Klossia.] 
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ovate-acuminate. Cymes 3-flowered, several crowded into a head 
with ovate leafy bracts at base on a terminal peduncle. Calyx 
campanulate, lobes 5, obovate blunt. Corolla white, tubular, 
longer, lobes 5, short. Stamens 4, included; filaments long free 
above. Anthers linear-oblong. Style cylindric. Stigma of 2 large 
elliptic lobes. Capsule urn-shaped, 2-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 
brown punctate sub-quadrate. Species 1. 
(1) K. montana Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 28. 
Whole plant 6 to 18 in. tall. Leaves dark green above, white 
beneath, a few hairs above, red-scurfy, pubescent on nerves 13 
pairs beneath, 3-5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles hairy, -25 to 
1 in. long. Peduncle red-hairy, 1-5 in. long. Bracts glabrous. 
Head -5 in. across. Calyx glabrous. Corolla *3 in. long, tube 
narrowed in middle, mouth hairy. Capsule -12 in. long, glabrous. 
Hab. Wet spots near streams. Selangor, Ginting Bidai; Ginting 
Sempah; Bukit Hitam; Semangkok Pass. Pahang, Telom 
(Ridley). 
17. POMAZOTA, Ridl. 
A small herb. Leaves lanceolate acute, sessile, hairy. Stipules 
lanceolate acute. Inflorescence a head of small flowers surrounded 
by ovate bracts hairy on a peduncle. Flowers small sessile. 
Bracteoles in pairs ovate-lanceolate. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate. Corolla- 
tube short, dilate above, lobes ovate acute spreading 4 to 5. 
Stamens 4, free; filaments linear included; anthers oblong 
emarginate both ends. Style short, thick. Stigma round, bilobed 
large. Ovary ribbed ; ovules numerous axillary. Capsule oblong- 
ovoid beaked dehiscing by a lid. Seeds numerous, punctate. 
(1) P. sylvestris Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 308, fig. lxi. 
Hairy 3 to 4 in. tall, few-branched. Leaves 3 in. long, 1 in. 
wide or less, dark green, paler beneath hairy. Peduncle 1-5 in. 
long. Flowers -12 in. long, white tinted pink, white ciliate. Calyx 
ciliate. Capsule white. Hab. Open paths in forests, very local 
but abundant where it occurs. Pahang, Pulau Tawar; Kota 
Tongkat, Bentan-Kwantan Road (Evans). 
18. COPTOPHYLLUM, Korth. 
Small erect simple shrubs. Leaves oblanceolate hairy. Stipules 
ciliate. Flowers pentamerous in heads surrounded by large white 
involucral bracts. Calyx-tube ovoid, lobes 5. Corolla infundibuli- 
form, throat naked, lobes 5, short. Stamens 5, insert below the 
corolla included. Disc annular. Ovary 2-celled; style with 2 
truncate arms. Capsule membranous, 2-celled. Seeds scrobiculate. 
Species 2 to 3, Malayan. 
(1) C. capitatum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 348 ; King, l.c. 180. 
About a foot tall or less, hairy. Leaves sparsely strigose above; 
nerves beneath and edges hairy, 4-5 to 8 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide, 
