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petals. 
Urophyllum lasiocarpum, 0. sp. 
Shrub, stem densely appressed hairy. Leaves oblong or elliptic 
acuminate with a long point, base rounded, above glabrescent except. 
the midrib appressed hairy, beneath densely hairy with brown hairs 
especially long on the midrib and veins 4-6 inches long 1-1# inch 
wide, petiole 4-4 inch long densely hairy. Stipules caducous linear 
acuminate hairy. Cymes sessile about as long as the petiole in 
fruit. Flowers not seen, fruit very shortly. pedicelled 4+ inch long 
turbinate globose densely hairy. Calyx tube entire truncate covered 
with long hairs. Seed very numerous small ovoid deeply reticulate 
dark brown. 
Perak: Bujong Malacca (Ridley 9726) Sept. 1898. 
Though I have not seen flowers of this species it is so distinct 
that I do not scruple to describe it. ‘The very hairy leaves, and 
short petioles, and fruit covered with long hairs distinguish it from 
any species known to me. 
Canthium velutinum, n. sp. 
A shrub, covered with soft velvety hairs, brown when dry. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate sessile with an acute apex and rounded 
base 4 inches long, 14 inch wide densely hairy on both surfaces, 
nerves invisible above prominent beneath, 5 pairs ascending. Sti- 
pules small lanceolate densely hairy. Flowers bright green in 
axillary tufts, pedicels 4 inch long hairy. Calyx goblet-shaped, 
limb very short truncate 4 inch long. Corolla half an inch long 
tubular with 4 narrow lanceolate lobes, less than half as long 
valvate densely hairy outside, inside glabrous except for a tuft of 
hairs on each lobe above the tube, and a circle of hairs within at the 
base. Stamens connate into a cone round the stigma. Anthers 
linear acute, filaments short linear attached to the mouth of the 
tube glabrous. Style longer than the tube, stigma large oblong 
bifid at the tip, points recurved. Disc elevated. Fruit pyriform 
ribbed half an inch long densely velvety, pendulous. Pericarp 
thin woody 2 celled, 1 cell empty the other containing one seed. 
Perak: Gunong Keledang (Ridley 9719). 
A very-distinct species in its large velvety flowers and pear- 
shaped fruit but most nearly allied to C. pauciflorum, King. 
@offea malayana, n. sp. 
A shrub or smal] tree 10 to 15 feet tall, branches -yellowish 
when dry, + angled. - Leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate, base 
acuminate 7-8 inches long 23-3 inches wide, nerves 15 pairs meeting 
on intramarginal loops, drying dark shining above, cinnamon brown 
beneath, petiole $ inch Jong. Stipule yellowish cartilagineous 
shining connate into a tube with a lanceolate point 4 inch long. 
Flowers in crowded clusters in the axils sessile 14 or more together, 
R. A. Soe., No. 61, 1942. 
Distinct in its white stems and coriaceous leaves and stiff 
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