Lasianthus filiformis King & Gamble

45. Lasianthus filiformis King & Gamble View in CoL

Lasianthus filiformis King & Gamble (1904) View in CoL 131;Ridl.(1923a) 169;K.M. Wong (1989) 367. —

Type: Scortechini 29 (lecto SING, designated by Wong 1989), Peninsular Malaysia, Perak ; King 857 (para K), Peninsular Malaysia, Perak .

Lasianthus filiformis King & Gamble var. bracteata King & Gamble (1904) 131; K.M. Wong (1989) 367. — Type: Ridley 8578 (lecto SING, designated by Wong 1989), Peninsular Malaysia, Selangor; Scortechini 190 (para K), Peninsular Malaysia, Perak.

Slender shrubs, c. 1 m high; branchlets slender, c. 1.5 mm diam, spreading long-hairy. Leaves: blades oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5 –7 by 1.5 –2 cm, chartaceous, villous on both surfaces, apex acuminate or cuspidate-acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, oblique, midrib and nerves slender and slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, nerves 6 – 9 pairs, ascending at an angle of c. 45°, curved to the margin; nervules obscure above, distinct beneath, subparallel; petioles very short, c. 1 mm long, villous. Stipules linear, c. 4 mm long, villous. Cymes pedunculate; peduncles slender, filiform, 1–2.5 cm long, villous; bracts 1–2, leaf-like and ovate, or linear-lanceolate, 6 –10 mm long, villous. Flowers sessile; calyx campanulate, villous, tube c. 2 mm long, lobes 4, linear-lanceolate, c. 2 mm long; corolla tubular, villous, 4-lobed; ovary 8-locular. Drupes globose, c. 3 mm diam, sparsely long-hairy; pyrenes 6 –8.

Distribution — Peninsular Malaysia.

Note — This var. bracteata differs from the typical variety by having only a little wider bracts which is not enough to recognize it as a variety.