i68 lxxiv. rubiACE-®. [Lasianthus. 
5-ridged; pyrenes 5 - Hab. Mountain forests, Perak (Scortechini 
and Wray). 
(53) L. villosus Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 88. 
Shrub with branches, petioles, stipules, midrib on both sides, 
nerves and nervules beneath and inflorescence villous. Leaves 
elliptic cuspidate or acuminate with a long point, base narrowed 
blunt, glabrous above except midrib; nerves 18 pairs elevate 
beneath, nervules transverse; 4 to 6 in. long, i*5 to 2 in. wide; 
petioles *i in. long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate narrow. 
Flowers few in a head on the stout hairy peduncle. Bracts *15 in. 
long lanceolate acuminate. Calyx-tube semi-globose, villous lobes 
short, triangular. Corolla glabrous, *15 in. long, tube short, 
lobes as long, 4, mouth dense hairy. Fruit globose, '2 in. long, 
hairy. Hab. Perak, Tapa Woods (Ridley). 
(54) L. pseudo-lucidus King, Lc. 128. 
Bush. Young branches tomentose. Leaves thin coriaceous, 
narrowly elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous 
above, dark beneath, reticulate, midrib and nerves 6 to 7 pairs 
puberulous; 2 to 2’5 in. long, *6 to *75 in- wide; petioles *i in. 
long, pubescent. Stipules oblong-lanceolate tomentose, *4 in. 
long. Cymes *2 in. long on short tomentose peduncles 3- or 
4-flowered. Flowers sessile. Calyx deeply divided into 5 linear- 
lanceolate lobes, hairy. Hab. Perak at 5000 ft. altitude (Wray). 
(55) L. subspicatus King and Gamble, Lc. 118. 
Small tree. Branches 2-grooved, underside of leaves and 
inflorescence covered with flocculent pubescence. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, ovate-elliptic much acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous 
except midrib and nerves beneath, reticulations faint; nerves 
6 to 8 pairs, 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-85 in. wide; petioles -25 in. 
long. Stipules elongate triangular acute keeled. Cymes spiciform 
about -25 in. long with a few lanceolate bracts acute, shorter than 
the 6 to 12 flowers, all hairy. Flowers sessile less than -i in. long. 
Calyx-tube campanulate, teeth 5, small triangular. Corolla-tube 
much shorter than the 5 "i°k ec i limb. Hab. Mountain forests, 
Perak (Wray). Penang (Curtis). 
(56) L. pendulus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 67. 
Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall. Branches long pendulous, dense-hairy. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, sessile or nearly so, cuspidate, base 
round, coriaceous shining glabrous above, densely hairy beneath; 
nerves 8 pairs depressed above, elevate beneath; nervules trans¬ 
verse, 3 to 4 in. long, 1 to 1*5 in. wide. Stipules lanceolate-linear 
dense hairy. Peduncles 1*5 in. long with 3 to 4 flowers surrounded 
by many filiform hairy bracts, *5 in. long. Calyx with 5 long 
lanceate subulate hairy sepals. Corolla glabrous, white, lobes 
nearly as long as tube. Fruit -25 in. long obovate, narrowed to 
base, 5-lobed and crowned with hairy calyx-lobes. Hab. Pahang, 
Gunong Berumbun near Telom at 6000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
