NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLAN‘Ts. 23 
respectively. Pedicel and calyx tube scurfy pubescent, lobes short 
ovate 5. Corolla $ inch long white tube gradually dilated upwards, 
pubescent lobes spreading half as long +, oblong obtuse. Stamens 
included. Style exsert hairy. Stigmas large cuneate truncate. 
‘Fruit globose + inch through scurfily rough, crowned with the short 
calyx lobes 2 celled 2 seeded. Seed orbicular rounded on the outside 
and flattened on the inner. ; 
Pahang: Tahan river (Ridley 2210). 
var. hirsuta. Leaves lanceolate acuminate with a long point 
narrowed to the base above glabrous beneath hairy all over, flower 
pedicels longer. Flowers yellow. 
Malacca: Relau woods base of Ophir (Ridley 3217). 
Chasalia bracteata, n. sp. 
A woody shrublet, 15-17 inches tall, stem $ inch through with 
pale bark, httle or not branched. Leaves narrowly lanceolate acu- 
minate at both ends coriaceous glabrous, nerves usually invisible, 
5 pairs, keel elevated, 4 inches long 1 inch wide or less, petiole + 
inch. Styles connate shortly tubular with 2 short ovate lobes. In-~ 
florescence shortly cymose capitulate terminal half an inch long, on 
a peduncle an inch long, bracteate. Bracts 2 at base of inflorescence 
ovate lanceolate { inch long. Bracteoles lanceolate cuspidate. 
Flowers about 12 on the head sessile. Calyx short entire cup- ~ 
shaped. Corolla white nearly half an inch long tube nearly straight 
cylindric below dilate on the upper third, lobes ovate reflexed. 
‘Stamens 5 adnate at the base of the dilated portion, filaments very 
short. Anthers linear oblong rather broad blunt, connective broad, 
included. Style a little longer, stigma broad reniform emarginate. 
Fruit not seen. | 
Selangor: Semangkok Pass at 4000 feet elevation (Ridley 
Lasianthus venulosus, n. sp. 
A stout shrub, branches appressed hairy when young. Leaves 
coriaceous elliptic acuminate narrowed shortly at the base, 5-6 
inches long 24-24 inches wide, above glabrous, beneath hairy on the 
nerves, nerves 7 pairs elevated on both sides when dry, secondary 
nerves parallel conspicuous beneath, petiole appressed hairy 4 inch 
long. Stipules broad hairy. Glomeruli sessile shorter than the 
petiole. Bracts lanceolate acute $ inch long hairy. Calyx lobes 
lanceolate acute hairy 4. Corolla 4 inch long white, tube glabrous, 
lobes oblong blunt rather large, mouth of tube hairy. Stamens 
-exsert,-anthers elliptic 4. Fruit subglobose hairy, crowned with 
the sepals forming a kind of beak, very hairy, whole fruit + inch * 
long. 
Singapore: Chan Chu Kang (6146), Bukit Panjang (12542). 
Allied to L. singapurensis, King. 
-R. A. Soe., No. Gl, 1912. 
