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15^ Journal of the F.M.S. Museiuiis. [Vol. Vl,
*95. Rhododendron longiflorum, Lindl. ; Ridl. op. cit:
p. 314. At 5,000 to 6,000 feet, collected by Robinson. I did
not see this here, but found it at Wray's Camp, at 3,300
feet alt.
Distribution. Perak, Borneo, and Sumatra.
96. DiPLYCosiA LATiFOLiA, Bl. Ridge by the Gully,
Ciunong Tahan.
Distribution. Perak, Selangor, and Java.
97. DiPLYCOSIA BREVIFLORA, n. Sp.
Epiphytic shrub with slender branches, the young parts
red witli long, appressed, red hairs. Leaves alternate,
obovate-obtuse, coriaceous, margins thickened with obscure
crenulations, in each of which is a red appressed hair, above
rugose (when dry), beneath paler dotted with depressions each
containing a hair, nerves 2 pairs, very indistinct, i inch long
and as wide ; petiole ^ inch long, red, hairy. Flowers in
axillary pairs. Peduncles stout, rufous, hairy, ^ inch long.
Bracts 2, ovate, densely rufous, hairy, appressed to the calyx.
Calyx-lobes ovate-acuminate, coriaceous, dark green, margins
and apex long, hairy, ^ inch long. Corolla shorter, subglobose,
glabrous; lobes 5, triangular, quite obtuse, fleshy. Stamens
10; filaments base broad, flat, thin, narrowed, linear. Anthers
orange-coloured, minutely papillose, lanceolate-acuminate;
base rounded, bilobed ; apex with two flattened, smooth, light
yellow processes. Pistil glabrous, conic.
Epiphytic on a tree on the ridge below the Gully.
Flowers green. July 15.
98. Clethra canescens, Remu-dt. A single specimen
obtained on the Padang.
Distribution. Java, Borneo, Celebes, and Lombok. New
to the Peninsula.
*q9. Leucopogon malayanus. Jack; Ridley, op. cit. p.
314. A common shrub on the Padang.
Distribution.
and Banka.
Tenasserim to Malay Peninsula, Borneo,
MYRSINE^.
100. Myrsine perakensis, King & Gamble! A big
shrub, with branches only leafy at the ends. Leaves oblongobtuse,
narrowed to the base or rounded, stiffly coriaceous,
glabrous, polished above, midrib thick on the back of the leaf,
nerves very numerous, fine, and indistinct, 4 to 5 inches long,
if to 2 J inches wide. Flowers not seen, fruits in short racemes
on persistent thick peduncles, below the leaves very numerous.
Pedicels 4-angled, \ inch long. Sepals 5, ovate, eglanduhir.
Drupe globose, ^ inch long, about 5 fruits on a peduncle^ inch
long, with small ovate bracts.
Common on the Padang, In dry open places the stems
are thicker, the leaves shorter, rounded at the base, and more
coriaceous.
I have seen no specimen of the type, but I suppose from
the description this plant is what is intended by M. perakensis.