteoles ovate, acute, rusty- 
pubescent on outer, glabrous on inner surface. ¢ flowers clove- 
shaped in bud, pseudo-pedicellate, 2-5 mm. long, 1—2 mm. in diam., 
sepals ovate, acute, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; petals very 
minute, broadly obovate, glabrous ; staminal column short; pistil- 
lode columnar, obscurely 3-ridged, pubescent. 2 flowers sessile, 
globosely ovoid, 2 mm. long, sparsely pubescent or glabrescent: 
sepals deltoid ; petals ovate entire, glabrous, less than 5 mm. long ; 
annulus of the disk membranous, crenulate; ovary globosely ovoid, 
hirsute; styles very short, free; stigmas scarcely thickened. Cap- 
sule sessile, + — adpressedly rusty-pubescent, 8 mm. in vertical 
1 cm. in transverse diam.; cocci sparsely setulosely puberulous on 
inner surface. Seeds cordate-ovate, 6mm. long and broad, 4 mm. 
thick, glabrous, blackish-brown, obscurely ridged, with convex cari- 
nate dorsal and sub-bilateral ventral surface, obtuse apex and cor- 
dately excavate base. Jabl. in Pflanzenreich, l.c. 26.—C. stipulatus- 
Hook. f. 281. 
Prenane: Penang Hill, R.!. Perak: W. 3257!; Larut, K.C. 
1974!, 3355!, 3424! 6619! 
The type sheets are K.C. 3355 and 6619 in Kew Herbarium. MHooker’s V. 
stipu latus (K.C. 1974) is merely a mature fruiting specimen of C. membranaceus. 
The eapsule of K.C. 1974 is not quite glabrous, but pubescent at base and apex 
like most of the so-called glabrous capsules. 
5. CLEISTANTHUS NITIDUS, Hook.f. 280. Asmalltree. Branch- 
lets pale-brown, 2—3 mm. thick, + — pubescent towards the apex, 
glabrous lower down; young twigs 1 mm. thick, terete, fulvous or 
rusty-tomentose ; internodes 1—2cm. long. Lamine thinly coriac- 
eous, lanceolate, 5—15 cm. long, 1:8—5 cm. broad, with caudate 
acuminate apex and subtruncate or obtusely rounded or almost sub- 
cordate base; upper surface glabrous, olivaceous, subnitid, reticu- 
late; lower surface dull, brown-olivaceous, subglaucous, very sparse- 
ly and finely adpressedly pubescent or glabrous; midrib indented 
and nerves slightly prominent on upper, both prominent on lower 
surface; nerves 8—12, anastomosing near the margin; cross- 
nervules irregular; petiole rather stout, subterete, fulvous-tomen- 
tose or glabrescent, 5 mm. long; stipules not seen. Flower-clusters 
