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shaped, pilose both externally and internally. Stamens four, 
sometimes five; anthers oblong. Ovary crowned by a nec- 
tarial ring, four-sporous. Style as long as the stamens. 
Stigma of four thick linear divisions. Berry as large as a 
small gooseberry, of a transparent azure blue, pilose, its 
flesh spongy or farinose, containing four nuts or hard seeds. 
LASIANTHUS ATTENUATUS. 
Villosus, foliis supra glabris, bracteis lanceolatis. 
Found in the interior of Bencoolen. 
Suffrutescent, erect. Branches alternate, long, spreading, round, 
villous. Leaves opposite, sub-bifarious and somewhat droop- 
ing, short-petioled, oblong, attenuated to the point, rounded 
or subcordate, and sometimes a little unequal at the base, 
nearly entire, but sometimes waved or obsoletely dentate on 
the margin ; smooth above, except on the nerves, which are 
pilose; softly villous beneath; from three to four inches 
long by about one broad. Petioles very short, villous. 
Stipules interpetiolar, acuminate, villous. Flowers axillary ; 
nearly sessile, from three to four in each axil. Bracts two, 
opposite, lanceolate, acute, villous. Calyx four-parted, vil- 
lous ; segments linear, acute. Corolla yellow, tubular, pilose 
both within and without; limb four-parted. Stamens four; 
filaments short ; anthers oblong, two-celled. Ovary pilose, 
crowned within the calyx by a prominent nectarial ring, 
four-sporous. Style one. Stigma of four thick linear divi- 
sions. Berry pilose, ovate, crowned with the calyx, smaller 
than in the preceding, becoming dyed of a dark blue, of 
which colour the hairs also partake, containing four one- 
seeded nuts. Embryo cylindrical, in the axis of the albu- 
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