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1. L. stipularis Bim. 
* * Glomeruli not covered by the more or less deciduous sti- 
pules. 
-— Bracts broad. 
2. L. inaequalis Bim. 
+ + Bracts linear. 
++ Leaves hispidly papillose on both sides. 
3. L. hispidus n. sp. A shrub, 2 m. high, with twigs 
short but densely hispid. Larger leaves 5 cm. long includ- 
ing the 4 mm. long petiole, distichous, 2.5 em. apart, nearly 
2 cm. wide, narrowly ovate or broadly lanceolate, both sides 
hispidly papillose , very rough especially on the upper sur- 
face, apex acute, base rounded or obtuse, rather dry and 
coriaceous, the margins usually recurved, midvein  promi- 
nent, lateral ones very obscure; stipule small, hispid, with 
short lacinae. Flowers in axillary glomerules, about 7 to 
12-flowered, subtend by comparatively few ciliate bracts; 
drupe hispid, globose, crowned by 4 linear acuminate seg- 
ments, 1.5 mm. in diameter, 4-celled, each cell containing 
about 4 rectangularly angled seeds, brownish black when 
mature. 
Type specimen 767, E. D. Merrill, Ewiig River, Pro- 
vince of Paragua, Paragua, February, 1903. 
++ ++ Leaves pubescent on both sides. 
4. L. copelandi n, sp. Shrubby, 2 m. high; its branch- 
es covered with a dense velvety pubescence of grayish or yel- 
low hairs. Leaves opposite, distichous, about 3 cm. apart, 
short petiolate, 7 to 10 cm. long, 2 to 3 em. wide, mem- 
branous, oblong or oblanceolate oblong, apex acuminate, 
base truncate and unequally subcordate, the lower half 
longer and usually broader, equally pubescent on both sides 
but especially along the 7 to 9 pair of nerves beneath; 
stipule 7 mm. long, laciniate, ciliate pubescent. Flowers 
axillary, sessile, solitary or sometimes as many as 3 in an 
axil, minute, subtended by a few laciniate bracts which 
are similar and equal in length to the stipules; drupe 
pubescent, 5 mm. in diameter, crowned by the 4 persistent 
. calyx segments, subglobose or more tapering to the base; 
