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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. Bern/ 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. 



Suflfrutescent, 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- 

 men. 



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