Lasianthus euneurus Stapf

42. Lasianthus euneurus Stapf View in CoL

Lasianthus euneurus Stapf (1894) View in CoL 185; Merr. (1921) 577. —

Type: Haviland 1119 (holo K; iso SING), Borneo , 7600 ft, in upper montane rainforests .

Shrubs to treelets, 2 m high; branchlets terete, c. 2 mm diam, densely pubescent. Leaves: blades elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 5–10 by 1.5–4 cm, coriaceous, glabrous except pubescence on midrib and nerves beneath, apex acute to acute-cuspidate, base acute, midrib and nerves flat or slightly prominent above, strongly prominent beneath, nerves 7– 8 pairs, ascending at an angle of 50–60°, curved to the margin, nervules distinct and nitid both surfaces, densely anastomosing, parallel; petioles 5 –10 mm long, densely pubescent. Stipules subulate-triangular, c. 1 mm long, pubescent. Cymes sessile; bracts absent. Flowers sessile; calyx obconical to campanulate, c. 1.5 mm long, pubescent outside, calyx limb truncate or minutely 4-toothed; corolla tube c. 3–4 mm long, puberulous outside, corolla lobes 4, ovate, pubescent outside, floccose inside; anthers 4. Drupes subglobose, 2–3 mm diam, sparsely pubescent, 4-obtuse-ridged; pyrenes 4.

Distribution — Malaysia (Borneo) and Indonesia (Sumatra).