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[Lasianlhus, 
(17) L. ferrugineus King and Gamble, l.c. 130. 
Shrub. Branches rusty woolly as are stipules, petioles, and 
midrib both sides. Leaves thin coriaceous, dark brown when dry, 
oblong-lanceolate, long acuminate, base round, above glabrous, 
except midrib (young leaves sparse hairy), beneath more dense 
hairy; nerves and transverse nervules elevate, 10 to 18 pairs; 
5 to 6 in. long, 1-25 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *15 to 2 in. long. 
Stipules triangular. Cymes small ebracteate. Flowers short, 
pedicelled. Calyx *25 in. long, tubular campanulate hairy, lobes 5, 
lanceolate acuminate. Corolla shorter. Hab. Mountain forests, 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin (Burkill). Perak, Gunong Bubu at 
4500 ft. altitude (Wray). 
(18) L. mollis Ridl. Journ. F.MS, Mas. x. 144. 
Shrub. Branches slender appressed, yellow hairy. Leaves 
membranous lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 6 to 7 
pairs, above glabrous, shining except the midrib appressed hairy, 
beneath the main nerves and transverse nervules appressed hairy; 
3*5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles slender, -25 in. long, hairy. 
Cymes sessile, few-flowered, shorter than the petiole. Bracts 
lanceolate acuminate hairy. Flowers sessile 2 to 3 in a cyme, 
white. Calyx-lobes short lanceolate, hairy. Corolla much longer, 
tube -15 in. long, glabrous, narrow, cylindric, dilate at the top, 
lobes 4, ovate blunt, much shorter. Stamens exsert 4. Hab. 
Woods, local. Malacca, Tebong (Ridley). 
(19) L. politus Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^4s. Soc. S. By. 79, p. 85. 
Shrub. Branches entirely covered with dense tomentose hair, 
as are petioles, midrib and nerves beneath and inflorescence. 
Leaves coriaceous, bright shining green above, hairy beneath, 
lanceolate acuminate, base shortly cuneate; nerves faintly 
depressed above, elevate beneath, 6 pairs, reticulations also elevate 
conspicuous; 3-5 in. long, *75 in. wide; petioles thick, -i in. long. 
Stipules narrow lanceolate, densely hairy soon disappearing. 
Heads dense, -2 in. long. Bracts linear, long-hairy. Flowers 
sessile. Calyx-tube short, globose, lobes 5, lanceolate linear 
acuminate, densely long-hairy. Fruit globose, 5-lobed, white 
pulpy, -5 in. through, obscurely hairy especially at top terminated 
by the connivent hairy sepals, *2 in. long. Hab. Mountain forests. 
Selangor, Sempang Mines. Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga (Ridley). 
(20) L. chryseus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 143. L. Kurzii 
King and Gamble, l.c. 119, not of Hook fil. 
Shrub, 2 or 3 ft. tall. Stem appressed yellow-hairy. Leaves 
thin coriaceous, lanceolate acuminate, narrowed to base, glabrous 
above and shining, densely hairy on midrib and nerves beneath, 
nerves 9 pairs; 5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles tomentose, -2 in. 
long. Cymes 5- to 6-flowered, sessile hairy. Bracts minute or none. 
Flowers sessile. Sepals triangular, acute hairy. Fruit -2 in. long, 
hairy obovoid. Hab. Forests. Singapore, Garden jungle; Chan 
