160 lxxiv. rubiace^e. [Lasianthus. 
(24) L. pterospermus Wight. Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 510; 
King, lx. 125. 
Shrub strigose puberulous becoming glabrous. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, glabrous except the midrib and nerves beneath, broad 
elliptic or oblong-elliptic, abruptly acuminate; nerves slightly 
elevate above, more so beneath, 10 to 12 pairs, nervules transverse, 
fine; 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. Stipules 
lanceolate acuminate densely hairy. Cymes small, 3- to 4-flowered. 
Flowers sessile; bracts minute or none. Calyx -15 in. long strigose 
teeth short. Corolla tube short, glabrous except the woolly mouth. 
Fruit sub-globose, *5 in. long (fresh), glabrous, black. Pyrenes 
4 to 5 trigonous with 3 vertical processes, middle one thick wrinkled, 
two laterals thin, wing-like. Hah. Lowland forests; not common. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith); Tebong. 
(25) L. Maingayi Hook. fit. F.B.I. iii. 188. L. flavicans King 
and Gamble, l.c. 116. 
Shrub 4 to 8 ft. tall. Branches slender covered with yellow 
tomentum eventually deciduous. Leaves thickly membranous 
pale, narrow-elliptic acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 5 pairs finely 
elevate beneath; nervules transverse elevate, soft hairy otherwise 
leaf glabrous; 5 to 7 in. long, 1-25 to 2 in. wide; petioles *3 to 
•35 in. long. Stipules oblong pubescent. Heads -2 in. long. 
Flowers few; bracts linear acuminate, hairy. Calyx campanulate, 
glabrous with 4 large triangular teeth hairy. Corolla twice as 
long, glabrous outside, villous inside, lobes triangular. Fruit 
blue, elliptic acute at each end, or blunt, -45 in. long; pyrenes 
rugulose. Hah. Common in woods. Singapore, Garden jungle; 
Bukit Timah. Johor, Genuang; Batu Pahat; Pulau Tiuman 
(Burkill) (with leaves broad elliptic, 3 in. wide, cuspidate). Pahang, 
Pulau Tawar. Malacca, Tebong. Selangor, Dusun Tua; Langat. 
Perak, Ulu Temengoh; Thaiping. Kelantan, Chaning (Ridley). 
var. hirta. Leaves very hairy beneath. Hah. Negri Sembilan, 
Bukit Tangga. 
var. subglabra. Hairs deciduous. Hah. Selangor, Langat; 
Dusun Tua. Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. u 
King and Gamble's description of L. Maingayi does not at all agree with 
Hooker's description or the type. They give the flowers as trimerous, 
whereas they are tetramerous. I cannot separate flavicans from Maingayi. 
(26) L. perakensis King and Gamble, l.c. 126. 
Shrub or small tree minutely puberulous, as are petioles, 
stipules and nerves beneath. Leaves thin coriaceous, narrow- 
elliptic or obovate-elliptic abruptly acuminate, base narrowed 
from lower third; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, depressed above, with the 
transverse nervules elevate and puberulous or yellow hairy 
beneath; 6 to 10 in. long, 175 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles -2 to 
•25 in. long. Heads *2 in. through, dense with a few linear 
