Lasianthus.] lxxiv. rubiace^. 159 
Chu Kang; Pasir Panjang. Johor, Tanjong Bunga. Selangor, 
Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
The Penang? Wallich No. 8311, is, I think, clearly the Burmese plant 
described by Hooker as Kurzii, and must be wrongly localised. 
(21) L. velutinus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 144. 
Shrub 3 ft. tall, densely hairy. Leaves obovate to elliptic 
shortly acuminate, base narrowed cuneate; nerves 8 pairs, elevate 
beneath; 4 to 6-5 in. long, 2 to 275 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long. 
Stipules ovate acuminate, hairy. Cymes sessile, as long as petiole, 
few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, linear, hairy persistent. Calyx- 
lobes lanceolate acuminate hairy. Corolla not seen. Fruit small, 
•2 in. long when dry, hairy. Hab. Kelantan, Chaning Woods 
(Ridley). 
(22) L. singaporensis King and Gamble, l.e. 117. 
Shrub. Branches, petiole and midrib on underside pilose. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrow elliptic oblanceolate tapering to 
each end, above glabrous, shining, beneath soft pubescent; nerves 
6 to 7 pairs and transverse nervules pubescent, elevate; 5 to 6 in. 
long, 175 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Stipules linear, hairy 
as long. Cymes 4- to 6-flowered. Bracts 2 to 3 to each flower, 
linear, hairy. Flower *4 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tube 
narrow, limb wide, teeth 5, deep triangular. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, glabrous outside, inside villous, lobes 5, narrow. Hab. 
Forests. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Selitar. Johor, Sedenak. 
Penang Hill (Ridley). 
(23) L. ellipticus Wight, in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 507, 
King, lx. 118? L. venulosus Ridl. Journ. Roy. ris. Soc. S. Br. 
61, p. 23. L. sordidus Ridl. l.c. 57, p. 60. 
Shrub. Branches appressed pilose as are petioles and under 
nerves of leaves. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broad elliptic or 
nearly ovate acuminate, base shortly narrowed, glabrous above; 
nerves (and nervules) visible on both sides, 7 pairs, elevate beneath, 
nervules horizontal parallel, fine; 4-5 to 6-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. 
wide; petioles -i in. long. Stipules lanceolate caudate pilose. 
Heads small, few-flowered, very short. Bracts long, linear 
acuminate. Calyx sessile, lobes triangular acuminate hairy. 
Corolla hairy, 5-lobed, tube cylindric. Drupe *12 in. long (dry), 
obovoid hairy. Hab. Lowland forests. Singapore, Woodlands 
(leaves more coriaceous and hairy beneath); Pasir Panjang. 
Johor, Sedenak. Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan Tampin 
(Burkill). Selangor, Sungei Buluh. Perak, Ulu Temengoh 
(Ridley). 
King’s description of the specimen labelled Penang, Curtis i 594 > which 
he refers to this, does not agree with the type, and I have no specimen. I 
think it better to reduce my L. venulosus Ridl. to ellipticus, as also sordtdus, 
allowing for local variation. 
