L'XXIV. RUBIACEA!. 
Lasianthus .] 
*55 
mouth, tube slender, cylindric, *25 in. long, lobes short oblong, 
blunt. Hab. Forests, rare. Selangor, Batu Caves; Ulu Gombak. 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
var. rosulatus. Leaves oblong sessile, broad, bases unequal. 
Bracts ovate acute, forming a rosette, each 1 in. or more long. 
Perak, Telok Pinang, Lenggong and Temengoh (Ridley). 
Very like L. pilosus, but with large, broad bracts. Very distinct from 
L. cyanocarpus in the broad unequal base of leaves and quite different bracts. 
(8) L. glaber Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 59. 
Shrub. Stem glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic 
lanceolate acuminate, acute, base euneate; nerves elevate beneath; 
6 in. long, 2 in. wide, glabrous occasionally with minute hairs; 
petioles *5 in. long or less. Stipules lanceolate acuminate edged 
with long yellow hairs, *3 in. long. Bracts lanceolate, hairy. 
Flowers several, short-pedicelled. Calyx ampliate urceolate with 
5 long acuminate points, hairy. Corolla-tube twice as long, white, 
glabrous, except the mouth, lobes oblong acute, 5, -25 in. long. 
Fruit -3 in. long, obovoid, base narrowed, apex acute, glabrous. 
Pyrenes 4, rough. Hob. Perak, Temengoh woods (Ridley). 
Allied to L. ellipticus, but glabrous. 
(9) L. inaequalis Bl. Bijdr. 996; King, l.c. 114. 
Shrub. Branches densely pilose, as are petioles. Leaves 
membranous, elliptic-oblanceolate, shortly acuminate, base round 
unequal, glabrous above except pilose midrib and puberulous 
nerves, beneath soft, pilose; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles -2 to *25 in. long. Stipules linear, pilose. Heads *1 in. 
long, few-flowered; bracts ovate abruptly acuminate, yellow- 
hairy, 7 in. long. Flowers *35 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 
lobes lanceolate, unequal. Corolla yellow-hairy outside, lobes 
oblong. Fruit narrow ovoid hairy, crowned with the enlarged 
calyx-lobes, -35 in. long, including lobes. Pyrenes 4, 3-sided 
rugose. Hab. Rare, mountain forests. Perak, Waterfall Hill, 
Thaiping (Wray). Penang, Moniot’s Road (Curtis). 
(10) L. sub inaequalis King and Gamble, l.c. 120. 
Shrub 3 to 5 ft. tall. Branches tomentose. Leaves mem¬ 
branous oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base round sub-cordate 
oblique, pilose on both sides, especially on midrib and 8 to 10 
pairs of nerves; 2 to 3-5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles under 
•1 in. long. Stipules ovate to elliptic, pilose, -5 in. long. Head 
few-flowered, bracts like stipules but smaller ovate, abruptly 
acuminate. Flowers few, -3 in. long, sessile. Calyx with 4 lanceolate 
lobes. Corolla -15 in. long, 4-lobed, hairy outside. Fruit *35 in. 
long, including long sepals globular blue, sparsely hairy. Pyrenes 
4, smooth. Hab. Hill forests, Johor, base of Gunong Pantai. 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Perak, Bujong Malacca (Ridley). 
Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 
