LXXIV. RUBIACEiE. 
[ Lasianihus. 
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Hab. Forests, Singapore, Sungei Buluh; Changi; Kranji. Johor, 
Batu Pahat; Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall); Pahang, Tahan River 
and Pahang River. Malacca, Merlimau. Selangor, Sungei Buluh. 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Perak, Goping (Kunstler); 
Temengoh. Kelantan, Chaning. Distrib. Burma. 
(38) L. barbellatus Ridl, Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 77, 
p. 187. 
Shrub 3 ft. tall. Branches glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
short acuminate, base cuneate, above glabrous shining beneath 
with scattered stiff hairs on the midrib; nerves elevate beneath, 
7 pairs, nervules faint transverse; 3-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles -2 in. long, hairy. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, hairy. 
Cymes sessile, *25 in. long. Calyx long-hairy with lanceolate 
acuminate sepals. Corolla white, tube glabrous, lobes shorter 
oblong hairy broad nearly as long as the tube. Hah. Pulau Tiuman, 
Juara Bay (Burkill). 
(39) L. longifolius Wight, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 514; 
King, lx. 116. 
Shrub quite glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broad or narrow 
elliptic or oblong, short acuminate, narrowed to petiole, scabrid 
beneath, nerves 10 to 13 pairs elevate, minutely hairy, transverse 
nervules elevate; 8 to 10 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles -3 to 
•4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate, partly covering inflorescence but 
caducous. Cymes -2 in. long. Flowers 4 to 6, sessile with, a few 
fimbriate bracts much shorter. Calyx -2 in. long tubular, coriaceous, 
teeth small. Fruit obovoid angled, purple. Hah. Hill forests. 
Johor, Gunong Pulai; Gunong Pantai. Malacca (Griffith); Ayer 
Panas (Hervey). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Negri Sembilan, 
Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(40) L. pergamaceus King and Gamble, l.c. 123. L. coriaceus 
King and Gamble, l.c. 123. 
Shrub or tree, very foetid. Young parts puberulous, bark 
pale. Leaves thin or thickly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, shortly 
blunt acuminate, base cuneate; nerves slender 10 pairs, reticula¬ 
tions distinct, thin rhomboidal; 8 to 10 in. long, 2 to 2*75 in. wide; 
petioles -3 to -4 in. long. Stipules -15 in. long base broad, points 
abrupt. Cymes about -2 in. long ebracteate, peduncled. Flowers 
■5 in. long, sessile. Calyx -25 in. long, mouth tubular, truncate. 
Corolla much longer, 4-lobed, thick, fleshy, pubescent on one side 
outside, villous inside. Fruit purple. Hab. Mountains, Perak, 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray) at 4500 ft. altitude (Scortechini). 
The specimens of Wray and one of Scortechini’s No. 332 have thin, the 
other of Scortechini’s No. 332 has thick leaves; the latter is King’s L, 
coriaceus. 
(41) L. chinensis Benth. Flor. Hongkong, 160; King, lx. 124. 
Shrub 8 to 12 ft. tall. Young branches puberulous. Leaves 
