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cid scales and a few remote, adpressed, stiff* hairs ; from two 

 to eight inches long, and nearly the same in breadth. Peti- 

 oles considerably shorter than the leaves, bristly. Panicles 

 axillary, solitary, long-ped uncled, corymbiform. Peduncles 

 and ramifications whitish, with numerous, adpressed, whitish 

 bristles. Flowers numerous, pretty large, sessile on the ra- 

 mifications of the panicle, pink-coloured. Bractes several 

 round the base of each calyx, like a calycle, oval, concave, 

 rigid, bristly. Calyx ; leaflets oval, obtuse, nearly equal, 

 permanent; the outside bristly. Tube of the corol exactly 

 campanulate, the outside somewhat bristly. Border almost 

 entire, spreading. Germ, the lower half invested in a large 

 yellow ,ring. Style about as long as the stamina. Stigma 

 of two round lobes. Berry ovate, smooth, shining red, hid 

 within the leaflets of the permanent calyx. 



6. L. slrigosa. R. 



Perennial, twining, every part covered with harsh brown 

 hairs. Leaves cordate, entire, with many parallel nerves. Pe- 

 duncles elongated. Flowers aggregate. 



A native of the eastern part of Bengal, and from thence 

 sent to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, by Dr. Buchanan. 

 Blossoms about the close of the rains. 



Stem woody, twining up, and over high trees. Bark rough. 

 Young shoots very hairy. Leaves alternate, petioled, cor- 

 date, entire, nerves many, and parallel, very hairy on both 

 sides ; from four to six inches long, and three or four broad. 

 Peduncles axillary, round, hairy, longer than the petioles, 

 each supporting a few large, sessile, rose-coloured, campanu- 

 late flowers, surrounded with many broad-lanceolate, hairy 

 bractes. Stigma of two, large, globular lobes. 



7. L. cuneala. R. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves cuneate-emarginate ; villous 

 underneath. Peduncles three-flowered, much shorter than 

 the leaves. 



