Lasianthus. 1 
LXXIV. RUBIACE^. 
157 
3 in. long, ‘5 to -75 in. wide; petioles *i to -15 in. long. Stipules 
oblong blunt. Flowers -15 in. long, sessile, sub-solitary surrounded 
by linear-lanceolate hairy bracts, outer ones -25 in. long. Calyx 
campanulate. Fruit globular, -15 in. through, pilose. Pyrenes 8, 
3-sided, smooth. Hab. In mountain forests, occasionally low 
down, common. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Batu Pahat, 
Bukit Soga. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Batu Tiga. Bindings, 
Lumut. Perak, Temengoh; Thaiping Hills. Penang (Wallich). 
Kedah Peak (Ridley). Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Haniff), 
(15) L. coronatus King and Gamble, l.c. 120. L. Wallichii? 
var . penangensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 181. 
Branches slender covered, as are petioles, stipules and nerves 
of lower side of leaves, with soft brown tomentum. Leaves coria¬ 
ceous, oblong-lanceolate, much acuminate, base cuneate, quite 
glabrous above, edges hairy; nerves depressed beneath, glabrous 
except nerves and nervules elevate; nerves 5 to 6 pairs; 3 to 3-5 
in. long, *75 to 1 in. wide; petioles *1 in. long. Stipules linear, 
*2 in. long. Cymes few-flowered with a few linear tomentose bracts 
rather long hairy. Fruit sub-globular, base narrowed deeply 
5-grooved, pubescent and wrinkled, -25 in. long, lobes linear, erect 
pubescent. Pyrenes 5, bony. Hab. Forests. Very rare and little 
known. Perak (Scortechini). Penang (Wallich 8441, 1 sheet). 
Young leaves very hairy with long hairs, midrib above hairy. 
(16) L. pilosus Wight, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506; King, l.c. 
” 5 - 
Shrub. Branches, petioles, under surface of leaves, stipules 
and inflorescence tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong 
or elliptic-lanceolate, tips sub-acute, base rounded unequal or 
cuneate, shortly above pilose or glabrous, midrib hairy; nerves 
elevate beneath, slender, 9 to 13 pairs; 4-5 to 6 in. long, 1*25 to 
2-5 in. wide; petioles *i in. long. Stipules triangular, lanceolate, 
acute hairy, 1 in. long. Heads sessile, *2 in. through. Bracts 
small, hairy. Calyx -2 in. long; teeth triangular. Corolla-lobes 
5 to 7, “ dirty purple ” campanulate. Fruit glabrous blue black, 
sub-globular ribbed. Calyx-lobes long hairy. Pyrenes 5 to 7. 
Hab. Forests, Johor, Serom. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling. Malacca 
(Griffith); Brisu (Derry); Jasin Road (Burkill). Kelantan, 
Chaning Woods. 
var. angustifolius, King and Gamble. Leaves narrow, 4 to 5 in. 
long, 1 to i'15 in. wide, with the type form. 
var. setosus. L. setosus, Wight, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 506; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 181. L. crassinervis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 59. Leaves coriaceous, base not unequal; nerves 
depressed above, as are reticulations, otherwise similar. Malacca, 
Mount Ophir and Ayer Panas (Griffith). Perak, Ulu Temengoh 
(Ridley). 
This appears to be a mountain form with very rigid coriaceous leaves. 
