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Stipules broadly ovate with a long cusp. Compound 

 cyme terminal lax, 3 inches long, and 5 inches wide of 

 three main branches, minutely and sparingly covered 

 with small hairs. Bracts very narrow, linear acuminate, 

 | inch long. Bracteoles half as long, flowers very 

 shortly pedicelled, pedicels pubescent. Calyx short 

 lobes very narrow linear subulate, longer than the short 

 rounded tube. Corolla slender white, half an inch long, 

 tube twice as long as the lobes, straight glabrous, lobes 

 twisted in bud, lanceolate acute 4. Stamens exserfc, fila- 

 ments slender. Anthers linear acute rather long. Style 

 exsert slender, stigmas 2 linear. Fruit globose, I inch 

 long, crowned with the persistent sepals, 1 more rarely 

 2 seeded. 



Perlis woods at the limestone rocks *at Telor Jambu 

 near Kanga. Setul woods at Bukit Kajah Wang, Bang- 

 taphan, Keith. 



A very pretty shrub with hanging branches of white 

 flowers so slender and light, that they have quite a 

 feathery appearance. Dr. Keith, whose plant has 

 broader leaves 6 inches long by 2| inches wide, describes 

 it as a reclining shrub with grey bark, 25 feet long, 

 calyx purple, corolla white fragrant. 



I. arguta, Br. Lankawi (Eidley, 8299). Perlis, Ginting 

 Kabok (14995). Distrib. Malay peninsula. 



/. opaca, Br. Perlis, Chupeng ; Kopah (W. Fox), Gunong 

 Toxai in Tongkah (Curtis, 2931), Lankawi, Gunong Kaya 

 at 1500 feet (Aniff). Distrib. Malaya. 



I. pendula, Jack. Lankawi, common in the Malay peninsula. 



I. Lobbii, London. Kasum (Curtis). Distrib. Malay penin- 

 sula. 



I..grandifolia, Zoll. Lankawi, Gunong Eaya (Aniif.) 



Jour. Straits Branch 



