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Chasalia.] 
•1 in. long. Calyx funnel-shaped, lobes round. Corolla-tube -25 in. 
long, curved, lobes lanceolate acute half as long. Stamens 4, 
exsert. Fruit black, -25 in. long; peduncles not swollen. Hab. 
Mountain forest. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun, 5000 ft. altitude 
(Ridley); Selangor, Semangkok Pass. Kedah, Gunong Bintang 
(Kloss). (In this latter plant the stamens are included.) 
(3) C. bracteata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 23. 
A woody shrublet 15 to 17 in. tall, little or not branched. Leaves 
narrow lanceolate acuminate at both ends, coriaceous, glabrous; 
nerves 5 pairs (usually invisible); 4 in. long, 1 in. wide or less; 
petioles *25 in. long. Stipules connate with two short ovate lobes. 
Cymes capitate, terminal, -5 in. long, on peduncles 1 in. long with 
2 ovate-lanceolate bracts -5 in. long. Flowers 12 in a head, sessile. 
Calyx cup-shaped entire. Corolla white, *5 in. long, tube nearly 
straight, dilate above, lobes ovate reflexed. Hab. Mountain forests, 
Selangor, Semangkok Pass at 4000 ft, altitude (Ridley). 
(4) C. pubescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. Ms. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 46. 
Bush about 5 ft. tall, much-branched. Leaves herbaceous, 
lanceolate acuminate-caudate, narrowed to base, above glabrous, 
beneath pubescent, midrib and nerves (8 pairs) especially densely so; 
6 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -25 to *5 in. long. Stipules 
ovate-oblong, -i in. long. Cymes compound, dense, 1 in. long, 
pubescent. Flowers sessile in small heads, rosy white. Calyx 
cup-shaped, -15 in. long, teeth short, pubescent. Corolla -3 in. 
long, pubescent, pinkish white, tubular, curved, lobes short-linear 
obtuse hooded. Stamens 5 - Hab. Rare in lowland woods. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah. Johor, Sedenak. Selangor, Sungei Buloh 
(Ridley). 
56 . CEPHAELIS, Sw. 
Fleshy-stemmed, little-branched herbs. Leaves membranous 
oblanceolate or oblong. Flowers several in involucrate heads 
peduncled. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, limb entire. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, lobes 4 or 5 valvate, honey-yellow or white. Stamens 
4 or 5. Ovary 2-celled (rarely 3- or 4-celled); ovules solitary. 
Fruit fleshy, light blue or black; pyrenes 2 plano-convex. Species 
70, all tropics. 
Little-branched fleshy herbs. 
Heads dense solitary 
Leaves oblanceolate, 4 to 5 in. wide 
Leaves elliptic, 3 in. wide .... 
Leaves lanceolate, 2-5 in. wide; stipules ovate; 
fruit blue ....... 
Leaves lanceolate, 2 in. wide; stipules narrow 
mucronate; fruit black .... 
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1 in. wide 
Heads 3, of few flowers, peduncled 
Stem woody, simple ...... 
(1) C. Griffithii 
(2) C. Ridleyi 
(3) C. singaporensis 
(4) C. melanocarpa 
(5) C. angustifolia 
( 6 ) C. triceps 
(7} C. elongata 
