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the two species only occur in Perak. It is remarkable that there 
is as yet no plant with an affinity to these two from any pait of Asia. 
51 A. PERAKANTHUS, Robyns. 
Shrubs glabrous or hairy. Leaves paired, shortly petioled or 
subsessile, ovate or lanceolate. Stipules broad triangular. Flowers 
axillary, i or 2 together, shortly pedicelled. Calyx short truncate. 
Corolla long-tubed, glabrous or hairy, tube cylindric, straight or 
slightly curved, lobes 5, lanceolate short, valvate. Stamens 
shorter; filaments slender; anthers oblong. Style elongate, 
longer than corolla, stout. Stigma ovate-capitate. Ovary 2- 
celied, cells i-ovuled. Berry large, globose or pyriform, i- or 2- 
seeded. Species 2, Perak. 
Glabrous, leaves ovate; flowers glabrous . . (i) P. pauciflorum 
Hairy all over.(2) P. V3lutinum 
Vol. a. p. 124, after sp. 5, Canthium depressinerve Kidl., 
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(5a) C. hirtellum Ridl. Journ. Bot. 1924, p. 297. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, branches hairy. Stipular thorns short 
or none. Leaves thin membranous elliptic-lanceolate acuminate 
cuspidate blunt, base attenuate, above sparsely hairy, midrib with 
appressed hairs, beneath more thickly hairy, midrib and ne^es 
7 pairs, roughly hairy. Cymes axUlary, hairy, *2 in. long, crowded. 
Bracts very small lanceolate acute, hairy. Pedicels very short, hairy. 
Ovary broad short campanulate hairy. Sepals 5, ovate acute. 
Corolla -I in. long, white, tube globose, lobes 5, as long, ovate 
subacute fleshy glabrous. Stamens 5, shorter than corolla; anthers 
short elliptic. Disc annular glabrous. Fruit globose when i- 
seeded, bilobed when 2-seeded, -3 in. long (when dry). Hah. Negri 
‘Sembilan, Gunong Angsi (Mhd. Nur, com. Burkill 11,664.) 
Vol. a. p. 126, after sp. 9, Canthium didymum Gaertn., insert 
(gA) C. scabridum Ridl. fourn. Bot. 1924, p. 297. 
Unarmed shrub, branches slender, scaly-pubescent. Leaves 
membranous elliptic cuspidate sub-acute, base rounded or occasiori- 
ally acute, above sparsely scabrid hairy, midrib and nerves with 
numerous short hairs, beneath more densely hairy, edges scabrid, 
hairy; nerves conspicuous, 6 pairs, inarching and closely hairy; 
3*5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long, hairy. Stipules 
short, broad, ovate hairy. Cymes axillary hair}^ as long as petioles, 
usually 2 in each axil, spreading, -3 in. across. _ Pedicels slender, 
•I in. long. Calyx pubescent _ campanulate, with 5 short acute 
lobes. Corolla -i in. long, tube globose, lobes 5, as long, ovate acute, 
with long deflexed white hairs in the mouth of the tube. Stamens 
5, anthers large, not exsert; filaments attached to base of lobes, 
shorter than anthers. Style thick and hairy at the base, above 
