Lasianthus appressus Hook.f.

4. Lasianthus appressus Hook.f. View in CoL

Lasianthus appressus Hook. (1880) View in CoL 181; King & Gamble (1904) 121; Ridl. (1923a) 156; Craib (1934) 207; K.M. Wong (1989) 371; H.Zhu (2001b) 122. —

Type: Griffith 2927 (lecto K, designated here), Peninsular Malaysia .

Shrubs, c. 1.5 m high; branches and branchlets terete, densely appressed-hirsute. Leaves: blades relatively small, lanceolate, 6 – 8 by 2 –2.5 cm, subcoriaceous, pale shining and glabrous above when dry except the hairy midrib, hirsute on midrib and nerves as well as nervules beneath, apex acute to acuminate, base acute to cuneate, midrib and nerves slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, nerves 6– 8 pairs, ascending at an angle of 35–40°, curved to the margin, nervules obscure above, prominent beneath, subparallel; petioles 4–5 mm long hirsute. Stipules very small, inconspicuous. Cymes sessile; bracts linear-lanceolate to subulate, up to 5 mm long, dense hirsute. Flowers sessile; calyx campanulate, pubescent outside, calyx tube c. 1 mm long, calyx lobes 4, triangular, 1 mm long; corolla tube 5 mm long, pubescent in upper part outside, corolla lobes 4, lanceolate, 2 mm long, pubescent both sides. Drupes small, 2–3 mm diam, subglobose, crowned by the triangular hirsute calyx-teeth, glabrous; pyrenes 8.

Distribution — Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore.