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41. KEENANIA, Hook. f. 
A low subherbaceous shrub; stem woody, flexuous, cylindric. Leaves 
opposite, elongate-oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, 
membranous; stipules long, interpetiolar, subulate from an ovate-lanceolate 
base. Flowers sessile, in dense bracteate terminal solitary subsessile involucrate 
heads, mixed with coriaceous imbricating concave bracts; outer bracts orbicular, 
inner oblong or spathulate, concave; bracteoles 2, spathulate, coriaceous, equalling 
the flowers. Calyx-tube fleshy, shortly oblong; limb of 5 rarely 6 large oblong 
or spathulate, coriaceous, obtuse or acute, unequal, erect, concave, imbricating 
lobes. Corolla about equalling the calyx-lobes; tube inflated, glabrous; lobes 
5, short, orbicular-ovate, apiculate, papillose externally, valvate in bud; throat 
with a ring of stiff hairs. Stamens 5, epigynous, seated at the base of the 
broad-lobed disk; filaments short; anthers small, linear, obtuse, without pollen. 
Ovary 2-celled ; style short, stigmas 2 flat ovate acute; ovules very numerous, 
crowded on globose placentas adnate to the membranous septum. 
1. K. modesta, Hook. f. 
Cacuan; at the Doarband Pass, R. L. Keenan. 
Stem as thick as a goose-quill, apparently inclined or prostrate, puberulous above, 
as are the petioles. Leaves 6-12 by 14-3 in., membranous, green when dry, midrib 
slender, and 15-20 pair of almost horizontal slightly arched nerves, puberulous 
beneath; petiole 2-1 in.; stipules 1-1 in., somewhat recurved. Heads nodding, 
globose, 1 in. diam.; bracts and bracteoles green. Flowers probably unisexual, those 
of the specimens 9. Calyx 3 in. long, the lobes much longer than the tube.—A very 
distinct genus, allied to Lecananthus, but differing widely in the calyx and terminal 
inflorescence. The distinctly epigynous stamens (evidently those of a d plant) 
resemble those of one form of Adenosacme. I have named it after Mr. Keenan, once 
an employé of Kew, who formed an excellent collection of Cachar plants in 1874, 
which he presented to the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens. 
TRisE VI. GARDENIEZ. 
42. WEBERA, Schreb. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, petioled ; stipules triangular-ovate, usually 
deciduous. Flowers in terminal corymbiform cymes, sessile and 2-bracteoled at 
the ovary, or pedicelled and bracteolate on the pedicel. Calyx-tube ovoid or 
turbinate ; limb short or long, 5- very rarely 4-fid or -partite. Corolla funnel- 
or salver-shaped, tube short or long, throat glabrous or pubescent; lobes 5, 
rarely 4, narrow, rarely short, spreading or reflexed, twisted in bud. Stamens 
5, rarely 4, on the corolla-mouth ; filaments short or 0; anthers slender, ex- 
serted. Ovary 2-celed; style stout, usually pubescent; stigma long and 
spindle-shaped, grooved, usually far exserted ; ovules numerous, rarely few or 2 
or solitary in each cell, often immersed in fleshy peltate placentas. Berry small, 
globose, 2-celled, cells 1-many-seeded. Seeds plano-convex or cupped, rarely 
angled; testa various, albumen fleshy or horny; embryo small, cotyledons 
leafy, radicle pointing variously.—DrsrRim. About 40 species, tropical Asiatic. 
As here defined Webera includes the 5-merous-flowered plants with 1-ovuled 
ovarian cells which have been hitherto referred to Zvora and Pavetta, from which 
they further differ in their short pubescent styles and stout fusiform grooved stigma. 
Secr. I. Euwebera. Ovules 2 or more in each cell. 
* Corolla-tube equalling or shorter than the lobes. 
