154 lxxiv. RUBiACEiE. [Lasianthus. 
to 3400 ft. altitude. Singapore, Pulau Ubin; Changi. Johor, 
Batu Pahat. Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Pahang, Rumpin River. 
Selangor, Langat. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih 3400 ft. altitude 
(Wray), a variety with leaves and stem claret-colour, flowers green 
tipped claret. Penang, West Hill. Province Wellesley, Ara Kudah. 
Kedah Peak 1500 ft. altitude (Robinson). Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
The whole plant is often covered with bright yellow hairs, giving it a very 
bright appearance. 
(5) L. rhinocerotis Bl. Bijdr. 996; King, lx. 114 (Fig. 83, 
P- 153)- 
Shrub or tree about 20 ft. tall. Branches, petioles, underside 
of leaves and inflorescence tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate acute, base round, glabrous above; nerves 10 to 12 
strongly elevate, as are transverse parallel nervules; 6 to 7 in. long, 
2*25 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Stipules triangular acute, 
•2 in. long. Heads sessile or short-peduncled, *75 in. long. Bracts 
numerous linear, pilose. Flowers pale pink. Corolla-lobes con¬ 
cave, outside pilose. Fruit ovoid pointed, blue *15 in. long. 
Pyrenes 3-cornered, 5. Hab. Forests, at 2500 to 5000 ft. altitude. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai. Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall); Sempang, 
Semangkok, Pahang, Telom. Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); 
Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Distrib. Java, Borneo. 
(6) L. Ridleyi King and Gamble, lx. 115. 
Shrub about 3 ft. tall. Branches few, soft pubescent. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous oblong or elliptic acute or acuminate, base blunt, 
glabrous above, light green, beneath pale; nerves 5 to 7 pairs 
ascending, elevate nervules transverse, parallel, all hairy; 5 to 
8 in. long, 175 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles very short. Stipules 
lanceolate, blunt, *2 in. long, hairy. Heads *5 in. through, bracts 
linear hairy. Calyx cup-shaped, greenish white with 4 triangular 
lobes, white-hairy. Corolla white, tube cylindric hairy, lobes rounded 
4 broad with long white hairs. Fruit globose, deep blue, *25 in. 
through. Pyrenes 2, semi-lunar, nodulose. Hab. Woods, Singa¬ 
pore, Garden Jungle; Woodlands; Bukit Timah. Johor, Gunong 
Pulai. Negri Sembilan, Tampin Hill. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur 
(Ridley). 
(7) L. bractescens Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 85. 
L. cyanocarpus var. subsessilis King, l.c. 113. 
Shrub. Branches hairy, as are midrib above and with nerves 
beneath and inflorescence. Leaves oblong long-acuminate often 
abruptly, base rounded, sometimes slightly unequal, thin mem¬ 
branous sparsely hairy above, more densely beneath; nerves 12 
pairs, fine but elevate beneath; 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
*05 in. long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate. Bracts hairy on 
both sides, *3 in. long. Calyx-lobes narrow lanceolate acuminate, 
hairy. Corolla white, much longer, glabrous except white hairy 
