Lasianthus .] lxxiv. rubiace^e. 163 
cuneate; 3-5 to 4-25 in. long, 1*25 to 1-5 in. wide. Cymes of 2 
or 3 flowers sessile. Calyx with 5 hairy lanceolate acuminate 
lobes. Corolla longer, hairy. Fruit -2 in. long, terminated by 
the lobes of calyx, minutely hairy, when dry strongly 6-angled. 
Hab. Mountains 4000 to 5000 ft. altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir 
(Griffith). Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Gunong Semangkok 
(Ridley). 
Terminal leaves often very small, narrow-lanceolate. 
(35) L. nervosus King and Gamble , l.c. 129. 
Small bush 2 to 3 ft. tall. Branchlets and petioles brownish 
tomentose. Leaves coriaceous shining, oblong sub-acute mucronate, 
base shortly narrowed; nerves 6 to 8 pairs minutely pubescent, 
nervules transverse; 1 to 1-5 in. long, -4 to -6 in. wide; petioles 
•1 in. long, tomentose. Stipules triangular, pubescent. Cymes 
sessile 3-flowered. Flowers -15 in. long, sessile. Calyx cupular, 
teeth short, 4. Corolla -i in. long, tube cylindric, hairy, white, 
mouth hairy, lobes 4. Fruit blue, sparsely hairy globular, -15 in. 
long, pyrenes 4. Hab. Mountains, Selangor, Menuang Gasing 
(Robinson); Gunong Ulu Kali (Burn-Murdoch). Perak 
(Scortechini). 
This is near L. Wightianus, but much smaller. 
(36) L. montanus King and Gamble , lx. 127. 
Bush 4 to 8 ft. tall. Branches and stipules appressed pilose. 
Leaves thickly sub-coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate shortly acuminate, 
base cuneate, quite glabrous above, pubescent on midrib and on 
the prominent, inarching 5 to 6 pairs of nerves and transverse 
nervules; 3 to 4-5 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles *1 to -15 in. 
long. Stipules triangular acuminate, pubescent. Flowers 1 or 2 
ebracteate, -5 in. long. Calyx-tube short, lobes linear-lanceolate, 
pubescent. Corolla white, tube narrow, pubescent outside and 
in but especially inside near base, lobes broad, tips with tufts of 
hairs. Fruit depressed globose, *15 in. long (dry) with the long 
calyx-lobes. Hab. Mountain forests, Pahang, Gunong Tahan. 
Perak, Gunong Bubu 3000 to 4000 ft. altitude (Wray); Larut 
3000 to 3500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(37) L. constrictus Wight, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 515; 
King, l.c. 117. . 
Shrub. Young parts, petioles and nerves beneath strigose. 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, thinly elliptic or oblong narrow tip acuminate, 
base very shortly cuneate; nerves 3 to 5 pairs, elevate beneath; 
3-5 to 5*5 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. 
Stipules lanceolate strigose, deciduous. Cymes 4- to 6-flowered, 
•2 in. long. Flowers sessile. Calyx *i to -15 in. long, constrict 
below the triangular toothed mouth, hairy. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
•25 in. long, glabrous outside, villous inside. Fruit oblique ellipsoid, 
narrowed both ends 4-ridged rugulose, *35 in. long. Pyrenes 4. 
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