LXXIV. RUBIACE^E. 
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Lasianthus.] 
nervules elevate densely yellow hairy; 4 in. long, -5 in. wide; 
petioles -25 in. long, hairy. Stipules hairy. Flowers 1 or 2, 
axillary sessile. Calyx eampanulate, *08 in. long, lobes acute 
hairy. Corolla *i in. long, hairy, base dilate, limb dilate, lobes 
ovate. Fruit globose, hairy *25 in. long. Hab. Pahang, Telom 
Ridge at 5000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(49) L. caudiculatus RidL Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi. 48. 
Branches slender, covered with fine yellow hairs. Leaves 
coriaceous lanceolate, long caudate, base acute cuneate shining, 
glabrous except the ciliate edge and midrib and elevated nerves 
beneath, 5 pairs, hairy; 3-5 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles -i in. 
long, silky. Stipules triangular acute silky. Cymes sessile short, 
few-flowered. Bracts small. Calyx-lobes ovate acute, silky yellow. 
Corolla-tube stout, lobes ovate triangular acute, hairy. Hab. 
Perak, Gunong Kerbau at 4500 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
(50) L. conspicuus RidL Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 36. 
Glabrous shrub 6 ft. tall. Leaves thin lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, abruptly acuminate, base broad; nerves elevate beneath 
8 to 9 pairs; 5 to 7 in. long. Stipules small, lanceate. Cymes 
shorter than petioles. Bracts linear, glabrous. Flowers several. 
Calyx eampanulate, hardly toothed. Corolla *5 in. long, glabrous 
except the mouth, lobes 5, nearly half as long as tube. Fruit 
small, ovoid, *25 in. long, crowned by 5-toothed calyx. Pyrenes 5. 
Hab. Pahang, Telom Forests (Ridley). 
(51) L. Lowianus King and Gamble , l.c. 132. L. lucidus King, 
not Blume, lx. 
Shrub glabrous, foetid. Leaves thinly coriaceous, drying dark, 
oblong-elliptic or lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base much or 
little narrowed, shining, reticulate, nerves 7 to 10 pairs inarching 
•15 in. from edge, secondaries prominent; 4 to 6 in. long, 1*15 
i-8 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long, slender. Stipules minute 
triangular. Cymes 4- to 8-flowered ebracteate. Flowers -25 in. 
long, white pedicelled. Calyx tubular, teeth 3. Corolla narrow, 
lobes narrow ovate 3. Fruit depressed, sub-trigonous or didymous 
blue, *3 in. through. Pyrenes 2 or 3, pyriform, smooth. Hab. 
Mountain woods, Pahang, Telom. Selangor, Semangkok Pass; 
Dusun Tua. Perak, Larut Hills, 2000 to 3000 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler); Kwala Kangsa. Kedah, Yan (Ridley). 
(52) L. scalariformis King and Gamble , l.c. 131. 
Stout shrub 5 to 6 ft. tall. Branches minutely rusty puberulous. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate or acute, 
narrowed to base, glabrous; nerves 7 to 8 pairs conspicuous on 
both sides, nervules very numerous, transverse and close; 4 to 
5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles -25 to -3 in. long. Stipules 
minute triangular. Peduncle -3 to *5 in. thick with a 3- or 
4-flowered cyme at apex. Flowers sessile. Calyx -2 in. long, 
eampanulate with 5 oblong acute lobes. Fruit obovoid, glabrous, 
