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hispidis, bracteis lanceolatis ciliatis, calycis setosi lobis 
angustis, petalis glabris, filamentis subpilosis. 
Has. In dry bushy places. FU. March. 
Frutex 4-6-pedalis. Folia 2-24-poll. longa, 6-8 lin. lata. 
Petioli 4-6 lin. longi. Petala ampla, purpurea. 
Near P. Kunthianum, nobis (Lasiandra Künthiana, DC.), 
but with smaller leaves, smaller flowers, and much longer and 
narrower calycine segments. 
406 et 407. Pleroma Kunthianum.—Lasiandra Kunthiana, DC. 
Prodr. 3, p. 198. 
Han. In dry bushy places, common. FI. March. 
408. Pleroma Raddiana.—Lasiandra Raddiana, DC, Prodr. 3, 
p. 129. 
Has. In dry bushy places, along with P. sedie. FI. 
March. 
409. Pleroma multiflorum (sp. n.); ramis ii PANRERE ad- 
pressé villosis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis 5-nerviis supra 
sericeo-villosissimis subtus villosis cano-tomentosis, pani- 
cula thyrsoidea terminali multiflora, bracteis parvis ovatis 
acutis, calycis adpresse villosi albi tubo ovato lobis lanceo- 
latis, filamentis glanduloso-pilosis, stylo hispido. 
Has. In moist bushy places. Fl. March. 
Frutex 5-6-pedalis. Rami virgati. Folia 4-43-poll. longa, 
2-21-poll. lata. Petala purpurea, vix ciliata. Ovarium dense 
pilosum. SUME 
410. Pleroma Benthamianum, Gardn. in Hook. Bot. Mag. 
t. 4007. | 
Han. In moist bushy places. FI. March. 
411. Pleroma arboreum (sp. n.) ; arboreum, ramis teretiusculis 
setis minimis adpressis asperis, foliis petiolatis oblongis 
utrinque acutis supra adpresse setosis nitidis subtus setu- 
losis 3-nerviis cum nervo submarginali, floribus ternis ter- 
minalibus, pedicellis subtetragonis asperis, bracteis calyp- 
tratis setulosis deciduis, calycis sericeo-villosi lobis 5 
oblongis obtusis, petalis minute ciliatis, filamentis hirsutis- 
simis, stylo basi piloso. 
Ha». In dense virgin forests. FZ. March. 
