LXXXVI. MYRSINEiE. 
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Labisia.] 
(1) L. pothoina Lindl. Bot. Reg. 31, t. 48. L. pumila Benth. 
and Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 645; King, l.c. 115. 
Herbaceous undershrub; stem rooting. Leaves four erect 
elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed, dark green entire; 
when young blackish green edged pink, crenate 5 to 8 in. 
long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; nerves extremely numerous; petioles 1 to 
3 in! long. Flowers pink or white in a spike-like panicle of small 
clusters. Fruit globose, bright red, *15 in. through. Hab. Com¬ 
mon in forests over the whole peninsula. There are three forms 
which grow together. 
var. {a) pothoina. Leaves lanceolate narrowed to a narrow¬ 
winged petiole. . 
var. (1 b ) alata. Leaves larger; petioles broadly winged, often 
deep blackish green. 
var. (c) lanceolata. Leaves smaller, lanceolate, shortly cuneate, 
petioles not winged, slender. Hab. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Garden Jungle (all vars.). Johor, Gunong Muntahar (Kloss); 
Pengarang; Gunong Janeng (Kelsall) (var. b). Malacca, Jus; 
Merlimau (Derry) (var. b) ; Pahang, Telom (var. a) ; Tahan woods 
(var. b). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur (var. a). Perak, Thaiping 
Hills; Gunong Bubu (Wray) both forms. Province Wellesley, 
Tasek Gelugur (var. b). Penang Hill (Curtis) (var. c). Kelantan, 
Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 
(2) L. acuta Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 50, p. 116. 
Undershrub, flexuous, 1 ft. tall. Leaves 12 lanceolate narrowed 
to both ends, herbaceous, 4 to 6 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
■25 in. long, winged to base. Panicles in upper axils, 2 in. long, 
dense, red-scaly. Calyx campanulate. Corolla-lobes lanceolate 
acute, all eglandular. Hab. Local in woods. Johor, Sungei 
Tebrau (Ridley). 
(3) L. paucifolia King and Gamble, l.c. 117. 
Shrubby plant 10 to 15 in. tall, pubescent. Leaves 3 to 4 in. 
long, petioled, ovate or orbicular, tip rounded, base round, shortly 
decurrent, entire or minutely crenate, 2*5 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Inflorescence, i’5 to 2’5 in. long 
of axillary pubescent racemes. Flowers single or in few-flowered 
clusters. Calyx-lobes ovate acuminate. Corolla-lobes oblong 
acuminate. Stamens anthers hastate, long-apiculate. Fruit dark 
red, *i in. wide. Hab. Open forest at 3000 to 5000 ft. altitude. 
Perak (Scortechini, Wray). 
I have not seen this plant. 
(4) L. longistyla King and Gamble, l.c. 117. 
Under shrub, 1 to 2 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or 
oblanceolate, entire, rounded at tip, narrowed and decurrent to 
base of petiole; nerves and reticulations conspicuous; 7 to 12 in. 
long, 3 to 4 in. wide. Inflorescence a raceme-like pubescent 
panicle of small deep pink flowers in short corymbs. Calyx-lobes 
