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coriaceous, i‘25 to 2 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles thick, 
■1 in. long. Racemes 3 in. long, pubescent as are flowers. Calyx 
flat saucer-like with large spreading acute lobes. Corolla *15 in. 
long, conoid-cylindric, reddish pink, hairy inside. Stamens very 
short, filaments hairy; anthers ellipsoid with 2 recurved tubes 
on the apex, trumpet-shaped, and a dorsal process on the back. 
Disc hairy. Fruit globose, puberulous with a rather prominent 
hairy disc and sepals acute as long. Hab. Perak, Ulu Batang 
Padang, 4900 ft. altitude (Wray). 
(10) V. ardisiflorum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 91. 
V. ardisioides Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 37. 
Shrub. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous elliptic-lanceolate acumi¬ 
nate, base narrow, 1-25 in. long, *5 in. wide; nerves very fine, 
inconspicuous. Racemes 1 in. long, lax. Flowers small on 
pedicels *i in. long, pubescent. Calyx pubescent, cup-shaped, 
lobes as long as tube. Corolla glabrous, ‘12 in. long, ovoid, lobes 
small acute. Stamens 10, short, anther-processes small, globose 
yellow, no basal process. Hab. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang 
Lebah (Robinson). 
(11) V. eburneum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 45. 
Tree up to 20 ft. tall. Leaves thick coriaceous, elliptic-ovate 
narrowed equally to both ends, acute, 1*5 to 2 in. long, *5 to ‘8 in. 
wide; petioles *1 in. long. Racemes 1 to 5 in. long. Flowers 
waxy-white, ’2 in. long. Calyx-lobes ovate, ciliate. Corolla 
cylindric, glabrous. Stamens 10, anther-processes subulate con¬ 
nective spur oblong, crenulate. Hab. Kedah Peak at 3000 ft. 
altitude (Robinson). Selangor, Klang Gates 1400 ft. altitude, 
on the quartzite ridge (Ridley). 
(12) V. bancanum Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 587; King, l.c. 64. 
V. Kunstleri King and Gamble, l.c. 65. 
Shrub, terrestrial or epiphytic. Leaves coriaceous elliptic 
acuminate, sub-acute, base shortly narrowed, 2*5 in. long, 75 to 
1 in. wide; petioles - i in. long. Racemes 2 in. long, pubescent; 
pedicels '2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, tomfcntose with 5 very 
short teeth. Corolla *15 in. long, glabrous, lobes very short, blunt, 
tube narrowed towards tip. Stamens shorter; anthers with short 
slightly curved erect terminal processes and 2 subulate spurs 
behind; filaments pubescent. Style longer than corolla. Fruit 
globose, pea-shaped. Hab. Mountain forests. Malacca, Mt. Ophir 
(Maingay). Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Klang Gates 
(Brooks). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo. 
The type in Herb. Kew has the calyx nearly glabrous, but some of the 
Borneo ones are pubescent. I cannot separate V. Kunstleri King. 
(13) V. Hasseltii Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 40; King, 
l.c. 66. (Fig. 91, p. 210.) 
Large epiphyte, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, often red, elliptic 
acuminate caudate blunt, base shortly cuneate, entire; nerves 
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