198 ^ CXXX. THYMELEACEE, (J. D. Hooker) [Lénostoma. 
pairs. Stamens 10, filaments filiform, exserted ; anthers ovoid or oblong. 
Disk 0. Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; style filiform, stigma penicillate. Frut 
ovoid, included or not in the inflated base of the perianth, pericarp 
corky or crustaceous. Testa membranous, albumen 0.—Species 5 or 6, 
Indian and Brazilian. $ 
l. L. pauciflorum, Griff. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 234, in note; 
quite glabrous, leaves 1-14 in. very shortly petioled elliptic or obovate 
apiculate, peduncle slender 1-2-fld., perianth glabrous, tube slender. Meissn. 
in DO. Prodr. xiv. 2. 600; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 83, and 
For. Fl. ii. 334. Psilæa dalbergioides, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 355. 
TTENASSERIM ; in the Pine forests of Martaban, alt. 3-4000 ft., Kurz. SINGAPOBB, 
Griffith, Maingay.—DisTRIB. Sumatra. " 
An erect shrub, 4—6 ft.; branches long, slender, black when dry. Leaves thin, 
rather glaucous beneath; nerves very numerous, spreading, parallel, slender ; petiole 
jp in. Peduncle filiform, 1-2 in.; bracts leaf-like, but thinner, white, translucent; , 
towers few, nodding, greenish-white; pedicel short, slender. Perianth $ in. long, 
very slender; lobes linear-oblong ; scales clavate. Fruit } in. long, excluding the 
persistent perianth-lobes, quite glabrous, ellipsoid but narrowed. above and below, 
perianth-tube with 10 slender ridges; pedicel swollen at the tip, pericarp coriá- 
ceous, ` 
2. L. decandrum, Wall. Cat. 4203; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 im 
petioled oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, peduncle many-fid., perian 
glabrous, tube ovoid. Meissn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 1. 599; Kurz in Journ 
As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 83, and For. Fl. ii. 334; Griff. Notul. iv. 372. 
Nectandra decandra, Rowb. Fl. Ind. ii. 425. 
K SILHET, Roxburgh. CurTtAGONG, at Seetakoond, J. D. H. & T.T. TENASSERIM, 
urz. 
An erect evergreen shrub ; branches slender, dark, speckled with white. . Leaves! 
coriaceous, red-brown when dry, sometimes caudate-acuminate ; nerves exc ingly 
slender and numerous; petiole d-i in. Peduncle 2-3 in., rather stout, 6-10-fld.; , 
bracts sessile, oblong, obtuse or acute, smaller than the leaves. Flowers umbellate, 
greenish-white, fragrant; pedicels 1 in. long, jointed in the middle under the flower. 
Perianth-tube quite glabrous, 4 in. long ; lobes linear, as long as the tube; scales 
erect, clavate. Fruit j in. long, broadly ellipsoid, acute above and below, periantt+ 
tube sparingly silkily villous. 
3. L. scandens, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 83, and For. 
Fi. ii. 334; finely rusty-tomentose, leaves 2-3 in. petioled broadly oblong oF 
elliptic, tip rounded or retuse, flowers in panicled peduncled heads or umbels. 
Enkleia malaccensis, Griff. in Cale. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 234 in note, a 
Notul. iv. 363. L. siamense, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 83, and 
For, Fl. ii. 934. Lasiosiphon scandens, Endl. Gen. Pl. Suppl. iv. pt. ^ 
67; Meissx. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 2. 598. 
" PrGv and TENASSERIM, Kurz. MALACCA, Griffith. SINGAPORE, Schomburghs 
aingay. 
A lax climbing shrub with long decurved branches, Leaves sometimes acute 
the top and subcordate at the base, coriaceous, nearly glabrous except the m! 
above, nerves arched ; petiole 4-4 in. Peduncles stout, fruiting 1-3 in. long ; brac 
leaf-like, but thinner. Flowers imbricate, rusty-pubescent, greenish-brown. Per iaaii 
tube cylindric ; lobes 5, ovate ; scales white, petaloid. Fruit nearly 4 in. long, 89." 
globose, on a short stout pedicel, ribbed, often bearing at its base the split perum. 
tube, tip conical, glabrous, marked by two opposite whitish-yellow lines.—M y specimens 
have no flowers, and the description is taken from Griffith. Ihave seen no Te 
specimens, Kurz’s L. siamense is identical with scandens. 
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