428 xxxvii. olacine^:. [Gomphandra, 
axillary or extra-axillary *5 in. long or less, few and short-branched, 
slightly puberulous. Calyx 4- to 5-toothed. Corolla *i in. long, 
4- or 5-lobed; filaments hairy on the back. Stigma large discoid. 
Fruit fusiform blunt *4 in. long, *2 in. through ribbed. Hab. Woods 
in the low country. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Bukit Timah. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai. Malacca (Griffith). Selangor, Dusun Tua. 
Perak, Kal (Kunstler). 
var. floribunda Ridl. 
Cymes with peduncle 1 in. long. Branches 1 in. long di- or tri- 
chotomous with many shortly pedicelled tetramerous flowers 
nearly -i in. long. Hab. Selangor, Weld’s Hill; Rawang (Ridley). 
Distrib. Moulmein. 
(5) G. lanceolata King, l.c. 112. 
A shrub 5 to xo ft. tall, slender. Leaves sub-coriaceous lanceo¬ 
late to oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, 
sparsely puberulous beneath; nerves 5 to 8 pairs, conspicuous 
beneath 2 to 4 in. long, '5 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles '15 to *3 in. 
long. Cymes axillary and terminal; peduncles very short, *i to 
x in. long trichotomous. Cymules 3- to io-flowered. Flowers 
sessile -i in. long. Calyx cupular 3- or 4-toothed. Petals 4 
oblanceolate white villous inside. Filaments flat tapering to each 
end with a tuft of white hairs at tip. Fruit ellipsoid narrowed at 
the ends *4 in. long. Hah. Hill forests. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 
Lebah (Robinson); Weld’s Hill; Kwala Lumpur; Perak, Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler). Native names: Chemperai Ayam; Chemparai 
Hitam; Sebasah Payah. 
As King’s species included more than one, I have retained the name for 
the Perak plants which he identified with Master's Lasianthera lanceolata, 
and for the varieties below, 
var. angustifolia King, l.c. 113. 
Leaves oblong lanceolate 2 to 4 in. long, ‘4 to 7 in. wide, more 
fleshy. Flowers larger *15 in. long. King's variety as represented 
by a plant from Scortechini. Hab. Mountain forests common. 
Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Sempang Mines; Bukit Kutu. 
Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 4000 ft. altitude (Robinson); Bujong 
Malacca. Penang, Western Hill 3000 ft. altitude. 
var. triplinervis King, l.c. 113. 
Like the last, but with only three nerves, 2 basal nerves and 
midrib, with very faint nerves from the midrib. Traces of this 
form of nervation occur on some plants of the last variety. Hab. 
Perak (Scortechini). 
var. ovalifolia Ridl. 
Leaves ovate rounded or shortly narrowed at the broad base, 
acuminate 37 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; petioles stout *2 in. long. 
Flowers *2 in. long. Hab. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah at 
5000 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
