Lasianthus coronatus King & Gamble

32. Lasianthus coronatus King & Gamble View in CoL

Lasianthus coronatus King & Gamble (1904) View in CoL 120;Ridl.(1923a) 157. —

Type: Scortechini 329 (iso K), Peninsular Malaysia, Perak .

Lasianthus wallichii Wight View in CoL ? var. penangensis Hook.f. (1880) 181. — Type: Wall. Cat . 8441, p.p (holo K), Peninsular Malaysia.

Lasianthus politus Ridl. var. insularis Craib (1934) View in CoL 216, syn. nov. — Type: Put 1195 (holo K), Thailand, Surat.

Shrubs; branchlets terete, c. 2 mm diam, densely tomentose. Leaves: blades oblong-lanceolate, 5 –10 by 1.5 –3 cm, coriaceous, glabrous above except sometime hairy midrib, tomentose beneath, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate, base cuneate to subrounded, slightly asymmetric, midrib and nerves flat or slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, nerves 6–9 pairs, ascending at an angle of c. 60°, curved to the margin, nervules obscure above, distinct beneath, subparallel; petioles c. 2 mm long, densely tomentose. Stipules inconspicuous. Cymes sessile; bracts linear, 5– 8 mm long, densely tomentose. Flowers sessile; calyx and corolla not seen. Drupes subglobose, tomentose, crowned by 5 linear calyx lobes; pyrenes 5.

Distribution — Thailand (Peninsular), Peninsular Malaysia.

Note — This species has tomentose hairs on branchlets, leaf nerves beneath, stipules, bracts; leaves oblong-lanceolate with cuneate to subrounded base, bracts linear; drupes with 5 pyrenes. It is quite close to L. attenuatus , but differs from the latter by having leaves with cuneate or subrounded base and slender linear bracts.