1. Telranthera Iancifolia. 309 



A. Foliis suboppositis. Floribus hermaphroditic. 



1. Tetrantiiera Iancifolia Roxb. 



. T. perianthiis sexfidis, umbellulis axillaribus fasciculato- 

 conglomeratis brevissimc pedunculatis, foliis suboppositis eliipti- 

 cis cuspidatis subtus incauis, nervis raniulisque ferrugineotomen- 

 tosis, filamentis birsutis. iV. ab E. in Wall. pi. At, rar. 

 I. p. CiJ. ;/. 1. 



Telranthera Iancifolia Roxb. Wall. Cat. n. 2o52. 



Crescit in Silhet. F. D. 



Species, inter Tetrantheras situ foliorum distinclissima. 



Arbor. Rami et ramuli graeiles, tereles, dense ferrn- 

 gineo-lomenlosi, subopposito-nodulosi, apicem versus foliosi ; cor- 

 tex adstringens; lignum solidum, lutescens, sericeo-nilidum; 

 tubus meduiiaris angustus. Cicatrices foliorum verrucifor- 

 roes, truncatae, subtrigonae, rugulosae. Gemmae foliige- 

 nae compressae, ferrugiueo-hirsutae, subdisticbe squamulosae, 

 squamis foliaceis angustis. Folia per paria approximata, so- 

 periora interdura revera opposita, 5 — ji/j pollices (cum petioto 

 lineari) longa, 14 — 16 lineas lata, elliptica, acute cuspidato- 

 acuminata, basin versus paulo angustiora, acutiuscula vel obtusa, 

 * cbartaceo coriacca, rigidula, penniuervia, supra laeie viridia 

 glabra tenuissimc pubescentia reti inter venas laterales subfiles 

 V| x visibili, subtus glaucescenti - incana densiori pubescentia 

 vestita , costa venisque costalibus arcuatis prominulis ferrugi- 

 neo - sericeis, reti interiecto paulo magis conspicuo. Pelioli 

 crassiusculi, breves (lincam longi) , teretes, subdepressi, ferru- 

 gineo-tomentosi. Florum uinbellulae e foliorum omnium a.\il- 

 lis 5 et (uti iIJa) ex subopposito fasciculato-glomeratae, veluti obli- 

 que verlicillatae, in basi gemmae brevissima (vix linea longiori) 

 crassa angulata noduloso-oicatricosa ferrugineo-hirsuta singula 

 >el geminis coacervatac, plerumque senae, triflorae. Squa- 



